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Autumn 2017
The Quarterly Magazine of CTC Wessex Cycling in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Published Quarterly - Free on line or ÂŁ2.50 annual subscription for mailed hard copies.
Autumn 2017
The Quarterly Magazine of CTC Wessex Cycling in & around Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch The first event of the next quarter for CTC Wessex Cycling is the largest. The Gridiron 100 is being run on the 8th October and we are expecting a full entry of 1,000 riders again. You need to enter now if you wish to take part as there is a limit. Jim, our front cover picture has reorganised the Sunday rides into a new ride group with a new name Pedal Sunday.
Cover Jim McDonald
The group’s AGM follows on the 18th October. Please attend and let the committee know that you support their efforts in running the group. A number of adjacent Member Groups have changed to individual clubs and thus no longer represent CTC members in those areas that do not join their new clubs. CTC Wessex Cycling have absorbed the post codes of these areas so these members are not disenfranchised. We wish the new clubs every success in their endeavours and we will surely meet on the road. The quarter also includes Christmas and again Dave Langley has taken on the organisation of a Thursday Christmas lunch earmarked for the 14th December and this is reflected on the runs list. Mike Walsh
8th Oct
Gridiron 100
John Jackson ctcwessexcycling2017@gmail.com
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“CycleInk” is the Newsletter of CTC Wessex Cycling, a Member Group of Cycling UK (Cyclists’ Touring Club). Published quarterly. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the club. The committee meeting is the deadline for contributions.
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St Malo to Sète a French End to End By Bill Simmons A Friday night saw in May me on the side of the A31 at Ringwood waiting to begin ten days of cycling the length of France. After looking at several company and dates I chose a local Dorset company “The Green Jersey Cycling Tours”. One advantage was that it was arranged for them to pick me and my bike on the way to the Portsmouth ferry, arriving at the ferry port the other four tour riders with their bikes loaded on to the van boarded the Condor ferry. After finding my cabin it was off to diner and a one glass of beer and an early night. Up for breakfast at 0630 and to discover that Christchurch had a thunder storm over night whilst we had a quiet crossing. Of the ferry it was time to unload the bikes and fill water bottles, before a short ride to the prom for a photo shoot before the adventure began. Day 1 St. Malo to Vitre 76 miles Leaving the prom the five rider plus Charlie the ride leader set of east towards le Coudre and Mont St. Michel. After following the coast road with all the oyster bars for about twenty miles it was finally time to turn right and away from the channel. Four miles on a short detour with a short steep climb to the first coffee stop. This set the format for the next ten day`s with the GJC van parked and a table out with coffee and cake ready for the riders. After the stop it on to the next town to buy some goody`s for lunch, which was taken at 36 miles in Cuguen. Sat outside the local church in the shade was a great place to stop. Onwards it was a warm pleasant ride through very quiet roads through corn fields and silent woodlands and even quieter villages to the first overnight stop at Vitre. Evening meal was taken at a local restaurant all part of the trip package. Route at https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1761961269 Day 2 Vitre to Angers73 miles Breakfast over it was out on to the road to check the bike and a gentle paced ride out of the town in a group of well fed and happy riders. As yesterday the route was on empty lanes with slowly changing scenery, with the lack of traffic plenty of time to look around. Puncture as entered Craon after 30miles managed to ride to the coffee stop (1/2mile). Pulled into the coffee stop and started to take the back wheel out only to be told by Simon the van driver to leave it and drink my coffee whilst he fixed it. What a first class service. (thanks Simon). Break over it was out of town past the local horse race course. Three miles on another back tyre flat this time by the time Simon stopped I had found a very tiny flint before again Simon took over to fit a new inner tube. After this it was a short chase to get back to the two other riders (by now two groups had formed). The three of use then rode a steady pace to a picnic stop by the river Mayenne. Fifty one mile covered, for the next ten miles we followed the river before going over a couple of hills before following another river into Angers. Dinner was the only dinner we had to pay for, taken in a large bar in the heart of the town. Route at https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1764197628
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Day 3 Anger to Richelieu 73 miles As now becoming routine five riders plus one leader set off after breakfast at a slow steady pace. Following Charlie out of town for few miles to loosen legs up. Today it was a bit further to the coffee stop (33mls). Out of Angers we crossed over the Loire, normally a photo but today damp overcast and starting to rain, it was a case of keep going. Over the river it was left to follow the river for twenty miles. Light rain for most of the morning. Coffee was taken in Saumur home of the French Cavalry overlooking a large chateau and the river. (Photo not very good). Now into wine country it was miles of vine yards with the only windmill I saw. Only ten miles to lunch at Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, burial place of Richard the Lionheart and Henry II. Found a British run vegetarian cafĂŠ proper cup of tea with an omelette smashing, with the weather getting better the afternoon was a joy. More quiet lanes led to another riverside road to Chinon. Leaving the river it was a pleasant fifteen mile ride to Richelieu. This town was built by the Cardinal of the same name Evening meal was taken outside the hotel in the square (it had warmed up that much). Route at https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1766047532 Day 4 Richelieu to Argenton Sur Creuse 78miles. More of the same with the weather turning warm and similar rolling landscape, but the hills are starting to a bit longer and higher. Morning coffee was take in a forest area by the side of an old hunting lodge and stables both well restored with red timber framework. To be honest the day became a blur as approaching three hundred miles in to the ride the villages begin to look alike and the roads are so quiet not a lot stands out. Route at Cardinal Richelieu. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1768135610 (3 Musketeers) Day five Argenton to Peyrat 82 miles. The longest ride of the trip again saw the merry band set out in good hummer, staying together at a gentle pace for a few miles before as leg warmed up and the hills began to hurt. Then gaps appeared with the three less tired pulling away until the morning coffee stop. This was repeated after coffee and the lunch stop. As it was a longer ride a decision was taken to have a third stop in the afternoon, the rider leader saying that with about fourteen miles to we would go through a large village with shops. With this in mind we pushed on only to have are plans dash as the only shop open was the butchers and not a sign of a cafĂŠ or bar open. Day six Peyrat to Salers 78 miles Today the climbs start straight out of the town. Low gears came into play as we ground are way up and down the next twenty odd miles to the first coffee stop which was very welcome stop. .
