Saturday looks to be dry with sunny intervals and a westerly wind.
All three routes head south to Sturminster and Hazelbury. The White route heads to Mappowder, Glanvilles Wootton and onto Bishops Caundles on the way to Henstridge and Templecombe before returning to Gillingham.
The Blue route continues from Hazelbury to Cheselbourne and then over to Piddletrenthide beofre linking up with the White route. Th Pink route heads a little further south, almost to Puddletown before heading back up the Piddle valley and joining the other routes.
Its a 9.00 am start, meet at the Wheels car park, Station Road, Gillingham. Please ensure you download your chosen route to your GPS device, and remember to bring your ride essentials, particularly sufficient liquid refreshments.
There is nothing to stop a group splitting into a ‘light’ and a ‘dark’ group, and a slower group can take on a longer route or a faster group ride a shorter route. All rides are no drop rides but please select a group suited to your ability!
Pink Route: 94.6 kms, 940 m elevation – est speed 28 kmh+ / 17.5 mph +
Blue Route: 84.1 kms, 946 m elevation– est speed 24 kmh / 15 mph
White Route: 67.6 kms, 731 m elevation – est speed 20 kmh / 12 mph
If you haven’t done so already, please join the Whatsapp group for your ride:
White WhatsApp group : Blue WhatsApp group : Pink WhatsApp group
For those who have issues downloading their routes, here’s the guide for a Garmin device and here’s the guide for a Wahoo device.
