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Set off down the old A120 from Thremhall Park at 07:40 expecting ice and a headwind – and got neither. Got through Braintree and then dropped down to Kelvedon for the start of the calendar event at 09:30. Again this went fairly smoothly although the … more ->
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Cat 5 – led by Peter Walton At this rate I’m going to have to give a bit more thought re destinations – there were eight of us! From Ware via Spellbrook, Hallingbury & god knows where else we eventually arrived at Thremhall Park to … more ->
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This ECEing lark works quite well for me – don’t have to get up so early to drive all the way to the start. This time it was just a short car journey to Sawbridgeworth and at 07:30 I set off from there to do … more ->
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Been doing a bit of weather watching of late and saw that Wednesday would be mainly fine but that it would deteriorate towards a colder spell by the end of the week. I needed to get in a second 200 this month leaving me with … more ->
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An Extended Calendar Event is a mechanism whereby it’s possible to enter a Calendar Event, in this case the Essex 3 R’s, but by riding tofrom the Arrivee it can be counted as a longer ride, and I needed another 200 to complete the RRTY … more ->
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The day started off with a fairly dense fog, and never improved. Got to Fairlands and found out that my start-time was 10.25. With nearly 240 riders taking part, smaller groups started at 5 minute intervals from 10.00 until it was our turn. The first … more ->
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This time it was 214kms from Girton, through Bury St Edmunds to Framlinham (101kms) and then a return via the Maglia Rosso, Hawstead (151kms) to Girton. Expecting a difficult outward bound journey, I was surprised to find myself careering along for the first half of … more ->
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211 kms from Dunmow to Grantchester to Hawstead to Mistley to Dunmow. My target was to get beyond the Hawstead control before the rain came. If I had still been at the cafe when the real weather hit us I would probably have stayed there. … more ->
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Due to injury & stupidity I’d run out of September calendar events, so I had to do another DIY effort. I needed this in order to maintain my charge towards a double RRTY this year. So from Hertford I took a wind-assisted trip north to … more ->
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06:00 start from Dunmow with 40 hours to complete. What could go wrong? Well, not a lot actually. The weather gods promised about 10 hours of rain, and we got that. They also promised a night-time low of 10 degrees, but it went down to … more ->
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