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Tour of the Cornfields Ride
Hi all,
Some club members are keen to ride the Tour of the Cornfields route this year as the ride is not officially taking place. We have decided to do this on the bank holiday Sunday 26th August.
Start from The Tuns at 9am. Cyclo-Cross or MTBs. The ride will be roughly 50 miles and take roughly 5 hours. Guests will be welcome.
Mark.
Some club members are keen to ride the Tour of the Cornfields route this year as the ride is not officially taking place. We have decided to do this on the bank holiday Sunday 26th August.
Start from The Tuns at 9am. Cyclo-Cross or MTBs. The ride will be roughly 50 miles and take roughly 5 hours. Guests will be welcome.
Mark.
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Daniel
Sorry, should have spotted your question earlier. The route is clockwise from Ashwell, taking in the Hatley Estate and back from the Wimpole Estate. Probably never more than 15 miles from Ashwell. The half way ish point at Hatley Village Hall is a good place to dive off down Croydon Hill. It's about 50/50 road/off-road.
Mark.
Mark.
Anyone else?
Daniel
Meet at the 3 Tuns at 8:30am. Christine will take spare bottles, snacks etc.
Steady first couple of hours up to Hatley Village Hall and meet Christine there. Anyone struggling or wanting a shorter ride can head back to Ashwell from there. A bit faster from then on until Bassingbourn. Every man or woman for himself/herself back from Bassingbourn along the By-way.
Bring plenty of spare tubes or maybe leach type patches.
Mark.
At one point we did lose Jon. Thinking it would be poor form to show up at the feed stop, managed by his mum, without him a search party was formed. Heroically I stood on the lane in case Jon showed up. I observed that on the other side of the field that the quarry had been rounded up the party was returning. Until all of a sudden one them disappeared. Theo had fallen down what turned out to be quite a deep ditch. I am delighted to say he is okay and the wounds dressed by Christines first aid kit are looking healthy.
The final leg was from Bassingbourn to Ashwell on the Icknield Way, or Ashwell Street. I had no idea this bridleway was even there! Rather a good right of way.
Great weather eased the frustration persistent punctures.
The Thretford Enduro is next week, and after that the Cyclocross season starts in earnest, see EASTERN CROSS
Daniel