My first workshop!

Sunday the 17th sounds good. I’d be up for some gravelly stuff

How long a ride roughly? I can plan a route unless anyone who knows the area better has one in mind.

Couple of hours? would we be meeting in Bath - say Holbourne Museum?
Time wise around 11am? (I’m still trying to arrange somewhere my daughter can go so I can get a cycle in!😬🫰)

That all sounds great to me - 11am ride out of Bath, 40km max?

Maybe the Easter part of this one, cutting off the Bristol bit? If that makes it 30-40km. Castle Combe has a good little cafe

I can’t make Castle Combe work in any less than 60km, which is too far for me on Sunday. Any other ideas? I don’t know gravel routes super well and I don’t know them starting from Bath at all!

Hm, I will do some looking at a map and get back. All of the rides I’ve come across mapped are 60 and over as well.

Very very rad!

A couple of points:

It’s the Bath Half on Sunday, so there’s gonna be a lot of road closures and difficulty getting across the city until the afternoon

I know a fair few gravel routes

:update…count me in

Both good points!
Still trying to sort “childcare”…

If we meet at somewhere like the White Hart in Widcombe it’s has access to the towpath or other options without being on the Race Route.

Could always do two tunnels towards midford but just seen one tunnel is closed due to flooding

Yeah but there’s a way round..not too much of a detour

How about this? On/off road with a bail point
Not too swampy

37km 570m climbing (it is Bath after all)

https://www.komoot.com/tour/1468145893?ref=itd&share_token=aqKmwp667x75PwuV8bJAS7n7w5Di4G2a4ds0Jq839h4Zx6wofS&ref=its

Ah good point. Yeah im happy to meet away from the race and that looks like a good route, thanks! Especially looking forward to the hill of pain.

Hill of pain is downhill luckily !

This looks great. Unfortunately I am now 50:50 - my builder has unexpectedly said they’re starting on Monday, so it depends how much sorting/moving things to the loft I can get done on Saturday.

I’m still struggling with childcare so looking like a “no from me” 🥺

Hopefully you can join! Let me know if you need an extra pair of hands, I like moving things.

Bummer. I have a bike trailer you are willing to borrow…

Thanks - she's 14 so might be a bit of a squeeze!
Edit, might be able to make it after all TBC

Is this a loft conversion? If so, there’s gonna be a big load of waste timber
@zewski_net

I’ll rock up to the white hart @ 11am and set off around 10 past anyway

I’m still hopeful! It’s not a loft conversion, new windows, which means new window sills and lintels unfortunately.

Nice! I hope you can make it so I can bend your ear about replacement windows

Unfortunately can’t make it as arrangements didn’t work out 🥹
Hopefully I’ll make #2