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Very sorry but I won't be able to make it - I've taken myself off the signed up list. Hope you all have great rides!

Watch out @AdamPool🚴, you’ll pick up a nickname if you’re not careful!

I am a "maybe" so have clicked I'm attending to be on the safe side for numbers!

Happy to be a sub-leader if numbers warrant it

The route heads south through Marsh Gibbon and Piddington before heading round to Oakley for an ascent up into Brill; we then head over Ashendon and Canons Hills and onto the stop at 94 Coffee Shop in Waddesdon. We come back through Oving and Winslow - hopefully with the benefit of a tail wind.

Distance: 83km / 52 miles, with the stop at 51.5km / 32 miles
Ascent: 770m / 2500 ft
Pace: 17-19 mph

Please sign up if you are coming - hope to see you on Sunday!

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/92597266
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38644870

Placeholder for A ride - likely to be 50 mile loop heading south of Buckingham. Sign up now for magical mystery tour or await further details shortly! Hope to see you there.

Route now published for those signed up:

https://www.ridelondon.co.uk/our-rides/ridelondon-essex-100
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38539436

Hoping to join you this Wednesday!

Haven’t ridden for a few weeks so this looks like a good ride to get the legs turning again. I may bring a rope in case I need a tow!

Sorry folks, feeling a little bit under the weather (not Covid - I checked) so will give the ride a miss tomorrow. Enjoy the ride!

@John_walker74 yes no problem

Great to have you along @DaveB.

And everyone else too!

Slightly shorter ride given it is likely to be quite cold - but hopefully we will warm up on some rolling roads. We head out through Maids Moreton to Wicken, north to Blakesley, then south through Helmdon to Brackley. We stop for a break at Brackley Central, the same as the C ride, so hopefully bump into them! Then back through Farthinghoe, Charlton and Evenley.

Distance: 76 km / 47 miles, with the cafe stop at 44 km / 27 miles
Ascent: 670 m / 2200 ft
Speed: 17 - 19 mph (no dropped riders)

Notes:

• The weather looks dry and clear but on the cold side, so please wear what you need to stay warm.
  
• Bring a mask for the cafe.
  
• Currently no frost anticipated (but possibility of cancellation if roads look bad)
  
  

Hope to see you on Sunday! Please sign up if you are interested.

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/87664773
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38311880

For our first A ride of 2022, we shall head to the Norsk Cafe in Haddenham (https://www.norsklifestyle.com/cafe). A fairly straightforward loop south, taking in a few climbs around Waddesdon and Ashendon, but it isn't rolling Northants so should be a good post-excess leg-loosener. Given this will be the first ride for a while for some, we shall probably be at the lower end of our normal pace.

The weather is currently forecast to have a 50% chance of rain, and a SW wind, although not so cold. Bring a jacket and ideally fit mudguards to your bike.

Distance: 80 km / 50 miles, with the cafe stop at 38 km / 24 miles
Ascent: approx. 600 m / 2000 ft
Pace: 17 - 19 mph (probably towards the lower end - no dropped riders)

Note: The cafe asks that we bring a mask.

Please sign up if you are interested and hope to see you Sunday morning.

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/86651585
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38256842

Sorry guys, was boosted yesterday but don't feel particularly boosted today, so won't be riding tomorrow. Enjoy the ride.

GPX file in case helpful.

Garmin route is 76km (48 miles) as defined but there will be an extra 8km / 5 miles approx to go there/back to Waterperry for the stop, approx half way. 400m (1300 ft) of ascent.

Looks perfect @John_walker74 - we will just divert at Worminghall to head to a coffee stop at Waterperry. Great team work!

Thinking I might get back to the Swan Pool before 1:30pm for the mobile vaccine booster van in the car park!

Not sure if anyone has volunteered to lead an A ride or not, but I'm happy to lead one... for simplicity may head to Waterperry like the Bs. Please sign up if interested (and apologies if anyone is already down to lead the A ride - happy to defer to you if so!!!)

Working fine now, thanks

@DaveB the Garmin Connect route appears to be private

For those that haven't seen it yet, Ride London is back next year with a new route through Essex on Sunday 29 May 2022.

Entry is open on a first come first served basis, and a number of Swan's have already done so. You can sign up here if interested:

https://www.ridelondon.co.uk

Sorry to be a pain - one.network reports that the old (to be new) railway bridge between Stratton Audley and Chetwode is closed 1 - 15 November.

Stewart - I was also thinking of Limes Farm but their facebook page still says they are closed: https://www.facebook.com/Limes-Farm-Drive-Thru-Umbrella-Barn-Tearoom-105922202637/
I guess they should open soon but definitely worth giving them a call before pitching up.

This week the A ride will head north and then west to the Greenhouse Cafe at Barn Farm Plants Garden Centre, Upper Wardington. Out via Whittlebury, Wappenham, Culworth, Edgcote and Upper Wardington; back via Middleton Cheney, Farthinghoe, Charlton and Evenley. With a westerly wind we will build up an appetite on the way out but earn an easier ride for the way home.

Distance: 76 km / 47 miles, with the cafe at 40km / 25 miles
Ascent: 650 m / 2100 feet
Pace: 17 - 19 mph

Please do bring a face mask if coming (especially given higher infection rates) and sign up if you are coming - it would be great to see you.

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/82784684
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/37935315

Agreed folks, fingers crossed see you next week.