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This was the first day that the second group took more than a couple of minutes after the first to arrive at the van. Being at about 1500ft the road surface was becoming a bit worse for wear and on one of the next long descent the first mile a MTB would have helped as most off the top dressing was missing, the next two miles was completely the opposite with a wide smooth surface. The scenery was also becoming much more dramatic with larger hills and deeper valleys. One of which saw us enjoy a very fast drop down to a river side. Though this did then mean after crossing over a suspension bridge it did mean we had a steepish long climb, this was part of last year’s Tour so the road was plastered with all the top rider names .After about three miles I was glad to see the GJC van to refill my water bottles. The road still climbed but more of a false flat to the town of Mauriac. The last ten miles was hard as the road still climbed and it was very warm with tired legs, this was the worst I had felt so far this week and was great to finally arrive at the hotel. A beer and a shower soon had me feel a lot better. Route at https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1771975381 (only the last 50mls). Day 7 Salers to St. Flour 48 miles (the big day). This was to be the day of the big climb. Charlie the main ride leader gave use a choice of a gentle climb out of the town or a slightly longer steeper but more scenic ride before the main climb of the day. Foolishly I choose the latter, dropping down into the valley with three others we then made a big mistake by following the wrong sign. We had been told to go up the Puy de Violent but we followed the signs to the viewpoint. This meant we climbed for four miles with gradients of between ten and seventeen percent with twenty five percent on some of the bends. To make matters worse this was a dead end so we then had to retrace back down to find the correct route. This then took us up a pleasant valley before a final mile stretch off nine/ten percent to the top. A quick refill of water bottles and putting a race cape for a three mile decent to the start of the Puy de Mary climb. After nearly five hundred miles and today`s extra climb the legs did not like the three miles of over ten percent to the top, in fact they locked up solid after half a mile and it was a case of walk and read the signs written on the road from last year’s tour. After a while the legs did recover so it was back on the bike for the last mile or so to the top and a warm hot chocolate, food in the bar at the top (only two of the five riders made it all the way up). Refreshed it was a damp cold decent with a couple of smaller Cols to go over. As we descended the sun reappeared to make the last ten Top of Puy de Mary miles a very pleasant ride into St. Flour, arriving the town to find a market and funfair in full swing it took a while to find the correct road to the hotel which was below the old town walls. Unluckily for one rider she had split a tyre so had to be rescued by the van and taken.To a bike shop for a new tyre. A hard but rewarding day`s ride. Route at https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1773772378
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Day 8 St. Flour to Banassac 62 miles Today saw us leaving the Massif Central and the worst weather of the trip. The road still managed to go up and down with most of the day above 1500ft. The rain started to fall after about seventeen miles just when we had stopped for coffee (drunk in local church). The rain got heaver as we rode for the next twenty miles before stopping just before the lunch stop. This was by a crossroads in the middle of now where, whilst Simon prepared the food it was into a bar for a coffee and a warm up. The coffee was terrible but great at the same time. Also in the bar/cafĂŠ was some walkers from Canada who were on a Pilgrimage from Geneva to Campo de Camp? A six week walk. After food it started to rain again but with four layers on it was not cold. The roads were quite back lanes until we crossed a motorway at 1222mts.high, from here it was ten miles fast downhill with a drop of over five hundred meters. The last ten mile was still downhill through a gorge not so fast as light rain started again and with the wind blowing up the gorge. Managed to arrive at the hotel before more heavy rain which saw one rider call for the van as it was not safe to ride. Tonight glad to see a heated towel rail which was needed to dry out today`s kit. Route at https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1775474946 Day 9 Banassac to Lodeve 75 miles. Damp start, with a steady climbs over the first seven miles before a drop into the first gorge of the day. Coffee was taken at the bottom alongside of the river. By now the sun had broken through and the temperature was rising, a fast ride for a couple of miles down the gorge until a left turn over a bridge saw a stiff climb out of the gorge and another plunge into a second gorge before the hard climb out again. At the top it was soon time to drop down to another river valley and lunch. The next twenty miles was along false flat drag with a poor road surface and the warm temperature the day`s ride turned into a slog until a five mile twisty decent into the town and relief with a long soak in the bath. Route at https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1778059274 Day 10 The last Lodeve to Sete 50 miles After yesterday`s hard ride today was more like the last day of school. Today all six riders stayed together for the whole ride. The first twelve miles saw the normal steady climbs before descending on to a plain, where compared with most of the ride the towns got bigger and busier. With fourteen miles to go the Med. Was finely seen in the distance all that was between us and the end was a molehill of a 80 meter climb before the ride into Sete via cycle tracks, and busy roads before the finish at the harbour lighthouse. A glass of champagne drunk and a group photo taken, the ride was over except for a mile ride to the hotel and the prepping of the bikes for the return home. The trip home was a lot faster and a lot easier a train to Montpellier before a flight to Luton and coach back to Ringwood took ten hours.
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By Chris Hawkins The Isle of Adventure A bike overnight on the Isle of Wight A taster into cycle touring in the south of the United Kingdom, channeling the Famous Five with bikes and tents … Bicycle Adventurers: Worrybomb and Worrybomb’s Dad When: June 2017 Accommodations: Camping: Ninham Country Holidays Cafes: Pedallers Cafe and Quay Arts Distance: 40 miles, 20 each way Bonus tip for this adventure: Cycling out of the campsite to get to the Morrisons supermarket can be hairy on the busy A3056 highway, but there is a bridleway/equestrian route which runs from the campsite west and then north — only partially metalled/paved tracks, but very passable after a few days sun. Sun cream! Remember to put it on yourself as well as your kids. If you don’t, you get interesting sunburn lines! Day One We traveled south by train from our home in Basingstoke to the port city of Southampton. The trip is easy and most trains have some cycle storage — not as good as the old guards wagons, but it’s a start, err? A ten-minute cycle from the train station through the West Quay shops, all off road on cycle tracks, got us to the Red Funnel terminal, Dock Gate 7. Crossing to the Isle of Wight by this ferry is pretty cheap, costing £28 for return tickets for us both. Cycles normally board first and exit first, so it’s nice and easy. We dropped off the bikes on the car deck and went upstairs to get something to eat and have a look around. The weather was bright, a little cloudy, but a nice, late spring day, ideal for cycling. The crossing was calm and easy and we were soon in the Isle of Wight’s seaport town of Cowes. We were to follow the Red Squirrel Trail. Most of it is along the route of an old railway line. It starts on the other side of the Medina River in Cowes, so after a short hop over the river in the chain ferry or the little water shuttle, and we were off.
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The first mile or so is a quiet residential area of West Cowes, but very soon, you turn off the roads and onto a good tarmacked track. Once you are on the trail, the riding is easy. You will see lots of people using the route for work and for leisure. It’s wide enough to ride side by side and is straight and pretty flat. You get occasional glimpses of the river on your left as you go. It’s lovely, easy riding. After about five miles, you reach the town of Newport. The route in is a bit industrial, but it’s pretty quiet out of rush hour times. We passed a nice looking pub The Bargeman’s Rest, and stopped very briefly outside Quay Arts, but didn’t go in to either as we ate on the ferry coming out, but we filed the locations away for the trip home. From here, it’s an easy ride, crossing lots of roads in the town center, but all marked with a wide cycle lane and sign posted route towards the next section of the old railway. As you leave the town the trail is a little narrower, but it’s well paved and easy riding still. Several pieces of trackside art can be seen. The scary eel is very good. It’s about four miles crisscrossing the river and in one section, a bit of bridleway track. It’s not too rough, but needs careful riding if you have a light or fragile bike. The smooth tarmac soon reappears and the section ends at the site of Merstone Station. All that’s left of this once busy intersection is one of the platforms. It’s a lovely place to stop, and you can sit on the old platform next to a few bits of stone luggage to enjoy a snack. Although you don’t really feel it, this area is the end of the Medina River and its watershed and the start of the River Yar's drainage.
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So it’s a very gentle downward ride for a few miles. We stopped at the wonderful Pedallers Cafe in Langbridge. It’s a great little place with a good range of local food and beer. It has bike tools to tinker, if needed, and a loo. We ate here, and rested for the climb to come. You can get to the campsite on a flatter route, but it misses this cafe and having been here before I wanted to go back to this good place to stop. We carried on along the old railway to Alverstone. From here, we were on small roads. We headed up the hill towards Winford. It’s steep in places, but shaded in parts. After Winford, the busy junction at Apse Heath is easy if you use the crossing near to the corner shop, Rajs Premier. From here, it’s downhill. You can use the A3056 highway, but it’s not very wide and looked pretty fast, not ideal for an eight year old and my well-packed bike, so we went south on Ventnor Road and took the bridleway east to the campsite. It’s a bit rough in places, but traffic free. The descent down to the campsite is a little steep, but we coped easily. It’s sandy and seems to dry quickly. We checked in to the reception, much better rates if you’re on foot or bike compared to car, and for the small fee, you get to make use of the outdoor heated pool, play areas, climbing wall, and wonderfully clean showers and loos. There is wifi in and around the pool, TV, and games room. The only thing they don't have is a shop, but as the supermarket Morrisons is just a mile away, this isn’t too much of a hardship. The campsite is big and well spaced out. It’s a family site, not noisy and not overly regimented. We loved it and had great fun in the pool winding down.
