Three rides for your enjoyment this Sunday, your shortest option is 22miles, up Crowns next past cow roast and up new road. The middle distance is 30 miles up over Dunstable Downs and back through Markyate to Ashridge The longer distance a 46 mile loop of Aylesbury Vale, visiting a new road layout at Waddesden

10.30am https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50340117

10amhttps://ridewithgps.com/routes/50323948

9.30am https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50355358

All rides start outside the church in Ivinghoe, we aim to keep groups together by looking out for riders behind as well as holding the wheel in front.

Roll on Sunday!

This week flat is fast! The medium and longer routes don’t have too many slopes to slow riders down, so everyone should be back at the pub knocking on the door at opening time! The 10.30am 20 mile route bucks the trend with a few hills to tackle and has as much elevation as the 10am 33 mile route!

9.30am Great, Little Horwood https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50241046 41 miles through Winslow

10am Aylesbury Vale Flatlands https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50241046 33 miles out to Ford

10.30am Rossway Loop https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50242205 20 miles including Dancers End and Rossway.

Thanks to Richard and Dave for the finely crafted 10am and 10.30 routes, delivered as usual for your Sunday enjoyment!

Thanks to the riders who have responded “going” to the event on Facebook

Dave J +1, Dave H, Trevor, Judy, Linda, Debs, Paul, Alan, Janice have all confirmed, meal bookings have been made based on these. If you are planning on joining the group now is the time to make it known!!

The rides start at 1pm on Friday and 10am on the other days, riders can join us for all rides on dip in and out depending on how the legs feel. Plenty of nice walking locally for those who don’t fancy all the rides! The pace will be tourist pace, like last year typically 13mph-14mph.

Arrival Friday 16th May 2025, all routes start from Ludlow High Street

Friday route Leominster and Tenbury Wells 1pm start

32 miles https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47581646

A fairly easy 32 miles enjoying some of the local countryside after a big climb out of Ludlow to wake up the legs. Coffee/tea break is planned for the 24 mile mark in Tenbury at Mr Toms coffee shop

Friday evening meal: 7pm Rose and Crown https://www.theroseandcrownludlow.com/menu 

Saturday Route Welsh Adventure

60 miles https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47581493 10am

A great route exploring the England Wales boarder with some challenging climbs, the lonest being a 750 feet gain over a 4 mile climb The magic of this route is that after 35 miles the climbing is over and it’s an easy return to Ludow. Coffee stop at Coffee House or Rose Cottage after 20 miles and at Offas dyke visitor centre after 40 miles

Saturday evening meal 6.30pm The Blue Boar http://www.blueboarludlow.co.uk/evening-menu

Sunday Route The Long Mynd & Much Wenlock 10am

62 miles https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47582127

A beautiful route with one stand out climb, The Long Mynd, a 5 mile rise gaining 1,220 feet at an average of 5% but topping out in places at 25%. In the second half we visit the pretty medieval town of Much Wenlock which used to host athletic games which inspired the modern Olympic games. Coffee at Carding Mill Valley after 27 miles and maybe a refuel stop at the fox inn in Much Wenlock

Sunday Evening meal: Freestyle various options like a harvester type pub called the squirrel, Golden Moments Indian Restaurant or the old bakehouse burger bar, all three are open on Sunday nights for food, unlike the town centre pubs

Monday Route Clee hill 31 miles 10am

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49341482

The final day hits the heights of Clee Hill with some spectacular views, your finish line is really after 24 miles as you won’t need to pedal for the final 7 miles, a great way to wrap up the weekend!

coffee at “Brewe” Clee Hill after 24 miles

Any questions please ask!

It;s the first rides of April and we are not fooling around, some hills and some thrills on the agenda for Sunday. While there will be climbs the overall elevation for the routes is not too high, so some good flowing rides ahead! Good to see a large number of Ivinghoe Velos out wearing the blue kit last Sunday with at least 17 riders across the three ride options.

