OCD cyclo climbing 2020

200 10 Jul Ponteland The Four Tops

08:00 Sat BR 201km 2800m AAA2.75 [2790m] £8.50 X G P T (80) 15-30kph Tyneside Vagabonds 07875224229 andy@dixonberne.plus.com Please enter online

110 11 Jul Ponteland The Three Valleys

09:00 Sun BP 118km 1312m [1500m] £8.50 X G P T (40) 12.5-25kph Tyneside Vagabonds 07875224229 andy@dixonberne.plus.com Please enter online

200 11 Jul The Steyning Centre, Steyning, W Sussex The Devils Punchbowl 200

08:00 Sun BR 206km 2248m £8.00 F G P T R 15-30kph Anton Brown abaudax@btconnect.com Anton Brown, 19 Northlands Avenue, Haywards Heath RH16 3RT

110 11 Jul The Steyning Centre, Steyning, W Sussex The Devils Punchbowl 100

09:00 Sun BP 112km 1106m [1200m] £8.00 F G P T R 15-30kph Anton Brown abaudax@btconnect.com Anton Brown, 19 Northlands Avenue, Haywards Heath RH16 3RT

160 17 Jul Bildeston, Suffolk 100 miles of Suffolk Lanes

08:45 Sat BP 168km 1062m £6.00 L P R T S G (30) 15-30kph CC Sudbury pamandrobinw@gmail.com Robin Weaver, 14 Chapel Street, Bildeston, Ipswich IP7 7EP

100 17 Jul Bildeston, Suffolk Bildeston Lanes

09:30 Sat BP 104km 672m £6.00 L P R T S G (30) 15-30kph CC Sudbury pamandrobinw@gmail.com Robin Weaver, 14 Chapel Street, Bildeston, Ipswich IP7 7EP

50 17 Jul Bildeston Jane’s Lanes

10:00 Sat BP 460m [450m] £5.00 G L P R T (30) 12-24kph CC Sudbury pamandrobinw@gmail.com Robin Weaver, 14 Chapel Street, Bildeston, Ipswich IP7 7EP

200 17 Jul Bildeston, Suffolk Suffolk Lanes Extravaganza

08:00 Sat BR 209km 1304m £6.00 L P R T G (30) 15-30kph CC Sudbury 01449 741048 pamandrobinw@gmail.com Robin Weaver, 14 Chapel Street, Bildeston, Ipswich IP7 7EP

Report from OCD for 2020, from Rod Dalitz, the OCD Man OCD cyclo climbing 2020

2020 HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR

for Audax members, not that it has been easy for anyone. Even the rules about cycling are not clear, how far are we allowed to go “for exercise?” An AUK rider is likely to consider distances as “normal” which ordinary humans might goggle at. At least cycling is a permissible form of exercise, and we are used to cycling long distances and being self-reliant, so we can go off on our own, though it is SO nice to have a warm café to look forward to. Club rides and calendar events have mostly been off, but the advantage of OCD is that you can go out on your own, at your own speed, and claim a few cols, as long as there are cols within reach of your home.

Some quotes from members… noting that OCD allows you to ride at your own pace, as relaxed as you like:

● I will be riding next year at age 80, God willing. ● I am very grateful to OCD for the incentive that it gave me to find unfamiliar roads in the search for more cols. As a result I have had many wonderful rides over the past few years ... ● … this was solo cycling and therefore not affected in the way that all other

Audax was. ● … I only managed one trip to the mountains in 2020… ● I’ve only recently found the bug for hill-climbing and have been quietly checking my diaries to see if there were ascents that I could fairly notify you about. ● Creating this spreadsheet has been a great way of reliving each and every one of them, without the pain and suffering!

OCD CLAIMS SUMMARY FOR 2020

Name AUK No RANK, date Lifetime 2020 total 2019 2019 total 2018 ABBATT Fred 6086 Honourable 19 549271 15687 533784 8590 524994 ACLAND Ken 5752 Officer 14 169158 2105 167053 2472 164581 BAKER Peter 6594 Commander 19 132153 13644 118509 118509 BATE Ben 11108 Honourable 19 577578 5369 572209 27030 545179 CARSON Russell 5296 Commander 20 221340 22473 198867 40161 158706 DALE Peter 6186 Commander 20 223087 3816 219271 20292 198979 DAMPER Bob 14064 Commander 15 295443 2178 293265 13251 292014 DEEGAN Ian 2341 Officer 20 102708 1476 101232 5747 95485 GRACE Steve 13959 Officer 19 158523 11027 147496 20327 127169 GRIMWOOD Andrew 20531 Member 20 54522 1315 53207 13793 39414 HAGGER Mark 6765 Officer 2015 138242 8252 129990 10000 119990 HARRISON Paul 11181 Venerable 09 162021 52376 1567645 61499 1506146 HIBBARD Gary 1341 Member 18 87832 87832 15289 72543 HICKS Nigel 15978 Member 20 27441 9098 18343 9305 9038 JONES Mike 16504 6567 3256 3311 2625 686 JOYNSON Dave 11203 Venerable 03 1296265 379 1295886 6513 1289373 LAVERICK Martin 2411 Honourable 20 694388 97011 597377 121801 475576 PRESLAND Kevin 740 Commander 13 621762 48378 573384 55489 517895 PRINGLE Laura 2451 41938 388 41550 16082 25468 ROWELL Jeff 16975 Officer 19 177260 27082 150178 57848 92430 SMITH Andy 6190 Honourable 19 640984 46569 594415 69350 525065 TAYLOR Marcus 25935 Commander 20 320459 63767 256692 32029 224663 VENES Richard 1118 Commander 19 217928 16847 201081 28395 172805 WATERTON Robert 11283 Honorable 07 794839 3616 791223 3524 787699 WATERTON Helen 11282 Honorable 08 854952 4560 809382 5705 803687 WATTS Bob 1870 Honorable 16 688142 18082 670060 18159 651901 YOUNG Anne 6749 Honourable 20 808373 7516 800857 22921 777936

Some riders managed a trip to Europe before lockdown, one has a home in Corsica (making it perhaps too easy!), quite a few took the opportunity to review their old diaries and compile claims from many years ago – you are entitled to claim cols since 1960, when OCD was formed. As a result, I have more than usual certificates to send out.

Best wishes for the next season, I am sure 2021 will be a big improvement on 2020.