Let's meet at the shepherd and flock roundabout 9.15 for 9.30 getaway (park and meet in the centre of the roundabout, near the pub, but not in the pub carpark, postcode GU9 9JB)

We'll head up through farnham and ride some trails over Caesars camp before heading down to rushmoor and along the canal to tunnel hill for a refreshment break at the cafe (hot drinks to cooked brekky available) then depending on time we'll take in a bit of single track on tunnel hill or the ash ranges if they're open on the way back.

Ride time should be under 4 hours depending on group, pace as fast as the slowest rider. Bring helmet, puncture kit, food/drink/money etc

Meet at Chantries/Pilgrims way car park 9.15 for 9.30 getaway allowing anyone who wants to, to start at 9 from godalming. We'll take a relatively direct/low route and head straight to Holmbury hill and try to ride more of the trails there than we normally do. We'll head back up pitch over the windmill to judges seat and take in a nice long decent to farley green before crossing blackheath and back. Ride time wise aiming for 4 hours, will be technical singletrack where we can find it bring the normal drink, snacks, puncture kit, helmet etc.

hi all

Planning a big loop starting at Pilgrims Way (National trust car park) GU4 8AD. the rough route will be,,, St Marthas Hill, Newlands Corner, Leith Hill, Holmbury Hill then to Peaslake stores for tea and cake stop. we will then do Pitch Hill and then back via Blackheath.

there will be a good mix for trails, from single track, bridal ways, fire road and lots of up and downs

if you are coming along take the usual, spare tubes, water, food, money for cakes, tools, clothes for any seasonal weather we may get.

no one will be left behind and the route can be varied depending on how we are all feeling

I think the route could take up to 5 to 6 hours  

SUNDAY 18^TH SEPTEMBER  - Stage 3 of our Tour will finish in Caen on Sat 17^TH. We will stay overnight in Caen and on the morning of Sunday 18^TH catch the ferry from Caen to Portsmouth. People can then choose whether to ride (group ride), catch the train or travel by car back to Godalming/Haslemere.

 THURSDAY 15^TH, FRIDAY 16^TH and SATURDAY 17^TH SEPTEMBER  - The three days of the Tour. We envisage each stage being upto 165k depending on the severity of the terrain. There will be pre-booked overnight accommodation in three star hotels along the route. We will have support cars following the riders providing mechanical and sustenance support and carrying our luggage. The exact route is still to be finalised but a first draft of what it might be is shown below.

 THURSDAY 15^TH, FRIDAY 16^TH and SATURDAY 17^TH SEPTEMBER  - The three days of the Tour. We envisage each stage being upto 165k depending on the severity of the terrain. There will be pre-booked overnight accommodation in three star hotels along the route. We will have support cars following the riders providing mechanical and sustenance support and carrying our luggage. The exact route is still to be finalised but a first draft of what it might be is shown below.

 THURSDAY 15^TH, FRIDAY 16^TH and SATURDAY 17^TH SEPTEMBER  - The three days of the Tour. We envisage each stage being upto 165k depending on the severity of the terrain. There will be pre-booked overnight accommodation in three star hotels along the route. We will have support cars following the riders providing mechanical and sustenance support and carrying our luggage. The exact route is still to be finalised but a first draft of what it might be is shown below.

 Hi

We'll be starting in Godalming, with the aim of going up quite a few of the big hills around the town.  The aim is to have 6 good climbs before coffee and 4 afterwards, never going up or down the same path more than once.  It would never go far from Godalming but not recommended for the person who says 'not another hill'!  Both bike and body should be in good working order

The coffee stop is at Winkworth making it a good place to consider the options

Please bring helmet, tools, and money

Nick

Godalming to Paris or a Gran Corsa  training ride.  A ride to push distance into your legs.  Do these all the way upto our departure date and you'll fly through France.

Another good turnout last week, perfect cycling weather and even the car drivers seemed less angry.  Steady 27 Kph average, 155 Km and in the end about 1800 m of climbing. 

  For most this will be a recovery ride after a long ride on Saturday for others it may be the only ride of the weekend.  The plan is to ride at a steady pace to build up the mileage.  If you're up for it please send me an email just to let me know you plan to come.

Depending on who turns up, I guess this will be a steady 25 Km ride, no slower.  I haven't planned a stop because I would like to be back for a late lunch, should be back between 2:00 and 3:00.  Please bring enough to eat and drink with you.

Mark Burgin

07775 712718

Email mark.burgin@eyemovies.co.uk

Godalming to Paris or a Gran Corsa  training ride.  A ride to push distance into your legs.  Do these all the way upto our departure date and you'll fly through France.

We had a great ride on our inaugural ride last week, Grant, Catherine from spinning, Dave Dodgson, Pete and me.  Steady 26 Kph average, 140 Km and in the end about 1600 m of climbing. 

  For most this will be a recovery ride after a long ride on Saturday for others it may be the only ride of the weekend.  The plan is to ride at a steady pace to build up the mileage.  If you're up for it please send me an email just to let me know you plan to come.

Depending on who turns up, I guess this will be a steady 25 Km ride, no slower.  I haven't planned a stop because I would like to be back for a late lunch, should be back between 2:00 and 3:00.  Please bring enough to eat and drink with you.

Mark Burgin

07775 712718

Email mark.burgin@eyemovies.co.uk

We'll be heading up to Winterfold, Pitch Hill, and Holmbury too. I will be cramming as much single track as possible in, in prep for wales. This will mean a LOT of climbing, if I'm feeling nice I might try and make some of them on tarmac or fireroad tracks but you never know. I'll be aiming this at 4 hours inclusive of the obligatory cheese straw, flapjack and cuppa stop at the usual mtbers haunt in peaslake but we could run over depending on the size and speed of the group. This will be a red graded ride, ideally minimal stopping to regroup and lots of technical and rooty singletrack, though no one will be left behind and everything will be rollable. I've been over there riding 7.5 of the last 24hours and the trails are running beautifully!

