First, a reminder that the AGM is on Thursday evening, 7.15 pm at North Dorset rugby club. Please make the effort to attend.
After a week of grey skies and almost no wind, Saturday is set to follow suit. The three routes head south this week. The Pink and White routes head to Bryanston and Winterborne Stickland, with the White route heading over Bulbarrow to Stoke Wake, Hazelbury and Kings Stag where it meets the other routes for the run home via Stalbridge and Fifehead Magdalene.
From Sticky, the Pink route continues to Milborne St Andrew, Tolpuddle and Puddletown before heading up the Piddle valley to Kings Stag.
The Blue route heads out to Sturminster and Ansty on the way to Milborne St Andrew, returning via Dewlish to reach the Piddle valley.
Meet at 9.00 am 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 refreshement.
The routes all finish at The Old Brewery Cafe in Gillingham where you can stop for coffee, cake or lunch.
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: 95.9 kms, 932 m elevation – est speed 28 kmh+ / 17.5 mph +
Blue Route: 85.9 kms, 903 m elevation – est speed 24 kmh / 15 mph
White Route: 69.3 kms, 764 m elevation – est speed 20 kmh / 12 mph
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.
