On Wednesday 15th October three members of the Cycling Group (James, Jim and Sylvia) met on a dull but dry morning at The George in Brixworth. The planned ride was approximately 22 miles heading out northwards via Scaldwell and Lamport to take the little used road to Draughton where we were treated to an amazing… Read more

The morning of the 17th dawned wet and uninviting for the group's September ride but by the 10am meeting time roads had dried and things looked much more promising. James, Jeff and Sylvia left The George heading north west out of Brixworth, through Cottesbrooke and Naseby before passing close to Clipston to arrive at the… Read more

U3A Cycling Group – latest ride from Colin Rowe Read more

A select three met on the 19th for the group's March ride: Jeff, James and Sylvia. The route headed out of Brixworth, through Scaldwell, Lamport, Draughton and Foxhall to the coffee stop at Mawsley village where the group sat outside enjoying the sunshine. The second leg of the ride continued the clockwise loop east of… Read more

Five hardy cyclists James, Jim, Paul, Roger and Sylvia braved the cold on a dry and bright morning for the group's second ride of the year. Departing from the George in Brixworth the ride headed north west taking in Creaton, Hollowell, Guilsborough and Cold Ashby to Welford for a coffee stop at Mini Meadows Farm.… Read more

It was a foggy start, visibility poor but no sign of frost, on my journey to the rendezvous point at The George, Brixworth. There six eager cyclists were meeting for a morning of leisurely cycling. As we set off (James, Jeff, Paul, Sylvia, Roger & Colin) the mist was finally clearing and by the time… Read more

Whether the 16th October ride would go ahead was doubtful as we awoke to a dull and misty morning. However despite a puncture experienced by Colin enroute to the rendezvous point (The George at Brixworth), we finally set off with lights blazing as visibility was poor. It wasn`t raining but the low cloud was coalescing… Read more

After a period of extremely unsettled and wet weather, Wednesday 17th July dawned fair, warm and with little or no wind as forecast by the Met Office. Four of the group met at the George (Paul, Mick, Jeff and Colin) at 10:00 setting off for Brixworth reservoir and the clockwise route to the causeway a… Read more

The forecast was fair for Wednesday 19th June.  Wow, might we actually ride after the poor weather on all the third Wednesdays during the previous months in 2024? Well, the answer was yes so for only the second time this year (we did get an earlier ride in April when it rained on us) the… Read more