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This page is for news, notices and details of the next ride. If you want to post anything here please email Arthur or Graham T.
Next Group Ride - Thursday 23rd July.
Details will be posted here around a week beforehand.
10/07/26
Please Read
As most of you already know, John Wh. who was group leader for many years with the Easy Ride group has had to resign due to health issues. It will be sad to see this group fold due to the lack of leadership; if there is no one individual prepared to lead the group maybe it could continue if it was run on a joint basis with two or more members of either group meeting together to sort out a workable plan. This may be the way forward for both groups because I shall have to hand the baton on sometime in the future (possibly the end of 2026/27) and I would feel badly let down if it folded due to the lack of some form of leadership.
Please give this subject some serious thought, I am quite happy to chair any meeting I hope will eventually happen. Please don't let it come to this through the lack of trying to overcome what after all is a relatively minor hurdle to keep the groups alive.
Arthur
23/05/26
An Interesting Challenge!
The u3a Street & Glastonbury Cycling Group is doing a two-day outing on the Somerset Circle for Cyclists on Thursday, 6th and Friday, 7th August 2026. We, as a group, have been invited to join in.
It's a ninety-mile outing going from Wells to Cheddar, Clevedon, Bristol, Bath, Radstock, Shepton Mallet, ending in Wells. The outing will involve an overnight stay in Bristol. The appeal of this outing is quiet country lanes and dedicated cycle paths. Most of the S & G group members taking part will be on e-bicycles. Here is a link to a description and map of the ride:
https://greenwaysandcycleroutes.org/somerset-circle/
We hope that there will be some of us that would be interested to take part. Please give it some thought and let Arthur know so that he can send the Group Leader, Charlie, an email to let him know what our response is.
12/05/26
Some useful links:
Travel Somerset - Roadworks - zoom in on map for closures and diversions
Wells weather - Met Office
Wells weather - BBC
Wells weather - Norway Met Office
Windy.com - includes weather radar
https://www.thestrawberryline.org.uk/ - the shared use path from Shepton Mallet through Wells, Cheddar, to Yatton