Watership Down

  • Starts: Saturday 15 March 2025 9:30 am
  • Ride leader/Event organiser: Joy Forrow
  • Category: ,
  • Route grade: A - Demanding route
  • Ride to elevenses grade: A - Demanding route
  • Cancel or postpone this ride
At: Winchester

Address: Winchester

More details and map.

Contact us about this event

Send an email to ride leader/event organiser: Joy Forrow.

Map

This will the same route as the Audax planned for Sunday 12 January which was cancelled because of weather. It is a long. hilly ride.

We'll meet in the carpark or the cafe at Cobbs Garden Centre, Kingsworthy at 09.40am.

Getting there -

  • Join Phil Beed's Ride out to Watership down - details here
  • Train - its only 3 miles from Winchester station.
  • Drive - I have not arranged parking so its up to you. There may be opportunities for street parking. If you want to use the carpark at Cobbs Garden Centre you will have to ask them. Alternatively you could use the Cattle Market carpark in Winchester - about 2 miles away.

Stops (All distances from start of ride) -

  • Elevenses, Weyhill farm shop about 19 miles
  • Lunch Whitchurch about 50 miles, 82Km, either Kudos Coffee of Silk Mill. Note - this is further than on a normal PCTC ride so you may wish to bring snacks for on the way.
  • Possible beer stop at the Wonston Arms 59miles, 96kms

We'll split into 2- 3 groups, to be decided nearer the time.

 

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.

There are 16 spaces available for the leader and riders. Of these, just one space is left.

Bookings recorded for this ride (Log in to see rider names):

  • A PCTC member
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  • A PCTC member
  • A PCTC member
  • A PCTC member
  • A PCTC member
  • A PCTC member
  • A PCTC member
  • A PCTC member
  • A PCTC member
  • A PCTC member
  • A PCTC member
  • A PCTC member
  • A non-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 faster rides

Our other rides go at the pace of the slowest rider or we will split the ride to accommodate a slower rider. 'Faster rides' go faster than other rides and people joining are expected to keep up.

We're not talking about professional or even 'club' riding speeds, but trying to ride at any speed faster than you can manage is an unpleasant experience.

If you want to join a faster ride, but uncertain whether you can keep up:

  • Consider trying one or two of our other rides classed as A (Demanding) or B (Hilly) first. If you're able to keep up without difficulty that's a good indication you're ready for a faster ride. The chances are you'll be riding with other members familiar with faster rides that can help you with your assessment.
  • In any case, contact the ride leader and discuss your experience to date with them. Bear in mind, however, that subjective assessments of average speed and cruising speed are notoriously unreliable even for those that routinely use cycle computers.

Before you join a faster ride, please review the route and prepare to make your own way back if you're struggling to keep up - and we all have bad days. We will not, however, intentionally drop slower riders; nor will we leave riders without first checking they are confident with getting back.