Yes after a highly succesful ride last week the Grumpy Old Men (&Women!) series continues with a ride this week taking you to Woburn for coffee! Meeting at 1000 on Wednesday 22nd at Pitstone Roundabout for a 46 miles spin!
ALL WELCOME
Velos Rides for Sunday 19th January 2014
The ‘two ride’ format seems to be working so we will be continuing that this week.
The Long Route takes us to Stewkley and Soulbury covering just under 30 miles.
Our more reasonable mileage route this week covers 15 miles and heads towards Champneys. The reward for doing this route is a nice fast finish down the Beacon.
As always, please bring a copy of your chosen route with you, either on your GPS device or printed out. We meet from 9:45am at the Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe with an intention to depart at 10am.
It’s All About …. Castlemead Dave
It’s Dave’s birthday, and he’ll ride where he wants to
Ride where he wants to, ride where he wants to
You can come too – we’d like to see you
Nobody knows where the tea ride will go
We always leave at the same time
Why don’t you all come along?
We’ll ride if it’s wet or it’s fine!
It’s Dave’s birthday, and he’ll ride where he wants to
Ride where he wants to, ride where he wants to
You can come too – it’s a fun thing to do
Chat with our friends, keep pedalling a- while
We will not leave you behind
When we reach our birthday tea stop
We’ve got a reason to smile
It’s Dave’s birthday, and he’ll ride where he wants to
Ride where he wants to, ride where he wants to
You can come too – any bike will do
The Vinghoe Velos just walked through that door
Like a court with their King
Oh what a birthday surprise
Dave thinks they’re all going to sing!
It’s Dave’s birthday, and he’ll ride where he wants to
Ride where he wants to, ride where he wants to
You can come too – any bike will do….
So, Dave will ride where he wants to – and he’s even given us a route in advance!
Leaving the Rose & Crown at 10am, come and join the birthday banter!
(Lesley Gore reached number 1 in the charts with “It’s my Party” in 1963)
Tuesday Road Ride with some ‘Grumpy Old Men’
Dave Bembridge will be heading out with others for a 40 mile ride tomorrow (Tuesday 14th) at 1000 from Pitstone Roundabout. ALL welcome as he promises there is a coffee and cake stop halfway round 🙂
Don’t try this at home kids!!!
So another year is underway and many of us face a low calorie and alcohol free January, but that means we also need to find ourselves a new cycling challenge or two! Will it be a wine tasting cycling marathon in Italy, a relay of Alps climbs or your first century ride?whatever it may be we can just say “Courage!”.
However in our search for new ideas we came across this one…
Ingredients:
- 1 x DHB blue bib shorts (XL!)
- 2 x Sparkly red nipple tassels
- 3 x sharp machetes (for juggling)
- 1 x pair of oversized clown shoes
- 1 oversized unicycle
- one large amount of bravery/stupidity!
Yes it takes all kinds!!!!!
So on to the Sunday rides, thanks to Andy Beezer for a very interesting and in places challenging ride circumnavigating Aylesbury last week and yet again thanks to Dave Bembridge for sending in the following routes for tomorrow.
‘Mount the Bison’ a 29 mile route taking in Bison Hill for those not wishing to tackle Bison Hill here is a detoured route of 20 miles cutting out Bison Hill and some other climbing
As always please feel free to send in your ideas for routes or at least give us an idea of where you would like to ride to next week!
Rollin’….
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Tea-ride!
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Though the streams are swollen
Keep them cycles rollin’
Tea-ride!
Rain and wind and weather
Hell-bent for leather
Glad that my friends are by my side.
All the things you’re missin’,
Good vittles, cake, and icin’,
They are all happenin’ on this ride.
Move ’em on, head ’em up,
Head ’em up, move ’em out,
Move ’em on, head ’em out Tea-ride!
Set ’em out, ride ’em in
Ride ’em in, let ’em out,
Cut ’em out, ride ’em in Tea-ride.
Keep movin’, movin’, movin’,
Though others’re disapprovin’,
Keep them cycles movin’ Tea-ride!
Don’t try to understand ’em,
Just push and pedal and steer ’em,
Soon we’ll be living high and wide.
Boy my heart’s calculatin’
My tea cake will be waitin’, be waiting at the end of my ride.
Tea-ride!
Tea-ride!
The weekly round-up, Tea-ride style.
Leavin’ the homestead (Rose & Crown to you newbies) on Saturdays at 10am.
Rain Rain Go Away………………………please!
Hail, Rain, Floods so what’s next? Well if the BBC online weather forecast is anything to go by glorious SUNSHINE tomorrow morning………………..for 1 hour 😉 but, again at this stage, no rain until 1300!
Tomorrow, as usual, we meet at the Rose and Crown from 0945 for a 1000 start
35 miles route around Aylesbury (courtesy of Andy Beezer), Peter Thompson has kindly offered to lead anyone who wants to do this route at an average speed of 13mph, cheers Pete
or for those wanting a little bit less
19 miles route (with thanks again to Dave Bembridge), although at this stage we are not clear that there is a leader for this route….any offers?
HAILSTORM
Heads up, Helmets on, Head out!
All welcome, Any ability
I‘ll be there – will you?
Looking out for you… looking after you….
See you there
The Rose & Crown
On Saturdays
Regardless of the weather
Meet us there at 10am
So that was that!
After a tremendous break it’s time for those of us that haven’t been out on our bikes to get out again!!
Tomorrow The Cog Cafe in Tring is hosting a mini sportive with a 25 and 50 mile route available starting from there at 0930. We are proposing to support this local cafe and join their ride of your choice meeting at the Rose and Crown at 0830.
If this is too early for you or indeed you would rather save your ‘hard earned’ here is a 27 mile ride to enjoy meeting outside the Rose and Crown from 0945 tomorrow morning for a 1000 start
On the Fourth Day of Christmas, the Tea Ride called to me….
By the time you read this, you should already have received your 3 French Hens, 2 Turtle Doves & a Partridge, in or out of it’s tree. If you haven’t, then please contact your local courier office, not me. Or maybe you really haven’t been good enough this year……
Four Calling Birds will be summoning you to the last Tea Ride of 2013.
If you haven’t been out on 2 wheels in 2013, it’s never too late to start – or just start early on that New Year’s Resolution.
The Tea Ride… making exercise fun, addling your brain with local & international trivia and giving you a great excuse to eat cake. Like you needed one.