Day Two We stayed for two nights here, costing about 30 pounds I think, for the two of us. The site is very keen on recycling and uses rainwater for the loos and gives you bags to help with recycling when you arrive. It’s all kept very clean and the loos and showers look brand new. They are not. They are just well maintained.
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Day Three The route back was the reverse of the one we came in on. The push up to the bridleway from the campsite was hard, but over quickly and by the time we had passed Winford it was all downhill from there. We were too early to pop into Pedallers again, (it opens at 10:00, I think ), so we kept going to Newport where we stopped, taking our bikes into the riverside courtyard, at the cafe at Quay Arts. We ate and had a drink there (with ice cream) before heading back down the Medina to Cowes and the ferry home to Southampton and train back home. Your favorite local bike shop? There are lots of bike shops and hire places on the island. Bike overnight tips and tricks? Always take your Flossie! You can’t go wrong with your favorite stuffed sheep to keep you company.
By Chris Hawkins By Mike
Velo Domestique
Velo Domestique opened in the middle of January ‘16 in their new premises at 176180 Seabourne Road (the top end of Southbourne Grove). Velo Domestique is not just a café, not just a bike shop, it’s a hub for cyclists in Bournemouth. Velo Domestique host cycling film screenings , serves delicious Boscanova coffee and supper evenings.
By Mike Walsh Ian
Yarroll has recently set up a cycle touring website - it's based on various bikepacking and touring journeys that he made over the last few years in Europe and the UK. It contains practical info and resources which he hopes will help others to plan trips - it has not been set up for any commercial purposes. You can find him at this site http://www.ridethebike.co.uk/
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Cycling in Holland
By Paul Manley
Having in the past undertaken a number of cycling trips in the UK, I decided this year to venture abroad. A fellow CTC member introduced me to Wheel 2 Wheel holidays, which is a travel agent specialising in cycling holidays. After looking at their web site, I chose their one week, southern Holland holiday. Two main factors attracted me to Holland. Firstly, the country is, of course flat and the Dutch are known for catering for cyclists and cycling. Secondly, it is easy to get to from my home in Poole. A train to Southampton Airport and then Flybe to Amsterdam. Wheel 2 Wheel engage a local agent to organise their holidays. In this case, it was Vos Travel of Holland. They supply the bike, book the hotels and provide travel documents, including detailed instructions, maps, luggage labels and tourist information. One major advantage of this type of holiday is that you do not need to carry much with you on the bike. Your luggage is transferred from hotel to hotel, so all you need is a puncture kit, provided by Vos Travel and any wet weather clothing, and helmet, which you need to provide. The start point was in Amersfoort. This is about thirty five minutes by train from Amsterdam Schiphol airport and there is a direct train service. With one exception, all the hotels were in the NH Hotel group. On arrival at Amersfoort, I was provided with the travel documentation and shown where the bike was kept. All the hotels had secure bike storage areas. As is common with Dutch bikes, there is a built in locking device on the rear wheel and I was provided with the key. Each morning you had to leave your case at reception by 9.00 am. You were limited to one case with a maximum weight of 15 kg. It would then by transferred to the next hotel by 4.00 pm. You could book full board but I opted for bed and breakfast only, so that I could arrange my own evening meal, often away from the hotel. The route was as follows: Amersfoort, Amsterdam South, Noordwijkerhout, Den Haag, Papendrecht, Utrecht and back to Amersfoort. The total distance was about 275 miles, so an average of about 45 miles each day. I had only ever been
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to Amsterdam in The Netherlands, so it was particularly interesting to visit these other towns and cities. Apart from the overnight destinations, the route included a number of other interesting places, including Haarlem, Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam. At one point, I stopped and climbed a polder, a high bank separating the sea from the land. From the top of the polder is was apparent how much higher the sea level is, compared to the flat ground stretching away inland. Were the polder to be breached, that part of Holland would quickly be under several feet of water. The Dutch, of course, have their windmills to pump excess water into dykes and then into the canal system and out to sea. At Kinderdijk, not far from Papendrecht, one of our overnight stops, there are 19 windmills dating from 1740. Many of these are still working mills, although I understand that there are diesel pumps available as backup. I noticed as I rode through the countryside that some windmills had been converted to residential homes. Many of the smaller towns, such as Leiden and Delft are similar, in that they are built around picturesque canals with the typical tall town houses along side the canals, with quaint bridges connecting each side of the canal. Delft is of course best known for its Blue Pottery (Delftware) and also the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Its church (Oude Kerk) has a distinctive lean to it. When I visited Delft, there was a large open air market taking place in the centre square. Travelling around Holland was made reasonably easy due to the numbered cycle routes. Our route instructions followed these paths, some of which were on roads and others on cycle paths. At the end of each cycle path there would be a “Cycle Point� with a local map and we would then be instructed to go right, left or straight-ahead onto the next numbered route. This became a little more difficult in the larger cities such as Amsterdam and Rotterdam, where the paths were not always clear. However, by and large, my fellow travellers and I did not have to retrace our selves too often. The cycling was not led and so you made your own way and because we were only doing around 45 miles each day on average, there was time to stop at places of interest. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip and will use Wheel 2 Wheel again. Next year I am planning to take their Rhine holiday.
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Rouleurs Summer Solstice 200km By David Smethursth The Thursday Rouleurs rode a Summer Solstice 200k Ride on 22 Jun 2017 Thanks for a grand day out John. I know about six of us out today have done at least one 200k "calendar" event under the umbrella of Audax UK, in particular the Dorset Coast. If you fancy that next year, or any others in the region earlier than that, the calendar can be found here: http://www.aukweb.net/events/ AUK membership not required but it saves you two quid 3rd party insurance per event. This year five of us rode back together from near Axminster to Wareham on the DC. We had a jolly time with Mike G, John J, Graham and Anna Dore and me bowling along chatting when we weren't grovelling up hills. Most events are a lot smaller fields than the legendary Coast, but in my view beat sportives hands down as they are run by volunteers, have a complete absence of swank, no razamatazz, low cost, self sufficiency and some great characters and bike setups. The traditional send-off at start time is "I suppose you lot might as well push off then". I've got to know a group of like minded weirdos over the last three years of the current comeback and it's been fun. There are rides at many distances from 50k to 1000s of k. Some shorter ones are pretty epic like the very hilly Primrose Path 100. But the staple is the 200. The calendar doesn't show events that have passed but I have ridden about 15 this season (since October) of which 10 were 200 or shorter. All but two of the 200s started somewhere between Dorchester and Portsmouth and south of the A303. A few of us also ride permanent or diy rides. For info on those see the menu on the left of the above linked page. Thanks again John for stretching our distance and I hope more of us can sprinkle these challenges into our year of rides. David
By David Smethurst
Courtens Garden Centre
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Back on the Bike
By David Birch
Finally , I have been out on my own bike, a bit wobbly ,but I stayed on. Doreen was with me and we only did about four miles but that has to be progress. The photos show me just as we left home and when we reached the Bournemouth Cycling Centre at Ensbury Park. We used the two inside flat lanes. I didn't feel up to tackling the banking on the curves....next time?? Hey, one step at a time!! Perhaps you would forward my good news on to any one else. Kind regards to all and hard tyres. Might see you at coffee soon,
By David Birch Gridiron Volunteer Supper 4th
By Mike Walsh
To celebrate the July the Gridiron volunteers were entertained to supper at Velo Domestique in thanks for all their efforts where they met the organiser for 2018. The following are some photographs from the evening.
