Weather for Saturday looks sunny with a westerly wind but much colder than recently. All 3 routes head west this week with a coffee stop at roughly mid distance.
All routes head out to Shepton Montague via Langham Lane, Cucklington and Wincanton. They continue on to North Barrow, the White route then heads to Sparkford where they can stop at Cafe 750 at Haynes motor museum. The Blues and Pinks meanwhile carry on to Lydford on Fosse and on to Somerton where the Blues stop for mid ride coffee and they have a choice of cafes in the Market Square. The Pinks carry on to Langport and go past Stembridge Windmill at the top of a fairly steep climb towards High Ham. They then turn towards Langport where there are numerous options for cake and coffee. They then head back along the A372 and turn off for Ilchester, where they pick up the Blues and both groups head to Queen Camel past Yeovilton. At Queen Camel all routes then head back to Gillingham via South Cadbury, North Cheriton and Buckhorn Weston.
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: 104km, 728m elevation – est speed 28 kmh+ / 17.5 mph +
Blue Route: 86km, 640 m elevation– est speed 24 kmh / 15 mph
White Route: 64 km, 494 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.
Please Note: Riders participate at their own risk. These are not rides with a formal ride leader.
