Details of a local ride that may interest our members.
This is nothing to do with Cycle Seahaven,but we’re happy to keep members informed of similar local cycling events.
Charity
One of Eastbourne D.G.H. Consultant Urological Surgeons is organising two charity bike rides. The charity is the MediTech Trust and the initiative is under the title of Stonebusters:“I take 4 UK trainees to Sri Lanka and we treat 30 plus patients with [kidney] stone disease,training our guys and the local surgeons. I aim to raise the money to buy them some kit so they can continue where we leave off.”
Sunday 15 January – cross-country
Cross country mountain bike. Starting at 10 30am from Wannock Place Jevington Road,Wannock BN26 5NT going via the south downs way to Brighton then back by train. I will organise for some bikes to come back in a horse trailer. Some people will be going on horseback. We will come back by train from near the University.
Sunday 5th February family road biking
We will leave from the front of the DGH at 10.30am.
Ride to Cooden and back with some families riding just part of the way.
(Cooden Beach station is on the train line back to Hampden Park and Eastbourne)
Details:
- · Please let me know if you can make it
- · Please consider coming on one of the events with a team
- · Either cycle the whole route or part of it as long as you have fun and raise some money.
- · All outings will have a stop off at a pub.
- · I enclose sponsorship forms DOWNLOAD HERE
- · I suggest get sponsorship per mile if you are not sure you will manage the whole way.
- · Please get a gang of people –I will need to have a rough idea of numbers although I realise the weather may clobber all but the most hardened.
- · Please tell all participants to bring a mobile phone.
See you there
Graham
Contact:grahammwatson@hotmail.co.uk
07928631173
01323 417400 extn 3703 –leave message
January 15th and 15 cyclists headed out from Wannock heading for Brighton in aid of the “Stonebusters ”charity which is part of the MediTech Trust. Our route was up to Jevington then swing up onto the South Downs Way and from there through Alfriston and on to Southease. We went half a mile up the Piddinghoe Road to Rodmell and stopped for a refuel at the Abergavenny Arms. 12 of us had made it to this stage,11 of us then went on to Moulsecoomb. There were 2 punctures,1 chain misbehaviour,1 high speed spill (all overcome),3 “I’m not up to this”and all of us thinking what a great day and what a beautiful stretch of countryside. We were met at Moulsecoomb train station by my wife towing a horsetrailer for the bikes and we had enough cars there to take all of us back. If we had had more riders we would have needed the train.
What I would do differently next time:
Go to Brighton and ride West to East because the wind is more likely at your back that way. Next time we will take the bikes to Moulsecoomb and ride home from there.
Not take quite so many wrong turnings.
I have written a description of the route but this will have to be read backwards if any of your members want to join us for a rerun in the summer.
Best wishes Graham Watson
Route Description