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The Foss Way was a Roman Road and much of it runs straight unless forced by hills and rivers to briefly twist and turn, before again running straight and true.
Somewhere, North of Cirencester it is a busy road - but not the byway below Kemble Airfield.
Last Saturday I and Dave caught the mornings first train too Kemble just one stop from Stroud. So at 7am we enter a hedge and tree lined Byway that with two river crossings was to form the major part of our ride into Bath.
The weather was ideal with the occasional length of tarmaced lane being the only places we saw other traffic. When faced with a choice in trail we diligently kept going straight ahead. After diving under the M4 motorway, it became tarmac lanes weaving up and down a more hilly terrain then at about 10.30am we saw Bath off to the West pouring down the sides of the escarpment.
Soon we came to a layby on our right, with the entrance to a common which gave us an exhilerating bridleway then small lane downhill that took us smilling widely and steeply to Batheaston, the River, the toll bridge, Bathampton, the pub on the canal, two pints with some chatty lady mountain bikers and the canal path into Bath itself for 12ish. Later we and our bikes caught the train back via Swindon to Stroud.
A good, different and easy fun 30 mile ride, with the choice of fording rivers or not - Dave still got wet!
So, a QUAFF weekend of unique & amazingly beautiful Bashes is proposed for October!
Arriving Friday at Campsite please, as very early start then breakfast and restart on Saturday - local bashers might choose to camp with us to enjoy a drink, or meet us for breakfast at the all-night transport cafe at 6.30-7.00 or park-up in main car park at Kemble Station 8.00 for 8.30am when QUAFF sedately burping & groaning ride-by-on-road.
We then ride an easy 30 miles offroad on the The Foss Way into Bath where after lunch and more local culture than normal, the surviving adventurous Bashers can return back by mountain bike or by rail in shifts with different Hares to Kemble Station for an early evening pub bash back to campsite.... showers, an early night (me)or a route march/taxi too & from the pub with Blow!
Then the wonderful hard riding Cotswold Trail we did last year, starting from the campsite car park at 9.30 for a 10am On On... so we can bash the complete trail this time with a different pub stop part the way around at midday!
Blow, please link this posting to your next QUAFF newsletter & the Nash Bash 2010 web-site...
Beer n Bikes
On On
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