Warwickshire

Women’s Tour of Britain 2019 Stage 4 Photos

Stage 4 of the 2019 Women's Tour saw riders take on the race's first-ever summit finish. Burton Dassett Country Park was the scene with a short steep slope tackled...

Women’s Tour of Britain 2019 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile

The 2019 Ovo Energy Women's Tour (of Britain) starts on 10th June in the Suffolk town of Beccles. It then traverses across the middle of the UK, working its...

Velo Birmingham and Midlands 2019 Sportive Review

After the fun of the 2017 edition of the Velo Birmingham, the event made its belated return in 2019. A completely different route saw the riders head east into...

Tour of Britain 2018 Photos

Today the 2018 Tour of Britain visited Warwickshire, briefly clipping the Cotswold hills too. I managed to catch the race on the steepest part of the Ilmington hill KoM...

Women’s Time Trialling for Novices – My First Year

The first club time trial My first time trial took place on a cold and murky New Year’s Day 2018. It was the K7/5 between Stafford and Cannock that promised...

Stratford Open TT April 2018 – K33/10D

Last weekend I took part in my second Open TT of the year. The first one, in Coalville, was hilly and definitely didn't suit me but gave me a...

Stratford CC Reliability Ride Review 2018

  Stratford upon Avon Cycling Club Reliability Ride 2018 After last year's non-finish because of the snow and poor group choice, I was back to try and conquer the Stratford CC...

Mad Summer Hare 2017 Sportive

The final warm-up before tackling La Ronde Picarde a week later, the Mad Summer Hare was to provide a good challenge. It’s the first time that this sportive has...

Saracen RC Open TT 2017

This was to be my first time trial in a little while, having busied myself with sportives and managing to overdo things and strain a knee after the Civil...

Cotswold Climbs 3 – Larkstoke Hill

Larkstoke Hill is found just about in Warwickshire near to the village of Ilmington. There are quite a few different routes up this hill but the climb of interest...

Diana Cooke Memorial TT 10 Mile K41/10 2017

2017 is the first year that I've decided to embrace time-trialling. Up until now I've resisted because I didn't want to have to buy a whole new set of...

CFC Meon Vale Spring Sportive Review 2017

I did the CFC Meon Vale Spring Sportive last year but managed to forget to actually sign-up for it, as such I didn't do a write-up for it. I...