Well it looks like we're in for a weekend where it might be dry!
I thought it would be a larf to retrace the road ride I led from the Hograost which followed a very circuitious route from Berkshire down through the south downs and ending up at a beach somewhere near Chichester.
Where we hit the beach there is a greasy spoon cafe and an Ice cream parlour, so the idea is to meet up at the Texaco/Somerfield petrol station in Hungerford at 10:15am in order to be ready for a 10:30am departure with a full tank of fuel.
Take a meandering route from there down to the beach - maybe 2 hours or so - approx 80 miles (I think) - all on-road - no knobblies needed - arrive at the beach, bacon sarnie / cup of tea / ice cream, then different (but still picturesque) route back from where we came.
Arrive back in the Newbury / Hungerford area sometime between 3pm and 4pm and go our separate ways.
I will keep an eye on the weather charts and if it turns out it's going to rain heavily we'll call it off, so keep an eye on this thread. Do post your interest here, and I hope to see some of you this Sunday.
The Texaco garage we meet at is at this postcode RG17 0EP so type this into Google maps to find it, but basically it's one of two petrol stations on the A4 at Hungerford.
If you have any questions, please email me on pint6x@hotmail.com
I thought it would be a larf to retrace the road ride I led from the Hograost which followed a very circuitious route from Berkshire down through the south downs and ending up at a beach somewhere near Chichester.
Where we hit the beach there is a greasy spoon cafe and an Ice cream parlour, so the idea is to meet up at the Texaco/Somerfield petrol station in Hungerford at 10:15am in order to be ready for a 10:30am departure with a full tank of fuel.
Take a meandering route from there down to the beach - maybe 2 hours or so - approx 80 miles (I think) - all on-road - no knobblies needed - arrive at the beach, bacon sarnie / cup of tea / ice cream, then different (but still picturesque) route back from where we came.
Arrive back in the Newbury / Hungerford area sometime between 3pm and 4pm and go our separate ways.
I will keep an eye on the weather charts and if it turns out it's going to rain heavily we'll call it off, so keep an eye on this thread. Do post your interest here, and I hope to see some of you this Sunday.
The Texaco garage we meet at is at this postcode RG17 0EP so type this into Google maps to find it, but basically it's one of two petrol stations on the A4 at Hungerford.
If you have any questions, please email me on pint6x@hotmail.com
