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General Category => Club Runs => Topic started by: Mark Pope on October 10, 2015, 06:23:29 PM
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The Broomwagon is open tomorrow and the weather forecast is reasonable so I thought we'd have an amble to the seaside. The route is:
Brackla - Coychurch - Treoes - Llangan - Pentre Meyrick - Llandow - Llantwit Major - Wick - St Brides - Southern down - Ogmore - Ewenny - Dipping Bridge - A48 - Porthcawl - Kenfig - water St - A48 - Hafodheulog - Tondu - Bryncethin - the Common - Pencoed - Coychurch - Brackla.
It's around 50 miles and we'll stop for tea and cake in Porthcawl. See you tomorrow.
Mark
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Any plane geeks out there? the vulcan is doing a fly by tomorrow before being retired..be cool to see it on a club run over st athans 8)
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/710/82/Latest-on-National-Tour.html
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There were 9 Amblers out today for a brisk trot around the Vale and Coast. We headed out via Treoes, Llangan, Pentre Meyrick and Llantwit before turning West towards Ogmore and Porthcawl assisted by a fresh Easterly breeze, hence a very un-Amblers like average speed of 18mph when we reached the Broomwagon for tea and cake. After the break we returned home via Kenfig, Hafodheulog, Tondu and across the Common before a mini chain gang from Pencoed to Coychurch to finish the ride. The total distance today was around 54 miles at an average speed of 17.5mph, although we were helped by a generous tailwind and flat (ish) route ( well it felt flat but I've just noticed it included 700 mtrs of ascent) ;). Out today were:
Tom
Neil Bartlett
Tony M
Terry
Mal
Jonathan Spink
Andy's dodgy knees
Mark P
Roy 2
See you next week.
Mark
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Really enjoyed the ride mark but nearly ran out of gas going over common had just enough to get me over the hill and into coity
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Glad you enjoyed it Mal. You looked pretty frisky with some strong turns on the front. You'll be giving us all a good kicking by the time we head off for Majorca.
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Good pace guys 8) think you should all step up next week to the pacers.