2026 Cycling
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Railway Inn, Glenfield
Eleven Embers met at the Asda coffee shop near Abbey Park on a cold and frosty day. Ten members rode today and all ten cycled in to the venue. Dave Parry joined us for coffee but did not venture out on his bike. Given the cold ride we all had to the coffee shop, no one was too keen to start; so we began the ride late at just after 11am. We started by going south through Abbey Park and then onto the canal tow path which we followed to Frog Island. At that point we turned north west up to Stokeswood Park, then slipped our way along the icy roads through New Parks housing estate. At the New Parks/Groby Road roundabout we took Groby Road itself down to Station Road Glenfield, and onto the Railway Inn for lunch.
Having warmed up in the pub, the afternoon saw us split into two groups. Six riders headed back towards Syston and the remaining four rode to Kirby Muxloe where Ricardo left and the three others went home via Leicester Forest East and Braunstone to get to the Foxhunter Roundabout were they all split up. Despite the cold it was a good, if slightly dodgy, ride with a lot of the route off road. A great start to 2026.
- Simon Over
This week many Embers cycled miles between them.
The Elms, Lutterworth
They say lull before a storm .We did a cycle ride before today's expected Arctic Bomb. Cold, wet and sunless day enjoyed by 10 Embers. Thank goodness for warm pubs.
- Peter Wright
Ten Embers gathered at Karters Café in Lutterworth on gloomy but dry day. With the weather forecast bad for the afternoon it was always intended to just ride in the morning and that is what we did. We reversed our normal route by starting off crossing the M1 and going east to Walcote where we turned south east to get to South Kilworth. From there we went south down to Stanford on Avon for a late banana break.
The return journey to Lutterworth was via Swinford then north to The Elms pub. After lunch most returned to their cars at the Leisure Centre car park with Kathy and Nigel heading to Peatling Parva. A fairly uneventful journey with no punctures or mechanicals so another fun day out and great socialising.
- Simon Over
This week many Embers cycled miles between them.
The route of our latest ride is shown on the index page map as a blue line.
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