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Compton Abbas Airfield. Tel: 01747 811767 Wimborne Rec Bransgore Lepe Lymington Hurn Stores Blandford Cafe 65 Sturminster Newton Wimborne Rec. Wilton Kinson Library Meet for coffee at Alderholt Reading Room Blandford Wimborne Quare Cerne Abbas West Holme Merley Bridge Orchard Tea Rms Upwey Morton Merley Bridge Chaldon Herring Marley, Willett Arms Car Park West Holme, Orchard Tea Rms Sherfield English ( Gilberts ) Waitrose ( Christchurch ) Bowerchalke Market Café Wimborne Square Old Farmhouse Burley Waitrose, Christchurch Poole Leisure Cycling who meet in Upton House, Upton Country Park at 2 to 10:00 CTC Wessex Cycling's 100km Randonée
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The ride attracts cyclists from all disciplines and all abilities you are sure to find someone to ride with, contact Terry Walsh on 01202 247888 for more details. There is no leader and no back up, but generally there is an experienced cyclist in the group. The route is designed for beginners but joined in by all abilities. Start 09:00 at Waitrose Supermarket, Christchurch or just make your own way to the Old Farmhouse Tearooms, Burley for 10:0
We organise gentle and more demanding rides. Please join one of our groups who ride Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Each group has a different style. Choose the group that suits you best.
CTC WESSEX CYCLING RUNSLIST FOR Fourth Quarter 2017
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Hockey's, near Ibsley
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Bulbarrow BJW Hill Climb Costa Wimborne Square Meet for coffee at Alderholt Reading Room Blandford Wimborne Quare Kinson Con Club Kinson Combe Bissett Whiteparish Moyles Court Courtens Garden Centre 01794884489 Fontmell Magna Cranborne GC Wimborne Rec 01725 517546 Brockenhurst Burley-Old Hurn Village Stores Farmhouse Tea Room Lyndhurst ( Mad Hatter ) Waitrose ( Christchurch ) Old Farmhouse Burley Waitrose, Christchurch
Gridiron 100km Audax Blandford Autumn 100 Autumn 100 Eling Tide Mill Lyndhurst Mad Hatter Whitsbury Ferndown-,junc.Wimborne Rd Woolvercroft, Sticky Bun Tea East & West Moors Rd. Room Compton Abbas Airfield Wimborne Recreation Grd Old Farmhouse Burley Waitrose, Christchurch Corfe Castle, Model Village Cafe. Tel: 01929 Sandbanks Ferry Wareham Puddletown Kimmeridge Sandbanks Ferry Tolpuddle West Holme Willett Arms Car Park Orchard Tea Rooms
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rides@bjw.org.uk Ali M Ian C John Hayter
N/A Geoff
Leader
Wimborne Square Costa Wimborne Square Wimborne Quare Car Assist Wilton Sandbanks Ferry 9:30 for 9:40 ferry Wimborne Rec. Sandbanks Ferry Waitrose, Christchurch
10:00 09:00 09:30 09:30 09:30
09:30
08:30 09:00
08:00 or Bovey Tracey 09:00 Merley Bridge 09:00
26/Oct Dorset Dawdlers
28/Oct Saturday Morning 60s 28/Oct Terry's Sat Ride
29/Oct Audax
Sat
Sun
09:30
09:30 10:00 Any
02/Nov Thursday Potterers 02/Nov Dorset Dawdlers 03/Nov Audax
Wimborne Rec Wimborne Rec Anywhere
Sandbanks Ferry
Time Start
Thurs 02/Nov Thursday Rouleurs
Group
Kinson Library Wimborne Quare
09:00 09:30
29/Oct Jubilee 31/Oct Ali M's Ride
Lunch
Woolvercroft Sticky Wood Green Bun Tea Room Shaftesbury Blandford
Cranborne, Garden Centre. Tel: 01725 517546 Hythe Brockenhurst
Lyndhurst, Mad Hatter. Tel: 02380 282341 Cerne Abbas Moreton Keyhaven South Holmsley Station Tea Rooms Cranborne Dorchester Blandford Pewsey Weyhill Wool Corfe Castle Courtyard Cafe 01929 481234 Cranborne Garden Tollard Royal Centre Lulworth Cove ( Main car park Cafe ) Old Farmhouse Burley 100km Dartmoor Devil
Coffee
Lunch Arne RSPB Café Higher Bockhampton 01929 65563360 Blandford Cafe 65 Kings Stag Blandford Cafe 65 Childe Okeford Llandrindod Wells 200+km
Coffee
RUNSLIST FOR November 2017
Wimborne Rec
09:30
29/Oct Pedal Sunday
Day Date
Tue
Hurn Stores
09:00
29/Oct INTERS
29/Oct Sunday Rouleurs
22/Oct 22/Oct 24/Oct Tue Thurs 26/Oct 26/Oct
PHSG GROUP Jubilee Ali M's Ride Thursday Rouleurs Thursday Potterers
Upton House Hurn Village Stores
09:00 09:45
22/Oct INTERS 22/Oct Pedal Sunday
Sun
Hurn Stores
Time Start
09:00
Group
22/Oct Sunday Rouleurs
Day Date
TBA
rides@bjw.org.uk Ali M Dave L Bob McIntosh
Colin
Steve Freshney
Leader
Tea
Leader
rides@bjw.org.uk Ali M
TBA martinfoley@btinternet.com
Burley
Keith Hemming Anna and Graham
kevin.hindstreet@btinternet.com
Blandford
Tea
Sun
Sat
Sat
Jubilee Green Hut Ali M's Ride Thursday Rouleurs Thursday Potterers
19/Nov Pedal Sunday 19/Nov Jubilee
Saturday Morning 60s Terry's Sat Ride Sunday Rouleurs INTERS
10:00 09:00
08:30 09:00 09:00 09:00
10:00
16/Nov Dorset Dawdlers
08:30 09:00 09:00 09:00 10:00 09:00 09:30 19:30 09:30
10:00
Wimborne Rec. Costa Wimborne Square
Hurn Stores
Blandford Cafe 65 Arne
Childe Okeford
East Wellow Carlos Minstead Ice Cream 01794 323673 Ferndown junc.Wimborne Rd Cranborne Garden 6d Handley Centre East & West Moors Rd Lyndhurst ( Mad Hatter) Waitrose ( Christchurch ) Old Farmhouse Burley Waitrose, Christchurch Downton, The Borough. Tel: 01725 238083 Christchurch Waitrose Sixpenny Handley Compton Abbas Wimborne Square.
