Central London CTC blog

With the combined prospect of the hottest day of the year and watching dreadful England football, I headed to Chelmsford on Sunday for the ‘Windmill Ride’ audax. It turned out to be a good decision, and not just in view of the eventual match result. Chelmer Cycling Club put on a well-organised event from their own club house which is conveniently located just 2 km from the station (itself under 40 minutes from Liverpool Street).

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The weather held up but the tyres let us down. Seven turned up last Sunday for the easy two star ride run as an alternative to the tougher two/three star event in Kent. The weather forecast had been dire and I was half expecting the ride to be rained off but in the event we had some light drizzle but nothing worse. Our problems came from another source. more »

Seventeen cyclists set out from Haywards Heath on 16 May, to see what lay to the west.

The morning ride took us through the High Weald. After a first busy section we took in a succession of small hills though villages, past ponds, farms and woods. The group maintained a strong pace and we arrived at the Black Horse at Nuthurst before opening time.

Entering the village at Slaugham

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