Following various discussions and input from many of the group we have secured 40 spaces at the Haldi for the evening of Friday 19th December.

Meeting at the Haldi at 7pm for a ‘set meal’ @ £19.95 per person.

This provides a selection dishes; meat, chicken, vegetarian and prawn along with naan bread, rices etc……. for more details about the menu please speak to the Haldi.  Drinks will be each individuals responsibility.

We hope that following dinner many people will then take that short walk back to HQ (AKA The Rose and Crown) for a nightcap!

Partners are welcome, but numbers will be limited so will be allocated on a first come first served basis, using the booking form below and only once a £10 deposit has been received by Sally Beezer (thank you Sally for offering to co-ordinate this).

Please note we are required to book by no later than 8th December to help the R&C make plans

To reserve your place at the No.1 Non-Cycling Event for Cyclists in Ivinghoe this Winter, hand over a £5 deposit to a member of the pub staff ASAP. At the same time, please select your selections from their Christmas Menu . The cost for three courses will be £25

Many thanks to everyone that turned out for our first meeting last night. There were in excess of 20 visitors and we have almost 30 people already listed. So an excellent start!

There were a number of good suggestions put forward last night:

• Local routes from the R&C
• The churches tour in September
• Ashridge
• Tagging onto some of the organised runs local to our area.
• Taking the train and cycling back.

Please keep the ideas coming, as things develop we’ll get a calender together so everyone can keep upto speed. In the short term we’ll keep people informed through email, and Alistair has kindly agreed to keep regular updates on the Rose and Crown newsletter.

And now to our first ride: 25th July 2010, starting at 10.00 from the Rose and Crown. We are proposing two routes, one of around 15miles and the other between 25 and 30 miles. We are treating these as a leisurely rides lasting about 2 hours with a return to the starting point. We have been assurred that all beers and wines available at the pub will be isotonic. I will issue the proposed routes next week.

For those interested in getting out during the week, Dave Howe rides through Ashridge on a Tuesday evening with freinds, so if any would like to join him please contact him.

We look forward to the first big one!

Thanks once again,

Gary, Andrew and Jose