Summer 2024 club ride programme
| Destination | Cafe stop | Category* | GPX | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2 | Windsor feat. Bottle Lane |
Cinnamon Cafe (or nearby) | Shortish, flattish | GPX |
| Jun 9 | Westmill | Westmill Tea Room. Option to take a short ride to Hertford. |
Long, undulating | GPX |
| Jun 15 SATURDAY EARLY START | BRIGHTON FEATURE RIDE | Feature ride with many stops. Come back on the train or complete the epic! Challenging but rewarding and can be done Tempo. |
Epic | LBL 2023 |
| Jun 16 | Haddenham feat. Whiteleaf |
Oh, oh! It's Father's Day. Good luck finding a lunch spot. Likely best bet is the big Garden Centre south of town. |
Middling | GPX |
| Jun 23 | Harpenden | Brew & Cru |
Middling | GPX |
| Jun 30 | Ardeley | Church Farm |
Longish | 2024 update |
| Jul 7 | Great Missenden feat. Hughenden Valley |
Matilda's or Costa |
Middling | GPX |
| Jul 14 | Watlington |
The Spire and Spoke (Pizza!) |
Long, hilly | GPX |
| Jul 21 | Wilstone, with chain gang loop and Hastoe climb |
P E Meades (aka Black Barn) |
Middling | GPX |
| Jul 28 | 88 Hertford Loop | Coffee Lab |
Shortish | GPX |
| Aug 4 | ALPINE EPIC FEATURE RIDE feat. 1200m climbing |
Henley, Warren Row, or Wargrave | Epic | Tempo |
| Aug 11 | Aldbury via Ivinghoe | Church Farm Cafe | Shortish | GPX |
| Aug 18 Possible early start TBC | BENSON FEATURE RIDE | Waterfront Cafe | Epic | GPX |
| Aug 25 | Wendover | Whitewaters Deli | Middling | GPX |
| Sep 1 | Dunstable Downs | NT Cafe | Longish | RideWithGPS |
| Sep 7 & 8 weekend | WEEKEND AWAY, LOUGHBOROUGH | Travelodge TBD | Weekend away! | |
| Sep 8 | Hartwell feat. Wardrobes | Hartwell Nurseries | Middling | RideWithGPS |
| Sep 15 | Whitwell | Emily's Tea Room | Shortish | RideWithGPS |
| Sep 22 | Warren Row | Velolife | Longish | RideWithGPS |
| Sep 29 | Hawridge | Chiltern Velo | Shortish | RideWithGPS |
* Categories
Routes often change on the day, but Short is 40-45 miles, Long is 80 miles. Epic is 100 or more.
The rating scale is Short < Shortish < Middling < Longish < Long < Epic.