Tollard Royal Witchampton Ferndown junc. Wimborne Village Shop Rd.East & West Moors Rd BJW 50M Reliability Merley Community Centre Meet for coffee at Alderholt Reading Room Blandford Wimborne Quare Eling Tide Mill Lymington Hurn Stores Kimmeridge Wareham Harrys Merley Bridge Bar 01929 551818 Corfe Castle Merley Willett Arms Car Park Wareham Sports Centre Compton Abbas Airfield Wimborne Recreation Grd Old Farmhouse Burley Waitrose, Christchurch Alderholt, Sticky Bun. Tel: 01425 625437 Wimborne Rec Arne Moreton Upton House Fordingbridge Crow Farm Shop Hurn Village Stores Lepe Kinson Library Blandford Wimborne Quare Kinson Con Club Kinson Bovington Matilda's Martinstown Merley Bridge CafĂŠ 01929 405204
00:00
08:30 11:00 09:30 09:30 09:30
Waitrose ( Christchurch ) Wimborne Square Waitrose, Christchurch Upton House Wimborne Square
09:30
18/Nov 18/Nov 19/Nov 19/Nov
Lunch
Sherfield English ( Gilberts ) Fontwell Magna Old Farmhouse Burley Moreton, Tea Rooms. Tel: 01929 463647 Salisbury Cranborne
Coffee
08:30 09:00 09:00 09:00 09:00
Time Start
16/Nov Thursday Potterers
Saturday Morning 60s Terry's Sat Ride Sunday Rouleurs INTERS Pedal Sunday Jubilee Ali M's Ride Committee Thursday Rouleurs
09/Nov Dorset Dawdlers
11/Nov 11/Nov Sun 12/Nov 12/Nov 12/Nov 12/Nov Tue 14/Nov 15/Nov Thurs 16/Nov
Tue
Saturday Morning 60s BUN RUNS Terry's Sat Ride Sunday Rouleurs INTERS
Group
05/Nov Pedal Sunday
04/Nov 04/Nov 04/Nov 05/Nov 05/Nov
05/Nov 07/Nov 07/Nov Thurs 09/Nov 09/Nov
Sun
Sat
Day Date
Ringwood
Sandbanks
Hockey's, near Ibsley
Tea
rides@bjw.org.uk
Paula Kirk Anna and Graham
TBA
John Hayter
Paul Sgt
rides@bjw.org.uk Ali M
Rob Ward Geoff
Paul
rides@bjw.org.uk Paul Rush Ali M Denis E Ann Edwards
Rob Pilato Colin
Leader
09:30
10:00
10:00 09:00
08:30 09:00 09:00
09:00 10:00
23/Nov Thursday Potterers
23/Nov Dorset Dawdlers
24/Nov PHSG GROUP 25/Nov Audax
25/Nov Saturday Morning 60s 25/Nov Terry's Sat Ride 26/Nov Sunday Rouleurs
26/Nov INTERS 26/Nov Pedal Sunday
Sat
Sun
Sun
Sat
Saturday Morning 60s BUN RUNS Terry's Sat Ride Sunday Rouleurs INTERS Pedal Sunday
03/Dec Jubilee
02/Dec 02/Dec 02/Dec 03/Dec 03/Dec 03/Dec
Group
10:00
30/Nov Dorset Dawdlers
Day Date
09:30
30/Nov Thursday Potterers
Lunch
Cranborne Minstead Cranborne Garden Damerham Centre Moreton Blandford Bishops Caundle Compton Abbas Airfield 1747811767 Wareham Sandbanks Ferry 9:30 for 9:40 Swanage ferry Blandford Cafe 65 Winterbourne Tomson Wimborne Rec.
Hurn Stores Ferndown juinc. Wimborne Rd East & West Moors Rd. Costa Wimborne Square Wimborne Quare Wimborne Square
Waitrose ( Christchurch ) Wimborne Square Waitrose, Christchurch Hurn Stores Wimborne Square Willett Arms Car Park Merley Community Centre
09:30 09:00 09:00 09:30 09:00 10:00
08:30
Time Start
Lunch Sherfield English ( Gilberts ) Sturminster Newton Old Farmhouse Burley Fordingbridge, Bridges. Tel: 01425 625437 Semley Cranborne Corfe Castle Wareham Sports Centre BJW 100km Reliability
Coffee
RUNSLIST FOR December 2017
09:00 09:30 09:30
26/Nov Jubilee 28/Nov Ali M's Ride Tue Thurs 30/Nov Thursday Rouleurs
Coffee
Meet for coffee at Alderholt Reading Room Blandford Wimborne Quare Shaftesbury Broadchalke Moyles Court Chalke Valley Stores 01722 780998 Ebbesbourne Wake Compton Abbas Wimborne Rec Airfield 01747 811767 Ringwood Meeting Breamore Hurn Village Stores House Fordingbridge Ringwood Underpass Catherington , near Bois Ocaud d'Automne 100 Portsmouth Lulworth Cove ( Main car park Cafe ) Sandbanks Ferry Old Farmhouse Burley Waitrose, Christchurch Arne, RSPB Cafe. Tel: 01929 553360 Sandbanks Ferry
Time Start
11:00 09:30 09:30
Group
21/Nov Green Hut 21/Nov Ali M's Ride Thurs 23/Nov Thursday Rouleurs
Day Date
Tue
Holt, Stewarts
Tea
Tea
rides@bjw.org.uk
Mike Barrett Steph
Leader
Grahame Bolton TBA
rides@bjw.org.uk Ali M Peter D
Keith Hemming Michael
jondse@ntlwo rld.com
Stephen Maycock Lawrence
Paul Rush Ali M Graham D
Leader
10:00
10:00
07/Dec Thursday Potterers
07/Dec Dorset Dawdlers
09:00 09:30 09:30 10:00 10:00 09:30 09:00 09:30 09:00
10:00
10/Dec Jubilee 12/Dec Ali M's Ride Tue Thurs 14/Dec Thursday Rouleurs 14/Dec Thursday Potterers 14/Dec Dorset Dawdlers 16/Dec Saturday Morning 60s Sat 16/Dec Terry's Sat Ride Sun 17/Dec Sunday Rouleurs 17/Dec INTERS
17/Dec Pedal Sunday
10:00 09:00 11:00 09:30 09:30
09:50
10:00
PHSG GROUP Jubilee Green Hut Ali M's Ride Thursday Rouleurs
21/Dec Thursday Potterers
21/Dec Dorset Dawdlers
17/Dec 17/Dec 19/Dec Tue 19/Dec Thurs 21/Dec
Sun
09/Dec 09/Dec 10/Dec 10/Dec 10/Dec
09:30 09:00 09:30 09:00 10:00
Sat
Saturday Morning 60s Terry's Sat Ride Sunday Rouleurs INTERS Pedal Sunday
Tue
Coffee
Lunch
Wimborne Rec
Witchampton Village Shop. Mince Pie Run Hill View, Ferndown Salisbury Kinson Library Meet for coffee at Alderholt Reading Room Blandford Wimborne Quare Setley Ridge Hurn Stores Vineyard Café Arne RSPB Sandbanks Ferry 9:50 for 10:00 Ferry Verwood Heath Ferndown junc. Wimborne Centre Rd.East & West Moors Rd.
Lawrence
rides@bjw.org.uk Ali M
Rob Ward Geoff
Ann Edwards Keeta Christopher TBA
Paul Rush Ali M
Leader
Bob McIntosh Ian Damerham
rides@bjw.org.uk Paul Rush Ali M John J
Alan Young Jackie need numbers, menu choices & deposit by end of November
Tuckton
Tea
Coffee Run Only
Hamptworth
6d Handley
Meet for coffee at Alderholt Reading Room Blandford Wimborne Quare Wool Swanage Brook Sandbanks Ferry Tearooms 1929422061 Coffee Run Only Alderholt Sticky Wimborne Rec Bun 01425 652437 Wool Merley Willett Arrms Car Park Wareham Sports Centre Compton Abbas Airfield Wimborne Recreation Grd Old Farmhouse Burley Waitrose, Christchurch Blandford, Forum Cafe. Tel: 01258 459104 Merley Bridge Milford Brockenhurst Hurn Stores Burley Bashley Redcliff Hurn Village Stores Garden Centre Compton Abbas Airfield Kinson Library Blandford Wimborne Quare Christmas Lunch Xmas Lunch Barton-on-Sea Crow Farm Shop Hurn Village Stores Lyndhurst ( Mad Hatter ) Waitrose ( Christchurch ) Old Farmhouse Burley Waitrose, Christchurch Owermoigne, Galton Garden Centre. Tel: Upton House West Holme, Kimmeridge, Sandbanks Ferry Christmas Lunch Clavells
Time Start
11:00 09:30 09:30
Group
05/Dec Green Hut 05/Dec Ali M's Ride Thurs 07/Dec Thursday Rouleurs
Day Date
Lunch
Waitrose, Christchurch Christchurch Waitrose Merley Bridge Willett Arms Car Park
09:00 09:30
09:00 09:30 09:00
10:00
29/Dec Jubilee 30/Dec Saturday Morning 60s
30/Dec Terry's Sat Ride 31/Dec Sunday Rouleurs 31/Dec INTERS
31/Dec Pedal Sunday
AGM
18th October
Sun
Sat
http://www.bombproofwheels.com/
Old Farmhouse Burley TBA Milton Abbas Dorchester Wetherspoons To be decided on the Sturminster Marshall Golf Club day
Bday Boys Run to Crow Kinson Library Wimborne Recreation Ground Sturminster Newton ( Anywhere Open!! )
09:30 09:30 10:00 10:00
Saturday Morning 60s Terry's Sat Ride Sunday Rouleurs INTERS
26/Dec Ali M's Ride Tue Thurs 28/Dec Thursday Rouleurs 28/Dec Thursday Potterers 28/Dec Dorset Dawdlers
23/Dec 23/Dec 24/Dec 24/Dec Ferndown junc.Wimborne Rd.East & West Moors Rd. Wimborne Quare Merley Bridge Hurn Stores Wimborne Rec.