All rides start from Ivinghoe church, the 9.30 ride goes through Great Missenden, making it’s way to descend the mighty Kop Hill. The 10am route takes riders out to Oving and then back via Aston Abbots. The 10.30 ride climbs out of Berkhamsted and travels through Ashridge and under the zoo.

9.30am https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50169816 41 miles

10am https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50122514 30 miles

10.30am https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50169068 23 miles

Our final Sunday outings for March include some great scenery and a few slopes! Three route options where groups will aim to stay together so everyone gets that group feel. All rides start from Ivinghoe church

9.30am https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50089911 39 miles 1950 feet of climbing, Brickhill & Woburn route provided by Dave H

10am https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50079290 34 miles 1,600 feet of climbing, reaching Woburn, route provided by Richard F

10.30am https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50086095 23 miles, 1,200 feet of climbing, a trip south towards Chesham route provided by Dave B

The 9.30am route goes the other way round to the 10am route, so make sure you wave to any familiar faces going in the opposite direction.

The 9.30 route also has a dash at our “downhill challenge” towards Slapton where riders must stop pedaling at the top junction and see how far they can “glide” through Ivinghoe Aston.

Three routes to chose from this Sunday, all routes this week start from the shelter in front of Ivinghoe church. Each route has a couple of climbs in but the total elevation is not too great so they should be good to keeps groups together.

9.30am 38 miles to Hogshaw https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50024991

10am 30 miles to Chesham https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50003895

10.30am 24 miles to Little Gaddesden https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50001035

Thanks to Richard and Dave B for the short and medium route options

Three ride options this week, two 10am routes and a shorter 10.30 option

10.30am Wingrave & Aston Clinton 24 miles rolling https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45328750

10am Soulbury & Drayton Parslow 32 miles rolling https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49938953

10am Brickhill & Drayton Parslow 36 miles rolling https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49960721

The aim is to leave no one behind, so rides will adjust pace to make sure all riders get around the routes with the group. After last Sunny Sunday’s bumper turn out and pub garden take over, the weather forecast this Sunday is cooler but dry and bright!

Three routes for Sunday, three separate start times… all Starting from Ivinghoe Church. The shortest option is a route out to the village of Eggington at 10.30am, the medium route is a 28 mile trip to Wendover starting at 10am and the longest route is an old favourite, 40 miles flat out to Haddenham which starts at 9.30am

10.30 21 miles to Eggington https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49874326

10am 28 miles to Wendover https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49870864

9.30am 40 miles to Haddenham https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45424123

Last Sunday saw the most riders out on the roads for ages, from our group and also other friendly cyclists to wave at too! It’s great to have a good group feel sharing the wind on a blustery day. The good news is the weather forecast is splendid for Sunday so hopefully we will see big groups out again! This week we have three route options for you with the longer route meeting at the top of Pedley Hill, near Studham at 10am- this gives us the chance to explore a bit further afield. The 10am short/medium and the 10.30 short riders start from the usual place, outside Ivinghoe church.

Thanks to Richard F and Dave B for the route planning, if anyone else would like to pop a suggestion into the melting pot we can look to use it in a future week!

10am medium 41 miles https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49805201 An outing to Mackerye End after the drop down punch bowl lane and up from Redbournbury Mill.

10am short/medium 28 miles https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49810019 Gaddesden row and up from Nettleden before a charge down Toms Hill!

10.30am short 20 miles https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49809192 Cow Roast and up through Ashridge

All groups will aim to stay together to give a group feel for your Sunday ride, leaving no one behind unless they wave a white flag and decided solo at their own pace is the way forward.

Roll on Sunday

10.30am short option https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49746783

10am medium/short https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49742412

10am medium https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49749945

Three routes this Sunday 21 miles, 28 miles and 38 miles. The short route goes to Dancers End (Tring) before returning along the same roads. The short/medium route is an anti-clockwise bypass of Leighton Buzzard, much nicer than visiting the town. The medium route climbs to the highest point in the Chilterns before dropping down for 2 wind assisted attempts at the segment of the month from Long Marston to Cheddington. If the weather is bad, as it may well be, the Wingrave loop can be removed to make it 29 miles.