Watership Down Ride Out

A Ride Out to the Start for anyone taking part in Joy's Watership Down ride and wanting a fuller Audax Experience.

Meet at Wickham square ready to depart 07:15

Main road route through Waltham Chase, Bishops Waltham, Colden Common, Twyford, to the Hockley Lights.

Then cycle route into Winchester, aiming to arrive at the old Goal House @ 08:30 for breakfast & coffee before meeting rest of the group at Headbourne Worthy 9.40am

Ride out + WSD will be 100 miles for most of us. It's also early in the year so you will need be experienced and prepared for a demanding ride.

Listed as Faster, but we'll roll gently (20Kmh average) to conserve energy for the 105Km that follows.

Make your own plans for getting home, either train from Winchester, or some of us might ride home.

GPX shows complete route; ride out, WSD, return via wheely Down to Wickham.

Controls at Winchester, Cobbs, Weyhill Farm Shop, Withchurch, and Wonston Arms are included as waypoints.

If you're returning to Kingsworthy/Winchester, you'll turn Right and depart from GPX route 4th right after crossing railway bridge.

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 7 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
• A non-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 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.