Sun
Sat
10:00
Lulworth Cove ( Main car park Cafe ) Old Farmhouse Burley Holt, Stewarts Garden Centre. Tel: 01202 Wimborne, Compton Abbas Wetherspoons Airfield Verwood Morrisons Super Market Short ride morning only. Blandford West Knighton Wareham Coffee Run Only Fordingbridge Blandford Cafe 65 Winterbourne Tomson
Coffee
24/Dec Pedal Sunday
Time Start Sandbanks Ferry Waitrose, Christchurch Wimborne Square Wimborne Square
Group
09:30 09:00 09:30 09:00
Day Date
TBA
rides@bjw.org.uk
Paul
Ali M Ade H
Rob Ward Jackie
Leader
Our local rider’s wheel building offer
Tea
Thursday and Sunday Dawdlers Programme Change
By Jim McDonald
Regrettably, after many years of hard work, Jeanette and Martin King are withdrawing from organising the Thursday and Sunday Dawdlers rides programme. The Thursday Dawdlers will continue along the same lines as usual. The Sunday Dawdlers, however, which has been merged to all intents and purposes with the Sunday Potterers for the past year, will be closed down and a new ride group formed entitled Pedal Sunday .This will aim to provide social rides of a moderate pace between 30 to 50 miles depending on the season of the year. Could be considered by those seeking an introduction to club cycling. Individual rides leaders are sought to encourage a varied and interesting programme for both Thursdays and Sundays.
By Jim McDonald
New Tuesday Rouleurs
By Mike Walsh
Ali Mackenzie has set up an informal Tuesday Rouleurs ride starting from Wimborne Square at 9:30. It’s an informal gathering/ride - the idea is that every Tues 9.30am, Wimborne Square to Blandford (via Cow Grove, Langton Long) is available as a informal gathering and relaxed shortish ride – with the proviso that at worst ‘you’re the only one!’ but more than likely there will be some other friendly cycle buddies to join you for the pleasant route to Blandford, followed by much coffee and cake – newbies being looked after there and back (unless they’re ‘the only one’! unlikely) – please feel free to post my mobile for new folk to contact me 07500717191; I can generally only make 2 Tues out of 4 due to work. Folk can of course feel free to add loops before meeting in Wimborne, and plan their own way home after Blandford.
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By Mike Walsh
Basic Maintenance Course
By Mike Walsh
We have joined forces with Steve Coombes to provide a Basic Bike Maintenance Course. Steve will deliver the course over a few hours on two mid-week evenings that will provide you with the confidence to take on some basic on the road repairs. Steve is a qualified cycle mechanic. The course will be held in the:Kinson Conservative Club 1394-96 Wimborne Rd, Bournemouth BH10 7AR on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 p.m. Course 1:- 10 October and 17 October Course 2:- 7 November and 14 November Cost £10 per course Refreshments available. Details from stevecoombes@hotmail.co.uk
By Mike Walsh BagSOLO.com is a door to door service that ships customers bikes and other sporting equipment anywhere in the world. Using world renowned logistics partners, Fedex and UPS, bagSOLO offers a straightforward, competitively-priced and reliable service that aims to relieve some of the stress of travel with oversized baggage. Our short information video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOSYAETuUNY&t=2s) summarises the service end to end. Key reasons to use bagSOLO ● Use your own bike wherever you go ● Save money on excess baggage costs ● Save money on larger vehicle rental ● Seamless door to door service ● No more awkward bike boxes to lug ● Skip the queues at airports ● Courier tracking allowing monitoring of bike boxes at every step of the journey ● Your bike awaits you at your destination serena@bagsolo.com www.bagsolo.com Suite 1, Hamble House, Meadrow, Godalming GU7 3HJ 02038 706 706
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Age Related Retinal Detachment
By Alan Baker
In a postscript to the Minute Secretary Profile in a recent issue of Cycle Ink I mentioned that shortly after writing the Profile I experienced a partial detachment of the retina in my left eye. I said then that it was a cautionary tale involving older-age, the benefit of hindsight, procrastination, and being fortunate to live in the catchment area of a first-rate Eye Clinic. Retinal detachment can be caused by trauma: a bang on the head or a punch in the face, or indulging in a contact sport such as boxing or rugby, are all possible causes, particularly amongst younger males. More common, however, is age-related detachment, which is not caused by any external event. As we age, the vitreous fluid in the eyeball becomes less viscous and this can cause the retina to start to detach itself from what lies behind it. This means that the brain no longer receives complete information from the retina, telling it what the eye is seeing. In other words, where detachment has happened we have a blind spot. With advances in eye surgery this condition may be reversible if intervention occurs sufficiently promptly. Given that agerelated detachment is not rare, it pays to be aware of early symptoms. I ignored my symptoms for a while, maybe at a cost. I have recovered substantial sight in the affected eye but vision is distorted. Importantly for a cyclist and a motorist I don’t have any blind spots in my field of vision. My procrastination was offset by the prompt attention I received at Bournemouth Hospital Eye Clinic. It has its own A and E department to which members of the public can self-refer, i.e. without seeing a GP first. It has its own surgical team and operating theatre and so can be responsive to urgent need: I (eventually) self-referred and had my operation the same day. The symptoms I experienced started with what I call TV interference patterns: spots, stars and wavy lines in my field of vision. Initially these were random, but later their pattern
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became more organised, like, say, a spider’s web but without the symmetry, or a bunch of frog spawn. Finally, a significant part of the field of vision in my affected eye was lost, being replaced by a pulsating green-coloured blob. By this point I should have gone to the Eye Clinic without delay. Fortunately, when I did so, the medical team did not procrastinate as I had done. If you develop these symptoms, my advice is to seek medical opinion promptly! Run the risk of being labelled “one of the Worried Well”.
By Alan Baker
CTC Wessex Cycling Kit
By Tony Clewes
The Club is still offering kit at heavily subsidised prices. Quality kit at bargain prices! Take a look at the website under For Sale and check out the order form to see what's available. Go to: www.bournemouthctc.org/clothing.htm to download the sizing chart and order form. Get your order in while the offer is still on !
Cycle Ink
By Mike Walsh
Wessex Cycling’s Quarterly Newsletter is available by mail for an annual subscription of £2.50. Please contact me by e-mail jmichaelwalsh@aol.com for details of how to subscribe.
