- Starts: Wednesday 20 March 2024 9:00 am
- Ride leader/Event organiser: Richard Smith
- Supported by: Gail Russell
- Category: Wednesday rides
- Terrain: B - Very hilly
- A - Severe. Route has extreme elevation change, with both short and longer sustained climbs (e.g. Duncton Hill).
- B - Very hilly. Route has major elevation change, with longer sustained climbs (e.g. Harting Hill from the south).
- C - Hilly. Route is undulating with a number of short climbs involved (e.g. Havant to Bishop's Waltham).
- D - Gentle. Route has minor elevation change on gentle slopes (e.g. south coast cycle route to Chichester).
- E - Flat. Route has little or no elevation change (e.g. Portsea Island).
Our grading scheme
When grading routes we use the following scheme:
Start and stops
| Ride start/event venue | The Spring Centre, Havant East Street Havant P09 1BS More details and map |
| Coffee stop | Slindon Slindon More details and map |
| Lunch/dinner stop | Ford Ford More details and map |
All rides return to the start unless stated otherwise. Use the 'Map' link below to see a map of all locations
Contact us about this event
Send an email to leader: Richard Smith.
Send an email to supporter: Gail Russell.
Send an email to both Richard Smith and Gail Russell.
Map
Click here to see the route on an external site.
Leaving the Spring at zero nine hundred hours we’ll be off on today’s adventure by a direct route to Chi, skirting the north of the city and heading to the Fontwell underpass and up to Slindon for elevenses at the Forge. From there we make our way to Madehurst and the Whiteways Roundabout, dropping down to Arundel avoiding the town centre and onto Ford. Having consumed our bread and water, perhaps some porridge and even some Shreddies at Serving Thyme we will make our escape and head back to Chi, through the city centre to Clay Lane and back to Havant where the ride terminates.
The distance is fifty miles or so with about eighteen hundred feet of ascent, some before and some after coffee.
Expect to be back before sixteen hundred hours as the pace will be very modest, downhill and flat after Whiteways.
The weather is picking up for Wednesday so looking promising but of course always changeable.
Bookings for this ride/event
Booking is required for this ride. Please let the ride leader know if you want to join. Please do not turn up for the ride unless you've had your booking confirmed or your name appears below.
This ride is currently full but we encourage you to ask to join the wait list. That will let the ride leader:
- Find out the demand for that type of ride
- Nominate you as a replacement if someone drops out
- Arrange to split the ride if there is sufficient demand
Bookings recorded for this ride (Log in to see rider names):
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
To ask to join this ride, please use the 'Contact us about this ride' link above to send an email to the ride leader.
About Wednesday rides
Wednesday rides usually start 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.
Wednesday rides usually provide a range of options to riders as we'll try to arrange multiple rides with different paces, distance and degree of hilliness.
On Wednesdays it is likely that there will be several riders coming back to the Havant area after an elevenses stop - although they might not include a PCTC ride leader. If that is what you'd like to do, please consult the ride organiser before the day of the ride to ensure someone knows and is able to bring you back.
This article describes what you should consider bringing with you on one of these rides.