Home to Rome participant Mark Rickenbach has been spreading the word. Have a read of this: Daily ECHO cycle article Mark has also been busy fundraising by displaying his bike at the surgery to encourage patients and staff to donate! Great idea – the cycle to work scheme could take on a whole new meaning…
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A message from Cancer Research UK
Here is an extract from a message received from CRUK. Dear Members of the Home to Rome Ride Thank you so much for taking part in the upcoming Inspired Living bike ride to Rome, and in doing so, joining the fight against cancer. Research is being carried out across the UK thanks to people like…
Final group training ride this Sunday
The final training ride will take place this Sunday 24th July, starting at 8am from Hursley. Below is the route, a scenic one of 66 miles heading north, with a café stop half way in Amesbury. Now that everyone is up to speed with this sort of distance there is only the one route. Hopefully…
Route Notes and GPX tracks now available for Home to Rome
The Continental Ride page of the Inspired Living website has been updated to include route notes and other essential associated documents. Please visit the page and action the instructions accordingly.
Guy Raf’s “Top Tips” of incidental items to pack to make your life a little more comfortable on the Continental ride
A light nylon line to hang washing on, plus a couple of pegs and 2 cheap plastic hangers which really help to dry shorts and jerseys. Earplugs & an eyeshade (I’ve found wax are the most effective! E.g. Quies) A USB charger: Lots to charge overnight – Phone, Garmin, lights and so on. (Pack light…
Guy Raf’s view of a soggy morning for the 3rd day of riding :(
I wondered about my sanity as I headed out early in the light rain to a deserted Black Hill car park, joined shortly by Mark R and Helen, with the remainder arriving by bike from Chandlers Ford – Mike, Andy and team Young (Steve, Lynne & Jack). The route had plenty of New Forest highlights…
And they’re off!
A good turnout for the first of 3 consecutive days of riding on Friday afternoon. Let’s hope the forecast for Sunday morning in the New Forest is inaccurate!
You’re in for a treat this coming weekend!
As promised, 3 consecutive days of riding are on offer to get you ready for the epic journey to Rome. 🙂 Friday 8 July – meet in the Hursley Club car park at 16.30 ready to follow Mike for 45 miles. Saturday 9 July – it’s an 08.00 start for a 70 miler with Andy….
Group ride this Sunday
Where are the weeks and months going?! It was great to see such a big turnout for our last training run and the next one is almost upon us already. 🙂 We’ve set the ride for an earlier start of 8.00am from Hursley Clubhouse. Since everyone who did the 50 mile route last time found…
A great turn out last Sunday :)
Guy Rafferty has a little tale to tell……. Meandering around the South Downs on some new roads and familiar hills…… A great start with a sweet espresso at Chez Wadley (thank you Lyn!) after the warm up ride from home. Cloudy skies soon gave way to blue as the temperatures rose (up to 25C). It…
Updates for Home to Rome
Important information from the organising team The Rider Information Pack (RIP) has now been loaded on to the Continental Ride page of the website. It is a condition of taking part in the ride that you download and read this before departure and you will be asked to sign a waiver statement confirming that you…
3 consecutive days of riding – a chance to test your legs!
Some dates for your diaries! We’ve now set the 3 consecutive day rides to start on Friday 8th July with Andy, Guy R and Mike doing the planning and leading. The first ride will start on the Friday at 4.30pm from Hursley and head north. The Saturday and Sunday rides will head south and east…
Training ride on Sunday 5 June (instead of 29 May)
Starting at 8.30 am, we have two lovely routes of 48 miles and 73 miles heading east from Hursley into the South Downs. Shortcuts are available! Both routes leave via Otterbourne and Bishops Waltham to the Beech Cafe at the Sustainability Centre (no bacon butties but the hummus is good!!! – sorry). The shorter route…
Continental page update
New route maps and profiles are now on the Continental Ride page of the website. A GPX track of the full route will be available in due course. The Rider’s Pack will also be uploaded once a few details have been ironed out. In the meantime, please respond to the email sent out on Friday…
Never a dull moment with Inspired Living!
A great turn out on Sunday despite it being quite a chilly morning. We had 18 riders set out from Hursley for a largely uneventful ride to West Meon where things got a bit more exciting. Firstly we were (rightly!) confronted by a – should we say – ‘senior’ local resident for riding the wrong…