Rides for 2006
Our meeting on Tuesday night came up with a good
programme of rides to keep
you pedalling over
the summer.
Where there is a nominated person, it is expected
that this person will be
in charge of
organising the ride including the route, etc. If they
become
unavailable, they will be expected to
find a substitute and provide them
with the
necessary information, e.g. maps and stuff. We want to avoid
rides
not happening because there is no-one
to lead, especially if there are
folks
wanting to come
along.
Sunday 30/4- SXC Fort
William
Saturday 6/5- Trail quest
(Glentress)
Sunday 7/6- *no
plans*
May 13/14- Corrieyairick Pass- Fort
Augustus to Laggan and back
(Richard
Dowling) Be warned- it's a biggie!
Plan to start and finish in Fort Augustus
but
there may be an option to get a lift to the
start.
Sunday 21/5 SXC
Sidlaws
27/5-28/5- World Cup, Fort
William
Saturday 3 June- Skills
Session
Sunday 4 June- Peebles Ridge
(Laurence Smythe)
9/6 - 11/6- Dalbeattie
weekend (Camping)- Fraser Menzies
Saturday
17/6- 10 Under the Ben (ERC first claim members get contribution
to
fees if riding for
ERC)
Sunday 18/6- *no
plans*
Sunday 25/6- SXC incorporating
Scottish Champs (probably a club focus
event
so ERC first claim members may get a
contribution to fees- will advise
nearer the
time)
Sunday 2 July- *no
plans*
Saturday8, Sunday 9 July- NPS and
6-4-2 Enduro at Drumlanrig
Sunday 9 July-
"Cloish- the DVD version"- longer and with more
extras!
(Laurence
Smythe)
15/16 July- Glen Feshie (full, with a
waiting list)
Sunday 16 July- *no
plans*
Sunday 23 July- Ben Alder (Richard
Dowling)
28/29/30 July- Bridge of Orchy
weekend (Kathryn/ Dougie)
30 July- Merida
Marathon- Selkirk Several options of length including
a
family
route
Sunday 6 August- SXC
Contin
Sunday 6 August- Ardgarten Peninsula
(Les) Easy ride on forest roads with
stunning
scenery.
12/13 August- Sleepless in the
Saddle (near Tamworth)
13 August- *no
plans*
20 August- Bankfoot/ Dunkeld-
Dougie
20 August- Scottish Downhill Champs
(ERC first claim members may get
a
contribution to entry
fees)
27 August- SXC
Drumlanrig
27 August- Glen Prosen/ Glen Isla-
Les
3 September- Merida Reprise (Martin) If
you missed it the first time or want
to do it
again, now's your chance while Martin can still remember the
route!
Saturday 9 September-
Skills
Sunday 10 September- ESCA Champs
(Peebles area)
15-17 September- Braemar
(Dougie) Loads of rides to choose
from.
Sunday 24 September- SXC
Aviemore
As you can see the diary has
been pretty filled. There are a couple
of
blanks but plenty suggestions of other
rides including:
Stirling/
Ochils
Mount
Keen
Fungle
Road
Drumlanrig area (either incorporating
Rik's uplift or the WMB route)
Drumlanrig
trails
Glen Tilt -Stu may be doing this on
Monday 1st
If anybody can fill in the
blanks, post up and we'll put it in the
diary.
If there's nothing there that
you fancy- suggest an alternative. It's
your
club but by the same token it's up to
you to fill the programme.
We also
discussed the Wednesday night situation. With the closure of the
Hub
on all but the first Wednesday of the
month, alternatives were suggested.
If you
don't want to ride at GT we suggest:
17 May-
Pentlands (Dougie) 6.30 start
14 June-
Cardrona/ Peebles Ridge (Laurence)
21 June-
Carlops Leg Warmer (Fi D) Very easy ride in lovely scenery (If
the
weather gods are smiling) with a bonus
start and finish at the pub
in
Carlops!
19
July- Cloish (Laurence)
We still plan
to go to Innerleithen on the last Wednesday of the
month.
Other suggestions are Beecraigs
and Devilla/ Blairadam but we may need
guides
or some reconnaissance beforehand.
For
those of us who also have a tendency towards the dark side of
road
racing there is the Kirky 10 mile time
trial series every Wednesday from 3
May until
30 August. Sign on from 6.30pm at the Kirkliston Sports
Centre,
start 7pm. Cost £1 with spot
Prizes . Strictly ERC members only- proof
of
membership will be
required.
If there are no issues, Les
can you put this in the
diary.
Fi
Posted: Tue - May 2, 2006 at 02:47 PM