Category: Rides

An up-and-down ride to the only windmill in Hertfordshire, starting at Welwyn Garden City. Lunch at Ardeley, returning along some quiet lanes stopping at Hertford for tea. Slightly longer than our usual ride to make the most of the summer day but the distance (30-35 miles) should be manageable for all Barnet Cycling Campaign riders.  Train times:

Alexandra Palace        09.28               09.58

New Southgate            09.31               10.01

Oakleigh Park             09.34               10.04

New Barnet                 09.37               10.07  

Welwyn Garden City   09.55               10.25

Please check train times, nearer to the date.

NB ENGINEERING WORKS SOUTH OF FINSBURY PARK – NO TRAINS BETWEEN MOORGATE AND FINSBURY PARK

Meet: 10.00 for a coffee at Mc Donalds, Welwyn Garden City, (just outside the station entrance)  ready to leave at 10.30am

Ride leader:  Ray Thorn 07956816195

Enjoy pottering along on a long summer’s evening in the local area. Stopping for a meal at about 8.15 at a Turkish restaurant in Finchley Central.

Meet:7:00 pm Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley, N12   (NB no second meeting point this time)

Ride leader: Kathryn Ehrich   07974 706516

Nothing planned in advance: turn up early if you want a coffee and to talk about where to go. Ready to leave at 10am.

Meet:McDonalds near Tally Ho, North Finchley N12

Time:from 9.30am for coffee and planning – leave at 10am.

 

The LCC is planning to run a feeder ride from Tally Ho Corner at 10am on the 28th. They will provide a leader but they need marshals to help. If you would like to volunteer please read on….and contact the LCC direct.

Ride marshal volunteers needed for Freecycle Feeder rides

The Prudential RideLondon Freecycle is on Saturday 28^th July and London Cycling Campaign are running a ride from every London borough into the event, and back home again. These rides escort families and those less confident at cycling on London’s busy roads into the closed-road course at a relaxed pace. We’re looking for experienced cyclists to lend their confident pedal power to those less experienced and provide a safe escort into the City! We need as many volunteers as possible from every borough, so please register to volunteer asap!

Ride Marshal and Ride Leader training

We are running our first marshal training next week in the evening on Tuesday 26^th June – please forward to anyone interested in marshalling for Freecycle this year! See here for direct sign up link.

In addition we have two other dates for marshal training, and some ride leader training: see here for more info.

Good rides come in threes! As the Zeppelin ride has been postponed, we will instead be heading to St Albans for another chance to explore the Gorhambury estate. Lunch will be at the swimming pool cafe in Verulam park after which there will be a choice of three rides:

Group 1 – Talia will lead a longer route through the Gorhambury estate before returning to Barnet via Chiswell Green, Radlett and a tea stop at Shenley Park.

Group 2 – Kathryn will lead a shorter route to the ruins of Old Gorhambury before returning to St Albans to meet up with Group 3.

Group 3 – Ian will lead a ride after lunch taking in either the Roman museum or new Town Hall museum before returning to Barnet with a tea stop en route.

1st Meet Point – 10am Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley N12

2nd Meet point – 10.30am Barnet, The Spires, by the bandstand outside Waitrose.

Contact Talia Ross – Tel: 07816 767 212 / Email: talia.ross2012@gmail.com

Wednesday 13^thJune: BIKE WEEK RIDE: St Albans Museum

St Albans has a brand new museum housed in the old town hall in the middle of the city.  http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/newmuseum/    Have a mid-week break (it is a free Bike Week ride after all) and ride out to see the new museum and have lunch.

Meet:10.00am Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley, N12 or 10.30am outside Waitrose,
The Spires, Barnet – Stapylton Road entrance, by the bandstand.

Ride leader: Ian Ollier   020 8440 5943

We had planned that Charles Harvey would lead a Zeppelin themed ride. However, due to illness this is not now possible,  But we will run a ride on the 17th – starting at the same meeting points and time (10am at Tally Ho, and 10.45am at The Spires).

More details will be posted on the website after this coming weekend – please check back on the website or, even better, make sure you are signed up for ‘posts’ from the website as a reminder.

I’m leading a cycling weekend in Peterborough for the Ealing LCC group on the weekend of 11th / 12th August. If you missed out on the Barnet Cycling Campaign weekends in Peterborough in 2014 and 2016 or would like to repeat some of the rides, you would be most welcome to join us.  The exact details still have to be finalised but we will probably go to Little Gidding on the Saturday and Fotheringhay on the Sunday.

For further information, please contact Charles Harvey.

charles.harvey@hotmail.co.uk 

020 8455 5174          07961 194 771

St Albans has a brand new museum housed in the old town hall in the middle of the city.  http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/newmuseum/    Have a mid-week break (it is Bike Week after all) and ride out to see the new museum and have lunch.

Meet:10.00am Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley, N12 or 10.30am outside Waitrose,
The Spires, Barnet – Stapylton Road entrance, by the bandstand.

Ride leader: Ian Ollier   020 8440 5943

It’s getting close to the longest day so enjoy the long summer evening with a little ride around with a stop for an evening meal.

Meet:7:00 pm Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley, N12 or 7.30pm outside Waitrose,
The Spires, Barnet – Stapylton Road entrance, by the bandstand.

Ride leader: Ian Ollier   020 8440 5943