RIDES & EVENTS
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Jim Swan is leading a ride on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th October with an overnight stay Saturday night at Lee Valley Hostel. Prices are bed for the night £25.00
Breakfast £5.63 Dinner around £9 - £10. The route is mainly on canal tow paths and former rail tracks meeting and finishing at Denham. This ride is a joint ride with the CTC
Chiltern Hills Group. For booking purposes the cost is £40.00 per person. If you are interested contact Jim a.s.a.p.
Club Committee for 2017 - 2018.
Tony Cates, Steve Trott, Jane Jenkins and Alec Martel are willing to continue their respective roles of secretary, treasurer, welfare officer and webmaster. Lawrie Hart and Sandra Gladwin are stepping down from their roles of club chairperson and entertainments officer. Should any club member wish to take on any of these roles then please contact Tony Cates by 30th September 2017.LOITERERS CHRISTMAS LUNCH 13th December 2017 at Richings Park GC. The menu can be viewed HERE. The cost of the meal is £28.50 for 3 courses and £23.00 for two courses. You can make your meal choices known to Alec at the A.G.M. who has once again been stitched up with this task. Cheques should be made payable to Uxbridge Loiterers CTC.
All rides start at 10.00 am from the Market Square in front of Uxbridge underground station unless otherwise stated. (ARCHIVED RIDES & EVENTS). |
September 2017
| Date | Ride | Leader | Elevenses | Lunch | Tea | Comment |
| Sun 24th | D | Tony Cates | Victoria Café - Ruislip Manor | Greenwood Hotel - Northolt | Tea stop to be decided by the casting of bones | Distance in the region of 24.559 miles |
| X | John Macmillan | Croxley Cafe | Queens Head-Chesham. Yes again! Thai food (and some English) | Masterchef Amersham or White Hart Chalfont St Giles. It depends where we end up. | A hilly Chiltern ride. Some easy offroad. | |
| Wed 27th | S | Patsey Jacobs | Langley Park | Dukes Head - Farnham Royal | Black Park | Approx 25 miles. Nice park tracks and roads. Only one real hill. |
| M | Lawrie Hart | Datchet or Windsor | Wheatsheaf - Virginia Waters | To be decided on the spin of the wheel | A chance to ride through Windsor Great Park. Distance 32.5 miles or so. | |
| L | Sally Eaton | Moniz - Cranford | (NEW) Boaters Inn -, Kingston-upon-Thames.A little bit on the expensive side, but it is a very nice setting ; a stone’s throw into Old Father Thames. Local real ales! | Stockley Park | Approx. 40 miles on road and good Thames tow path with a couple of parks thrown in. Just one short sharp shock as we leave Uxbridge, otherwise mainly flat and very scenic. Photo opportunity outside Hampton Court Palace! |
S < 25 miles; M 25 - 35 miles; L > 35 miles; D < 25 miles; X > 25 miles
Rides may be cancelled or amended depending upon weather conditions so please contact the leader if in doubt.
October 2017
| Date | Ride | Leader | Elevenses | Lunch | Tea | Comment |
| Sun 1st | D | Alan Potter | Tea House - Ravenscourt Park | Bulls Head - Strand-On-The-Green | Lock and Quay at Willowtree Marina | A west London wander, 10.00 am start from Ealing Common station. Including many parks and green open spaces. Thames side for a while, Barns Common and Chiswick House gardens included. 25 miles ish. God help us all ! |
| X | Chris Kinsey | |||||
| Wed 4th | S | Alec Martel | Probably Iver Golf Club | Maybe Black Horse - Dedworth | Possibly General Eliott | After the excitement of the ride east it's back west |
| M | Peter Gimber | Aquadrome | Round Bush - Aldenham | Daisy’s in the Park (Pinner) | Lumpy bumpy along canal/Ebury Way. One significant hill after lunch and some gates that might be difficult for electric bikes. | |
| L | Tony Hopkins | |||||
| Sun 8th | D | Jim Hayes | ||||
| X | Bernie Green | |||||
| Wed 11th | S | Jane Jenkins | ||||
| M | Tony Cates | |||||
| L | Leader Required | |||||
| Sun 15th | D | Lawrie Hart | ||||
| X | Dave Taylor | |||||
| Wed 18th | Club A.G.M. | 10.30 for 11.00 start. Who wants to volunteer to lead to the AGM venue in the morning ? | Higher Denham Community Hall, Lower Road, Higher Denham UB9 5EA | A buffet lunch will be provided, followed by a short ride to a local hostelry which will be led by John "I want to go to a pub" Jenkins. | This year the committee will be seated behind a glass screen, so anyone bringing rotten fruit or vegetables will be wasting their time. Anyone using the phrase "Hanging is too good for them" will be asked to leave the meeting. | |
| Sun 22nd | D | Peter Gimber | Estrella do Norte | Greenwood Hotel | Victoria Cafe Ruislip Manor | We may pop over Harrow Hill after lunch if the weather is good otherwise we won’t bother. |
| X | John Macmillan | |||||
| Wed 25th | S | Stephen Trott | ||||
| M | Ray Westwood | |||||
| L | Bernie Green | |||||
| Sun 29th | D | Alec Martel | ||||
| X | Leader Required |
S < 25 miles; M 25 - 35 miles; L > 35 miles; D < 25 miles; X > 25 miles
Rides may be cancelled or amended depending upon weather conditions so please contact the leader if in doubt.
