Jon's Cycling Log
Mostly
Routes
Around West Bergholt
(Click on any route to see it full size including profile plot in a new window. Each is around 300-400k)
April/May 2007
May Station Mileage: 24miles
29th May - Nayland
12.0
miles - 370ft ascent. Pleasant evening after a number of horribly rainy days.
Nice pint of Pitfield Eco Warrior at the Anchor to wash down a few mouthfulls
of mosquitos! [SS, JS]
23rd May - Fordham/Wormingford Loop
10.5 miles. A warm, sunny evening - nice!
20th May - Langham and Fordham/Wormingford Loop
18 miles in total, cycling back from Langham and then later around the Fordham/Wormingford Loop
12th May - Hadleigh Old Railway Line
4.4
miles - 278ft ascent. Family ride, revisiting the route for Robert to enjoy.
Heavy rain before we started and just after
we finished.[HS, RS, SPS, JS]
7th May - Alton Water
6.4
miles - 302ft ascent. A very unpredictable day with frequent showers,
but
we managed to dodge the worst and have a mostly pleasant ride around Alton
Water! [HS, RS, SPS, JS]
5th May - Hadleigh Old Railway Line
4.4
miles - 278ft ascent. Simon's first decent outing on the next size up bike
- he did really well! [HS, SPS, JS]
4th May - Dedham
22.8
miles - 724ft ascent. Cold and very windy after a long spell of gorgeous
weather.
A regular rider (no prizes for guessing!) wussed at the last moment
and
missed a challenging but enjoyable ride!
[JS, SS]
April Station Mileage: 16miles
23rd April - Boxted, Stoke by Nayland, Leavenheath, Wormingford
16.1
miles - 373ft ascent. Out on a Monday for a change. A pleasant evening but
a little breezy
on the return with Steve left reeling by the technical critique
of his bike during the pub stop! [JS, SS, NS]
22nd April - Boxted, Stoke by Nayland, Leavenheath, Wormingford
20.9
miles - 813ft ascent. A welcome return for Neal and a very pleasant early
evening ride.
Fortunately there were no badgers this time - phew! [JS,
SS, NS]
20th April - Wormingford, The Bures, Fordham
17.1
miles - 684ft ascent. Hey look at that badger - where? crash oh,
there...
Enjoyable ride with the amusing diversion of my falling off after hitting
a badger!
It was fine and ran off Ok - I'm ok too - thanks for asking! [JS,
SS]
13th April - Wormingford, Nayland & Lt. Horkesley
15.8 miles - 566ft ascent. Very pleasant early evening ride. [JS]
9th April - Rodbridge to Sudbury
5.5 miles - 171 ft ascent. Smith & Slater family ride. [JS,RAS,SPS,HS & SS,JS,AS]
7th April - Wormingford & Lt. Horkesley
7.8 miles - 196ft ascent. Gently paced family ride. [JS,RAS,SPS]
1st April - Nayland, Higham, Langham
23.2
miles - 872ft ascent. Extended route over to my parents to make the most
of a lovely bright day.
Boy was it windy - like riding in to a brick
wall at times, but brilliant as a tail wind! [JS]
Last updated - 28th January 2007