By Mike Walsh
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Shawn’s Bun Run 1st July
By Shawn Shaw
New man Robin had joined Roger, DaveP and I in the Square for a ride to Ansty. Steve who liked Ansty was not able to come. Ansty is on the A road and with consultation we decided on a change and headed for the more attractively placed Semley. There was a smattering of main B road to handle as we departed from the Square. Into Witchhampton and the lanes were lacking that traffic rumble and out along Sheepwash Drove the occasional restrained thunder of farmworking overbore the tranquility of rolling tyres, rustling grass seed-ears, bustling supple new grown hedge and birdcall. The cloud was gathered gray yet promised a lift in far off bright streaks. Long Critchal into Gussage vale passing St Andrew tucked into the farmstead we sallied into Rushmoor Park enjoying the stately splendour and on past the Golf Club onto the Ox Drove. We are now looking down across the dales and copse-scaped vista the Ebble beginning close below to run it's course through Chalke Vale to the Avon. A little undulation and the drop of the Drove down through woods of ancient ozone neglected and wild with road to match, down to valley floor and Milkwell. Ripples through the Donheads and our first sign to Semley. A large step and a hop on Watery Lane takes us past green ashlar and honey stone thatches to the village store and refreshment. As we climb the minor lane out we are 'rumbled' into rough edges and progress slows. Another bit of Main A and we are in Shaftesbury. Pallidor is busy with Gold Hill Fair, traditional since the 80s but we slide through to Great Street and Normandy Farm Lane to Twyford and Child Okeford. Another stretch of Main A to visit Stourpain and join the leisureway past Durweston Mill for Bryanston. Through Blandford we gained the Cowgrove drove road and rolled on to take a sip at The Vine, Pamphill ere we went our seperate ways. A true mix of cycle touring mostly lanes, a little unavoidable Main, and a short track made for a majestic day awheel. My thanks to the fellows for their company and enthusiasm By Shawn Shaw for taking their part. Cheers!
By Mike Walsh
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Rouleurs at Merley Bridge
Rouleurs early August Inters Leader at end of Avon Causeway
By Mike Walsh
Hope2Cycle is a charitable community partnership promoting cycling, recycling, health and wellbeing in Bournemoth. They service and repair unwanted bikes and put them back on the road. They also offer service, repairs to customers bikes in addition to new and recycled parts, cycle hire and maintenance training. The charity has extensive experience in supporting people who are socially excluded or recovering from health related problems in a work setting and are able to offer work experience and volunteering opportunities. They welcome your cycle donations so please "Recycle your Cycle" Don't tip it, Recycle it! Drop it in or call them. 878 Wimborne Road, Moordown, Bmth, BH9 2DR 07530 968506 Open Monday to Saturday 10:00am - 6:00pm
By Mike Walsh
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Montacute School
By Mike Walsh
Poole to Paris Fundraising Adventure In the last issue I reported that a group of cyclist including a number from the Rouleurs were about to ride from Poole to Paris. This they did successfully as below. You can still make your donation at https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/poole2paris
RedPepperRides - Stay with us and enjoy a few days road cycling in the beautiful Lot countryside on quality carbon-frame road bikes. Red Pepper Rides offers you affordable short breaks with bed and breakfast accommodation in our comfortable, well-equipped Red Pepper GĂŽte. https://www.redpepperrides.com/ The Red Pepper GĂŽte is also available for self-catering holidays. Please check our booking page or contact us. info@redpepperrides.com +33 06 07 26 09 31
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Right to Ride Report - August 2017
By Paul M. Turner
Bournemouth Update on Existing Schemes - Construction work is progressing on our nine contraflows: Roumelia Lane, Foxholes Rd, Woodend Rd, Curzon Rd, Oswald Rd, Green Road, Gladstone Rd West, Moorvale Road & Borthwick Rd. Design work is proceeding on the Riverside Avenue toucan crossing. This brief has now been extended to consider cycling links to the east and west, as suggested by Bournemouth Forum members. The Ringwood Road (Longham) shared footway schemes is awaiting Environment Agency approval for works on the floodplain. Work is expected to commence later in the summer. The Poole Lane parallel crossing is now open. The Belle Vue Road parallel crossing is expected to be open in two weeks’ time. Work on the Throop cycleway, which bypasses the narrow weir, by Throop Mill should commence in 5-6 weeks. The Wimborne Road Cycle lanes between Richmond Hill and Cemetery Junction are now in place. The green surfacing across the side roads should be installed within a week. A cycle perch/leaning rail is also to be installed at the traffic signals imminently. Lansdowne - work continues on planning significant improvements to the Lansdowne business district. Proposals nearby to make significant improvements at the Lansdowne between Holdenhurst Road and Wellington Road, are under review to ensure a joined-up approach. Wallisdown Road -Bournemouth has won £1.33 million for schemes along Wallisdown Road with three roundabouts to be treated. Bournemouth Town Centre - Construction work on the north-western side of the Square has now commenced. Work is to be undertaken in three stages. Stage 1 comprises of works in the immediate vicinity of the Square as well as a 20 mph zone. The 20 zone goes approximately from the Library, down to the Square to just past the Town Hall on Avenue Road, Braidely Road and Bourne Avenue and additional cycle parking in Winton. Cycling Events. The Arts by the Sea Festival takes place in Bournemouth in October. http://artsbythesea.co.uk/ There will be an environmental element to it and they will be showing the “Bikes V Cars” film at the Shelley Theatre in a double bill with a Plastic Ocean which is about plastic waste in the sea on 15 October. There are also a number of Cycle Training for Children events this summer: https://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/AttractionsLeisure/SportsandActivities/ Cycletrainingforchildren.aspx
Poole Highway Maintenance Programme - Resurfacing is being planned for several key routes. This is an opportunity to review existing road markings and introduce improved layouts that benefit cyclists. A northbound (uphill) cycle lane has already been secured for Fernside Road (between Civic Centre and the Shah Junction) and is due to be completed this week.
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The new shared use cycle track along Poole Road was delayed. It has just recommenced and should be finished in July. Cycling on the Prom. Poole Cllr Stanley-Watts reported that he has received a number of complaints regarding irresponsible cycling on the Prom, including a collision between a cyclist and an elderly lady. Everyone at the Forum meeting reinforced our commitment to promoting safe & responsible cycling. We believe that overall, although unacceptable, problems are minimal and not sufficient for the rules to be changed. There are new plans for Quay and old town of Poole linking the two bridges. Attached is the current plan for the Poole West Quays
gyratory. This wipes out all the on-road cycle provision in West Street and West Quay Road, and puts the cycles on a shared pavement space all around the scheme. Poole Counsellor and a cyclist, Andy Hadley, feels we've gone backwards 20 years in thinking, He fought the gyratory and, need some help if others agree to fight for at least some on-road provision, otherwise this car-centric scheme will completely marginalise people on bikes at the heart of the network in Poole, and it is a heavily used area, especially by workers from Sunseeker .and the RNLI. The insertion of further laybys on West Quay Road use space that could easily be a cycle lane, and present car-door risks to both cycles on the pavement route and those on the road. Lots of key points in there, but in particular it does nothing to encourage modal shift away from the car, will be awkward and slow to cycle, and will be a source of great conflict for pedestrians sharing the space. It seems absolutely no intent to deliver the modal shift and aspects of a 21st century design. The pavement does provide slow 2-way routes on both roads, but will encourage motorists to feel entitled to squeeze/abuse anyone using the road on a bike.
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Personally (Paul M Turner – CTC RoR Representative) I am appalled about the cycling in the Poole old town and the arrangements trying to fix it! Basically, it's all about the cars and trucks and nothing about pedestrians and cyclists! It will make things worse and we need more sustainable transport. The plans are more like a racetrack! The need is to slow down the traffic rather than speeded up so that pedestrians and cyclists have a chance! The Poole planners do not know about sustainable transport! An example is, cyclists and pedestrians from the Old Poole Bridge to turn right to onto to the Quay. I have tried to discuss in CLAG and forums three or four years but no avail! East Dorset A shared walking and cycling route from Leeson Drive to Cobham Road, Ferndown have been proposed. It needs permission from the land owners!
Also, a shared use footway / cycleway from Hampreston Cross to Canford Bottom roundabout is proposed to provide a safe route for pedestrians and cyclists between Hampreston, Longham and Canford Bottom. Dorset Police - A new Police representative has recently been appointed – PC Heidi Moxham, she will be liaising with the BCF, attending when time/workload permits.