November 2017 - Please ensure your bike has working front and rear lights and a dinky little bell would not go amiss either
| Date | Ride | Leader | Elevenses | Lunch | Tea | Comment |
| Wed 1st | S | Jim Hayes | ||||
| M | David Brown | |||||
| L | Sandra Gladwin | |||||
| Sun 5th | D | Tony Cates | ||||
| X | Chris Kinsey | |||||
| Wed 8th | S | Steve Cull | ||||
| M | John Woodford | |||||
| L | Margaret Chetty | |||||
| Sun 12th | D | Jim Hayes | ||||
| X | Dave Taylor | |||||
| Wed 15th | S | Stuart Morgan | ||||
| M | Stephen Trott | |||||
| L | Tony Hopkins | |||||
| Thu 16th | Slide Show | 8.00 to 10.00 pm | Community Hut, Manor Farm Car Park, Ruislip HA4 7QB | |||
| Sun 19th | D | Lawrie Hart | ||||
| X | Bernie Green | |||||
| Wed 22nd | S | Alec Martel | ||||
| M | Tony Cates | |||||
| L | John Macmillan | |||||
| Sun 26th | D | Jim Hayes | ||||
| X | Chris Kinsey | |||||
| Wed 29th | S | John Jenkins | ||||
| M | Ray Westwood | |||||
| L | Bernie Green |
S < 25 miles; M 25 - 35 miles; L > 35 miles; D < 25 miles; X > 25 miles
Rides may be cancelled or amended depending upon weather conditions so please contact the leader if in doubt.
December 2017 - Please ensure your bike has working front and rear lights
| Date | Ride | Leader | Elevenses | Lunch | Tea | Comment |
| Sun 3rd | D | Tony Cates | ||||
| X | Dave Taylor | |||||
| Wed 6th | S | Tony Cates | ||||
| M | Lawrie Hart | |||||
| L | Margaret Chetty | |||||
| Sun 10th | D | Jim Hayes | ||||
| X | John Macmillan | |||||
| Wed 13th | XMAS LUNCH | 12.00 for 12.30 Richings Park Golf Club SL0 9DL | Starter | Main Menu | Dessert | If we are all very good then Santa may well make an appearance. Hoorah for Santa and his big sack ! |
| Sun 17th | D | Lawrie Hart | ||||
| X | Bernie Green | |||||
| Wed 20th | S | Ray Westwood | ||||
| M | Alec Martel | |||||
| L | Tony Hopkins | |||||
| Sun 24th | D | Jim Hayes | ||||
| X | Chris Kinsey | |||||
| Wed 27th | S | Lawrie Hart | ||||
| M | Tony Cates | |||||
| L | Bernie Green | |||||
| Sun 31st | D | Leader Required | ||||
| X | Leader Required |
S < 25 miles; M 25 - 35 miles; L > 35 miles; D < 25 miles; X > 25 miles
Rides may be cancelled or amended depending upon weather conditions so please contact the leader if in doubt.
January 2018 - Please ensure your bike has working front and rear lights
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| Thu 18th | Slide Show | 8.00 to 10.00 pm | Community Hut, Manor Farm Car Park, Ruislip HA4 7QB | |||
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S < 25 miles; M 25 - 35 miles; L > 35 miles; D < 25 miles; X > 25 miles
Rides may be cancelled or amended depending upon weather conditions so please contact the leader if in doubt.
February 2018 - Please ensure your bike has working front and rear lights
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S < 25 miles; M 25 - 35 miles; L > 35 miles; D < 25 miles; X > 25 miles
Rides may be cancelled or amended depending upon weather conditions so please contact the leader if in doubt.
March 2018 - Please ensure your bike has working front and rear lights
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S < 25 miles; M 25 - 35 miles; L > 35 miles; D < 25 miles; X > 25 miles
Rides may be cancelled or amended depending upon weather conditions so please contact the leader if in doubt.
April 2018
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S < 25 miles; M 25 - 35 miles; L > 35 miles; D < 25 miles; X > 25 miles
Rides may be cancelled or amended depending upon weather conditions so please contact the leader if in doubt.