The Few and the Fewer!
What a pleasure it has been, cycling in the sunshine of the past couple of weeks. A couple of Sundays
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2022
Daytrip to Rochester
Good old Komoot claimed a hilly ride with a climb of 4,500 feet would get us to Rochester and back
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A Thames-side Tea Stop
It is always nice to visit new tea stops and explore new routes to get there. So when Tom Vaz
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Gravel Biking for the Adventurous
When I joined Anerley B.C John Turnbull was the Club Captain, and had been a Club member for 50 years.
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The Road to Recovery Part 3 The third away day of my series was the result of another £3.50 return
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Train Assisted Chichester Ride
A sunny Wednesday left me with an urge to go to the coast and include some gravel. After the usual
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Train Assisted Hastings Ride
Avid readers of the Gazette (there must be some – c’mon own up!) may remember my piece in last July’s
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Colchester Awayday
The Road to Recovery Part 1 While lying in my hospital bed after a heart attack, I planned a series
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Gravel Bikes and Gravel Bike Rides!
It is great to see that Gravel bikes are now becoming popular with our club members. They are so much
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Anerley Ladies Tour de Mallorca
Well it only took 2 years to happen thanks to the obvious, but on 25th April we were finally on
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Tea Rooms – Lost one/Gained one
Also gained was the promise of some great potential for future Gravel biking! For a Sunday Ride a few weeks
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Three Punctures – is this a record?
Sunday 8th May proved to be a record breaker in more ways than one. Blue sky, hot sun and a
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The 5th Wolfe of Westerham Sportive – 3rd July
Not for the faint hearted, this is a really challenging ride on our doorstep, not the distances, because the 2
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The Kennet Valley Audax – The Shorter One!
An advantage of Audax rides is that they offer such a variety of rides, long or short rides, hilly or
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Coast to Coast Tour of Spain, April 2022
My inspiration for the Grand Tour was this book and it was worth every penny!https://www.cicerone.co.uk/cycling-the-ruta-via-de-la-plata So not LJOG, but maybe
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Denise and the Travails of Travel!
THE GREAT BRITISH RAIL SALE Runs until 27 May but book before 2 May. Southern rail was offering single fares
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Kennet Valley Audax, April 2022 – The Long One!
Tim Styles had persuaded me to accompany him on this 200km Audax as part of his training for the London-Edinburgh-London.
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The Kennet Valley 100k Audax
A dozen Anerley members have signed up to do this ride on Saturday 9th April. It offers the opportunity to
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Hastings via Mayfield, a “flatter” route!
Last year I took Karen and Brian to Hastings via the “big one”. This year we tried a “flatter” route.
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ANERLEY’S FUND RAISING RIDE FOR UKRAINE
Jo picked the warmest and sunniest day of the year for our March social ride and a proposal to make
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Vince Enjoys the Spanish Sun!
Whilst we have have been continuing to wear our winter woollies, even though we are now in our first week
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Denise, Our Reporter of World Events.
Not much news this month I’m afraid because I switched sports to skiing for 3 weeks so I’ve not been
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A Mystery Tour to Denbies!
The winter chill carried on into March. Saturday the 5th March, was bitterly cold on our ride to Charlwood. When
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The Mystery of the Cast Iron Post!
T’was a dark and stormy Sunday night, as the gale force winds and rain of Storm Franklin, lashed the country
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Gossip from our Roving Reporter!
Anerley riders as far as the eye could see!It reminded me of pre Covid days, but this was 1 Feb,
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Adventurer Bob Gilly’s New Bike!
It was on the Tuesday Ride, 8 Feb, and the sunshine again brought out Anerley’s finest – a mass gathering
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A Massed Start! 1st Feb 2022
Like my Club Ride on the 1st of January, the 1st of February was a bright and sunny morning with
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In Epping they call me Mud
Not a great deal of planning was done beforehand and I just thought to extend a ride from Enfield Lock, which I’ve done a few times before, to include Epping Forest to try out my new gravel bike.
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A Winter’s Day Out and About, Jan 2022
After our enjoyable ride to Denbies and Box Hill on a warm and sunny New Years Day, the weather changed
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Out and About, New Year’s Day Jan 2022
When I joined Anerley B.C back in 1998, the only club rides were on Sundays and Bank Holidays. This was
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