Paul
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London Edinburgh London 30th July By Mike Walsh CTC Wessex Cycling were well represented in the above Audax. I am expecting a report and some photographs from one of them when the have fully recovered. I am at the back in the middle of this group of volunteers.
By Mike Walsh Col d’Eze Hill Climb
By John Jackson
This is a picture of Sam (Jackson) racing in the Col d'Eze hill climb in March. He came 30th out of 116. The results table is a bit confusing so I think he did it in 26:30, which makes it 22.82 kph, a big improvement on his test ride on 02Mar17 of 29:41. His new bike was back in the bike shop so he raced on his trusty old Boardman complete with water bottle! Top guy in his club (MBC Nice - Magnan Bornala Cyclisme) won the senior event but he got beat in the 'scratch' by a 16-year-old!
Sam is still a long way behind Wiggins though he didn't take any Triamcinolone!
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CTC Wessex Cycling Minutes 16thAugust By Alan Baker 1. PRESENT:- Julian James (Vice-Chairman); Bob Chittenden; Jim McDonald; Keith Matthews (Welfare Officer/Registrar/Membership Secretary/Website Master); Paul Turner (Right to Ride Representative); Mike Walsh (Secretary/Treasurer) and Alan Baker (Minute Secretary). In the absence of the Chairman, Julian James took the Chair. 2. APOLOGIES:- Steve Gray (Cycle Training Coordinator); John Jackson (Gridiron Event Organiser); Paul Rush (Chairman). 3. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING:- Minute 15.(iv): It was NOTED that John Ward would not be organising any New Forest Autumn events this year because of difficulty obtaining assurances with ferry travel. The Minutes of the Meeting were then APPROVED. 4. MATTERS ARISING:- There were no matters arising from the Minutes of the last Meeting not covered elsewhere on the Agenda. 5. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT:- Nothing to report. 6. TREASURER’S REPORT:- Once again Mike Walsh was able to report that the Group’s financial position was healthy and sufficient for expected needs, amounting to close to £3,000. Expenditure since the last Meeting included £87 for the spare drive belts for a set of competition rollers that have been made available to the Group and others. They are now stored at Velo Domestique. 7. RIGHT TO RIDE REPORT:- Paul Turner reported on Right To Ride issues in the area. In particular he expressed his disappointment and annoyance at recent highway works in the vicinity of the Old Bridge in Poole. These have speeded up motor traffic flows without any concomitant improvement in safety or convenience for cyclists and it is now more hazardous for cyclists wishing to turn right on to the Quay. His report will be published in the Newsletter. 8. RE-ELECTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT FORTHCOMING AGM:- Mike Walsh reported that no present Committee Member had given notice of intention to stand down from the Committee. 9. REVIEW OF GROUP CONSTITUTION:- Mike Walsh reported that following the winding-up of CTC Member Groups in adjacent areas such as Salisbury and Blackmore Vale and Yeo Valley, CTC Wessex Cycling has absorbed these areas into the Group. This was previously agreed with the National Office and now needs to be reflected in our Constitution to include the respective post codes. It was also noted that the Constitution stated a window of time during which each year’s AGM must be held that was not consistent with the Group’s current timetable of Meetings.
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10. NEWSLETTER:- Mike Walsh (Editor) reported that he would like to produce a full colour issue of CycleInk. 11. AWARD OF GROUP TROPHIES:- Mike Walsh reported that he had consulted Malcolm Howell about award of The Ron Cook Rosebowl and had received a recommendation from the two previous holders. The Committee AGREED nem con to accept this recommendation and also AGREED nem con the award of the Sartain Cup, the Riders’ Cup, and the Tourist Shield. The awards will be announced, and trophies presented, at the AGM on 18 October. 12. BIKEABILITY INSTRUCTOR TRAINING:- Mike Walsh reported that Paul Rush intended to retire from continuing as an Instructor with both Bournemouth and Poole Borough Councils but that he (MW) knew of up to six people who might be willing to be trained to undertake this valuable work. The cost is around £500 per person and Mike suggested that Group funds be used to fund training for three applicants. The Committee raised no objection to this proposal. Mike Walsh also reported that Peter Wickett, Senior Walking and Cycling Officer at Poole Borough Council is responsible for determining training dates and venue, and knows of an additional three potential trainees. Julian James expressed interest and asked to be added to the list of names that Mike will pass to Peter Wickett. Paul Rush reported in absentia that the Borough of Poole recently completed their first session of “Bikeability Balance” training for five year old pupils at Sylvan Road School. The balance bikes and helmets used were purchased by the borough. With this additional module in place, training is now offered to all ages from school entry to senior school pupils. 13. BASIC MAINTENANCE COURSE:- Mike Walsh reported that he was aware there was a need amongst Group members and non-members for training in basic bicycle maintenance. Steve Coombes was capable of, and interested in, running such a course for a ten-person group over two evening sessions this autumn. Kinson Conservative Club had offered space free of charge for the training, and Steve’s fee would be modest and should be covered by the charge levied on participants, with little likelihood that the Group would need to subsidise the event. The Committee encouraged Mike to proceed with arrangements. 14. ANY OTHER BUSINESS:(i) Jim McDonald reported that Jeannette and Martin King had stopped coordinating the Thursday and Sunday Dawdlers rides. Numbers of riders attending had dropped and, as no other participant had expressed a willingness to take on the role, Jim has become Coordinator of the Thursday Dawdlers for the time being. The Sunday Dawdlers now ride with the Sunday Potterers and Jim proposed that they continue under a new name combining the two groups, and he proposed “Pedal Sunday”. This was AGREED and the Committee thanked Jim for his continuing efforts with these ride groups.
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(ii) Jim McDonald reminded the Committee that new Ride Leaders should be informed of the existence of the CTC Handbook for Ride Leaders and be encouraged to read it. Copies are held by the Minute Secretary and himself, and it was AGREED that the Minute Secretary should remind Ride Coordinators of this (Minute 15 (iii) of the Committee Meeting held 16 November 2016 refers). Jim McDonald asked Keith Matthews to add two new Ride Leaders (Paul Manley and Ian Meeks) to the Group’s Register of Ride Leaders and to include them in the CTC Ride Leader Insurance. AGREED that these two names be submitted to CTC / CUK as approved leaders; proposed Jim McDonald, seconded Keith Matthews. Keith Matthews also recommended that an item “New Ride Leaders” appear on the Agenda at all future Committee Meetings. (iii) Bob Chittenden reported that the private tour held earlier this year would be repeated next May and would be led by Ralph Huckle. Mike Walsh reminded Bob that the CTC’s Ride Leader insurance would not be operative as the proposed tour was not in the Group’s ride programme and was not open to all Group members. (iv) Mike Walsh reported that he would contact Dave Langley and Denis Eveleigh about the organisation of a joint Thursday Potterers and Thursday Rouleurs Christmas Lunch. Jim McDonald reported that he expected the Pedal Sunday group to arrange an informal pub lunch. (v) Mike Walsh reported on behalf of John Jackson that this year’s Gridiron event had so far attracted 793 entrants, including 12 juniors. John and Mike were confident that the event would be fully subscribed at 1,000 entrants before long. Mike also reported that a photographer was needed on the course during the event to replace himself. (vi) Paul Rush reported in absentia that he welcomed Rob Ward’s initiative in arranging and publicising a Wednesday evening Pub Run, open to all Wessex Group members. He thought it was a good way of meeting members who rode with other groups or on different days to oneself. Mike Walsh commented that the first Pub Run had received a modest pump-priming contribution from Group funds. 15. FORTHCOMING MEETINGS:AGM:
7.30 pm Wednesday 18 October 2017, Kinson Conservative Club
Committee: Club
7.30 pm Wednesday 15 November 2017, Kinson Conservative
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