- Starts: Wednesday 23 January 2019 9:15 am
- Ride leader/Event organiser:
- Category: Saturday and Wednesday rides
- Route grade: A - Demanding route
- Ride to elevenses grade: B - Hilly route
- A - Demanding route. Riders should already have experience of, and be prepared for distance, hills and, probably, both. E.g. Liss or Arundel via Houghton.
- B - Hilly route. Involves major hills. E.g. Sustainability Centre or Alresford.
- C - Moderate route. Not especially long or hilly (but will involve climbs and descents). E.g. Bishop's Waltham
- D - Flattish route. Might involve some hills, but not major ones. E.g. Chichester or West Wittering.
- E - Short, flat route. Easy route often designed for people new to group riding.
Our grading scheme
When grading routes we use the following scheme:
At: The Spring Centre, Havant
Address: East Street, Havant, P09 1BS
The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre web site is here.
Contact us about this event
Sorry, you cannot email this ride's leader/event organiser directly. Instead you can use our general enquiry form.
Map
Note this is a change to the previously updated destination.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for ice tomorrow morning until 11.00am. If I can get to Havant safely tomorrow morning I will lead a ride but, depending on an assessment of the conditions I may change the ride destinations.
If you are coming to Havant to join the ride please be very careful as there may be icy patches and if using cycle tracks be aware that the surfaces will not have been salted.
Note; I have changed the elevenses stop to Aylings Garden Centre at Trotton.
The ride is moderately hilly from Havant to Trotton. After Trotton there are some steep climbs involved on the route to Selborne and then more climbs after lunch on the return journey.
Havant to Trotton via Compton, Harting Down and South Harting - 18 miles. Elevenses at the Trotton Garden Centre.
Trotton to Selborne via Milland, Rake, Liss, Hawkley and Empshott - 13 miles.
Return to Havant via East Tisted, East Meon, Clanfield - 26 miles.
Overall Distance Havant to Havant is about 57 miles, overall ascent is about 3,600 feet.
If you come on to lunch then you should make sure your bike has lights as it may be dark before you get home.
About Saturday and Wednesday rides
Rides from Havant with stops for elevenses, lunch and sometimes tea. If you're unable to keep up or have a mechanical problem, someone will be available to help you - although we obviously cannot guarantee to solve all problems.
Riders are free to join and leave the ride at various points. Some ride directly to the elevenses stop.
Click either heading below to find out more about Wednesday and Saturday rides:
Wednesday rides
Wednesday rides are the largest of our rides and can provide a range of options to riders. We often split into multiple groups at the start, for example:
- A fast group that takes a longer and/or hillier route to the elevenses stop
- A ride which takes a more direct route to the elevenses stop at a moderate pace
- An elevenses ride comprised of riders going only to elevenses; the elevenses ride will have its own ride leader and might go to a different destination if the route to the main elevenses destination is long and/or hilly
On Wednesdays it is highly likely that there will be several riders coming back to the Havant area from the elevenses stop - although they might not include a PCTC ride leader. If that is what you'd like to do, please consult the ride leader at the start to ensure someone knows and is able to bring you back.
In addition, some rides split after elevenses to go at different paces or to alternate destinations. These are usually announced during the ride briefing. Please ask if you are unsure about the options available.
Saturday rides
Saturday rides are (usually) much smaller than Wednesday rides. As a result they offer fewer options for rides but more flexibility for routes and destinations.
The rides are often shown as 'informal' meaning there is no prescribed ride leader. Unless weather is particularly adverse, however, they always go ahead at the stated time and start point. We try to keep to the suggested elevenses destination to allow for people who want to ride directly there.
The lunch destination does change occasionally but we will always take views of riders into account. In particular, if you join a ride because you think you can manage the distance/hilliness, we would not substitute an alternative if it meant you couldn't join the ride.
If you want to ride with us but only to elevenses and need someone to help you with the route back, please use our general enquiry form to let us know in advance of the ride so we can try to arrange something for you.
This article describes what you should consider bringing with you on one of these rides.