Some of the Kingston Phoenix mountain bike riders came to join the Easter Tour, as they have done in many previous years. Simon M provided a few words to go with the photos:
On Saturday Andy H took us south east where we had a view of the rather skinny Uffington White Horse. Sadly some bridle ways were impassable due to fields ploughed up or fully planted with crops. After coffee/snack at a village shop we enjoyed a strong tailwind back via Little and Great Coxwell. 27 miles.
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| Somehow they managed to get to the pub before the road riders to celebrate with Dawn |
Barry took Sunday's ride north east through Langford and Holwell taking in plenty of tracks, dry but bumpy. We looped around westward for refreshment in the welcome sunshine at the 'New Inn' - yes, another one! at Coln St Aldwyns - then Lechlade-bound on the road and into a strong head wind. 25 miles ridden - quite enough in for most of us.
Simon also bought a fascinating album of cycling pictures from 1940, showing various trips of a club that seemed to be somewhere in between CTC Kingston DA and the emergent Kingston Phoenix road club. Here's one, from a trip in the Towy valley (Wales).
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