South Lakes U3A - Social cycling group

Meeting Details

Frequency	Weekly
Time	About 2 hours,
Day	Alternating between Wednesdays and Mondays
Duration	Various
Location	Various
Coordinator	Peter Davenport & Steve Buckley

What we do

Our Social Cycling Group is about cycling in a leisurely way, stopping at places of interest, enjoying the countryside and the companionship and we often end up in a pub or cafe. Most rides range from 15 to 25 miles with some on easy terrain, for instance along a river or canal, while other rides are in more hilly areas. BUT – we haven’t got anything to prove so if the hill is too hard we get off and walk up.

Our cycling season is from April to the end of October with rides alternating between Mondays and Wednesdays, Monday one week and Wednesday the next week.

Reports

November 2011

The cycling group has gone from strength to strength this year. We have had 34 rides, with an average number per ride of 10 and ranging from 3 to 21 riders.

Fifteen of us had a holiday on the Isle of Man in late September and already organised for next spring is a 4 day coast to coast ride by 12 of our members. There’s already a waiting list for this in case anyone drops out. A further coast to coast ride for later in the year and taking 5 to 6 days, is also being considered.

The group now has 9 different ride leaders and a total of 48 U3A members have been on rides with us this year.

Colin Sutherland