Please ensure your fitness and bikes are up to the job, bring normal tools, energy bars, helmet and appropriate clothing for the weather, let's hope it stays warm and sunny!

Meeting point is the Farley Heath car park, as pretty much everyone drives this should save us some climbing and give us an extra hour ride time over Bramley station start point:.

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=505152&Y=144832&A=Y&Z=120 and zoom in to 1:50,000

Meet at the Inn on the Lake Godalming.

This is a steady distance ride taking us down to Arundel then west to a coffee stop at Compton at about 90 Km before turning for home via Liphook, Haslemere and home.

 Godalming to Paris or a Gran Corsa  training ride.  For some this will be a recovery ride after a long ride on Saturday for others it may be the only ride of the weekend.  The plan is to ride at a steady pace to build up the milage.

Depending on who turns up but I guess this will be a steady 25 Km ride, no slower.  I haven't planned a stop because I would like to be back for a late lunch, should be back between 2:00 and 3:00.  Please bring enough to eat and drink with you

We will cycle from godalming station over to do the single track at Peaslake via the St Marthas-Newlands Corner area. I am planning the pace to be steady to fast. We will stop for tea and cakes at Peaslake stores at some point and depending on how we are feeling after that we might head over to Leith Hill to explore (find) the single track over that way.

the route will be a long one, in time and also in miles. 40ish miles

i am marking the route as a RED route

Please have gear to fend off any seasonal weather, helmet, tools, spare tubes, water, food. and a well maintained bike

 The aims of this weekend are to introduce all riders to the concept of

riding two long days back-to-back including one 100-miler (160km); to

practice the G2P Buddy System, and to see in advance what issues we

might face for G2P that we can deal with prior to May.

Although we aim to ride as much as possible as a group, it's just a

fact of life that rides get split-up or frustrations build when you

have a mixed ability group riding long distances and therefore we have

measures in place in case things go wrong.

*** BUDDY SYSTEM ***

The most important of these is the Buddy System. All G2P riders should

ride in a pair as buddies, where at least one of the pair has a Garmin

or equivalent, or detailed hard-copy of the route maps. Each pair also

needs to be equipped with adequate spares and tools so that in the

event of minor mechanicals, the whole group doesn't have to be held up

but the afflicted pair can look after each other and make it to the

destination alone. If you haven't already done so, you need to

organise who's going to be your riding buddy for G2P, and if that

person is coming to Salisbury you need to buddy up with them for the

weekend too, to practice the concept. Those G2P riders who have not

yet buddied-up (as far as I know) are:

Pete

Brian

Alf

Jonathan

Matt

Grant

For riders whose buddies won't be in Salisbury, just tag onto another

pair as a third for the weekend.

*** WHEN AND WHERE ***

Meet at the Inn on the Lake, Godalming at 8:00am for 8:15 on Saturday

morning. Sunday's ride will commence same time from Salisbury YHA.

*** ROUTES (thanks to Marco!) ***

If you have a GPS device you should download the routes from

Bikeroutetoaster.  Please make sure you download all 4 (even if you

think you know which route you're taking) so we can make changes on

the fly. If you and your buddy do not have a GPS device between you,

please print out a detailed map to bring along so that you can

 The aims of this weekend are to introduce all riders to the concept of

riding two long days back-to-back including one 100-miler (160km); to

practice the G2P Buddy System, and to see in advance what issues we

might face for G2P that we can deal with prior to May.

Although we aim to ride as much as possible as a group, it's just a

fact of life that rides get split-up or frustrations build when you

have a mixed ability group riding long distances and therefore we have

measures in place in case things go wrong.

*** BUDDY SYSTEM ***

The most important of these is the Buddy System. All G2P riders should

ride in a pair as buddies, where at least one of the pair has a Garmin

or equivalent, or detailed hard-copy of the route maps. Each pair also

needs to be equipped with adequate spares and tools so that in the

event of minor mechanicals, the whole group doesn't have to be held up

but the afflicted pair can look after each other and make it to the

destination alone. If you haven't already done so, you need to

organise who's going to be your riding buddy for G2P, and if that

person is coming to Salisbury you need to buddy up with them for the

weekend too, to practice the concept. Those G2P riders who have not

yet buddied-up (as far as I know) are:

Pete

Brian

Alf

Jonathan

Matt

Grant

For riders whose buddies won't be in Salisbury, just tag onto another

pair as a third for the weekend.

*** WHEN AND WHERE ***

Meet at the Inn on the Lake, Godalming at 8:00am for 8:15 on Saturday

2-3 hours (depending how fast we go) around Swinley Forest.  We will also see if we can get a lap around the Gorrick Crowthorne XC course from last weekend.  Pace will be moderate, but no-one will be left behind.  Since it has dried out the trails are running fast.

 TBC

A reasonable/fast paced ride with a bit of everything. Climbing up to Hindhead then down to Hankley . round Hankley/ Frensham climbing back up to Hindhead - Tea stop at NT Cafe - then back to Haslemere for about 1pm ish.

 This is a quick pace run over to Peaslake via North downs Way for those of you who would like to hop aboard there. There will be a cafe stop in Peaslake. we'll do BKB, Yoghurts and Christmas Pudding and then fly back for Sunday roast ;O)

This will be a quick pace ride so not much in the way of stopping. Please be sure you know the route back should you find the pace too fast.