Ivinghoe is definitely THE place to be this Saturday morning!

The all important 10am congregation at the Rose & Crown for the ever-pleasing Tea Ride will take place as usual.  But this week we are joined by Jayne and the Breeze ride too who will be heading Aldbury-wards for a nice rolling, 15 mile route, around Tring, Wilstone and swooshing back through Long Marston.

The Tea Ride.  The bit of cycling that really should be in the Winter Olympics ‘cos it takes more than a bit of wet & snow to keep us indoors….

GOMAW TOUR SERIES

Meeting on Wednesday at Pitstone Roundabout for a 10am start the GOMAW Tour Series continues with a little trip out to Haddenham for a cup of coffee

The GOMAW ROUTE

GoSkyride Breeze meets the Tea Ride!

This Saturday Jayne Raynor is leading a Breeze Ride from the Rose and Crown meeting for a 10am start and this will bring Breeze together with the Tea Ride

The Breeze Route

ONE FOR THE DIARY – The Chilterns Cycle Challenge Sunday 23rd March

It was tremendous to see so many riders out last Sunday with some 29 people out.  We were particularly pleased to welcome back, after some time away, Steve Herring who sadly lost his wife Sue after a long period of illness a few weeks ago.  Steve remembers how Sue used to go cycling with him before she was taken ill with cancer and inspired by this memory of happy times together and motivated by the 24-hour responsive care that Sue received from Rennie Grove Hospice Care he will again be riding this sportive and would he says be “honoured” if other members of the Vinghoe Velos joined him to help remember Sue and help raise money for this great Charity.  Full details can be found in the above link

For any of you that witnessed the awful intimidation by a vehicle this morning:- This was an incident that needs logging with the police, and I suspect that the more of us that report what we saw the better- as we witnessed different aspects of the incident according to whereabouts in the group we were.

The forecast is unseasonably calm on Sunday so we thought we would line up a trip to Woburn for the long route riders. Mr Hetherington has kindly mapped out where we will  be travelling so please download the route on to your GPS thingy or print out a copy.

We very much welcome people sending in routes so if you have a few moments, please do try out Mapometer and send us a link via the website contact us form.

Long Route

Short Route

As always, we meet at the Rose & Crown from 9:45am and push off around 10am. See you there.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
We’re cycling tomorrow
Why don’t you come too?

Saturdays, 10am, The Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe.
Takes more than a bit of wind to stop The Tea Ride.

Setting off from the Pitstone Roundabout at 1000 on Thursday the Grumpy Old Men and Women are heading to Harpenden!!

The Route

It’s a bit blowy out so we are going for something a little shorter on our rides this week. To help with being blown about, we are recommending that we try and keep together in groups of riders – just like the Peloton ! We are not sure what the surface water is like on the routes so if you know something is impassable at the moment, please suggest an alternative before we start the ride.

As always, we meet at the Rose & Crown from 9:45am for a 10am start.

Shorter ride 

Longer(ish) ride

The weather tomorrow looks interesting, but the tea ride goes on. Waterproofs recommended. Meet outside the Rose and Crown at 10am as usual and we will try and find a short, dry and sunny route to tea and cake. The Rose and Crown isn’t open until midday, so not THAT short.

Sorry for he ‘short’ notice but the Tour Series continues tomorrow (Tuesday) leaving Pitstone Roundabout at 1000 for a 36 mile foray to Chesham!!

The Route

The forecast is much, MUCH dryer than last week, which is a good thing as last Sunday was one of the toughest group rides we have endured, mainly due to the rain, sleet, hail, floods and freezing temperatures.

Chiltern 100

Some of our group have expressed interest in riding what is regarded as the toughest Sportive held in around here – The Chiltern 100 that takes place on the 1st June. A few Velos have signed up already to the 110 mile Gran Fondo. If you are considering it, our advice is to sign up now – last year they were full by March !

This Week

This week’s Sunday routes  have kindly been submitted by Mr Dave “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Bembridge. The first is a 31 mile loop taking in Great Gaddesden, Potten End and Hawridge. The second shorter route of 21 miles heads off in the same direction, but cuts back towards home at Potten End. So tomorrow is ideal if you are unsure which route is for you – simply hold off deciding until the split point.

Longer Route

Shorter Route

One last thing. The Sun is forecast to be out tomorrow, which normally is a great thing. The only down side is that it sits low on the horizon and can dazzle both us and drivers following us. Please bear this in mind – it may even be advisable to have a rear light on just in case.