12^th January - UEA, 92k Castle Acre Loop

Route: 92 km route from and back to UEA Sportspark. A couple of couple of tea shops await in the scenic town of Castle Acre.  There is also a very quaint old fashion toy shop and a couple of pubs, one of which is called 'The Ostrich'. GPS file (*.gdb). 

Eight of us set off from UEA - Mick Powell, John, Johanna, Glen Nelson, Rob Lines, Russell Clarke, Simon Edye and Penny.  Rob, Simon and Penny were the only ones to enjoy the delights of Castle Acre.

19^th January - UEA,52mile Dereham, Hingham, Wymondham figure of 8

Route: Plan had been to ride out to Watton and stop at Lincoln's tea rooms in Hingham on the way back.  When we got past Shipdham Simon Edye requested a trip to a bike shop to buy inner tubes so the route was altered to take in Paul's Cycles in Dereham and our very reasonably priced Portugese Cafe.  Route back via Hingham and Wymondham.

It was a wet and windy day with the wind being from the west.  Glen Nelson set us into a fartlex 'intermediate sprint' game by sprinting for Barford and Barnham Broom.  We then started to keep score by giving him 1 point for winning the first, 2 points for the second.  Jonathan Tyrell the third, Rob Lines the fourth and Simon Edye the 5th.  JT and Rob then shared the next few between them with all level pegging upto Hingham which JT got.  Simon then put in a massive solo effort all the way back to Wymondham, but on our route back there wasn't another village/town sign all the way back to Norwich.  Penny is far to wise to play this game.  Oh, and we don't recommend this game, and if you must play it you must still obey the highway code, so don't sprint for sign's anywhere dangerous - i.e. at bends, junctions, when other traffic is about and absolutely never go 3 abreast.

26^th January - UEA, Bungay Harleston 90k

10 of us met up on a sunny but windy January morning - Mick Powell, Glen Nelson, Simon Edye, Penny Edwards, Will Hall, John, Rob Gibson, Russell Clarke, Iain Johnson and Rob Lines.

Actual Route.

Download Planned GPS Route (*.gdb). 

Club Ride 26th January 2008 (7Mb)

9^th February - Colney - 200k Old Squit Audax

Route: An organised Audax for us this week.  Two options existed a 100k single loop ride out to Halesworth that was well attended by Tri-Anglia or a figure of eight that added a loop up to Fakenham on top of the 100k Halesworth loop.  

16^th February - UEA to Halesworth

Route: The plan had been to ride out to Dunwich and back, but we got lost and when it took us 40miles to get to Halesworth we stopped at a cafe there before heading back.  Very good attendance through.  Eleven of us including Simon Edye, Penny Edwards, Rebecca Adams, Rob Gibson, John, Mick Powell, Glen Nelson, Graham Brown, Stewart Ingram, Iain Johnson and Rob Lines.

Download planed GPS route (*.gdb)

17^th February - Trowse to Bungay - 40miles

Route: Out to Bungay via Bramerton and Loddon.  For race report and photos view Great East Run Report.

23^rd February - UEA to Santon Downham - 105km (65miles)

Route: Planed route out via Hetherset, Wymondham and Thetford, back via Thetford Forest, Great Ellingham, Wymondham and Hetherset.

Download GPS Route (*.gdb).

BBC weather forecast

1^st March - UEA Hingham Dereham Loop- 80km (50miles)

Planed route out via Intwood and Fundenhall to Hingham then via Shipdham to Dereham before heading home via Ringland.

Download GPS Route (*.gdb). - Gmaps Route

BBC weather forecast

1^st March - Taverham to Leicester - 125miles

Will Hall made a solo one way journey from Taverham to Leicester where his parents live so that he could then drive home the following day in a new car that he was collecting.  Unfortunately for Will, the weather provided him with 25mph head winds.  Fortunately for us Will made a video journal.

Will's video journal (6Mb)

29^th March - UEA Attleborough - 75km (47miles)

Meet - outside UEA Sportspark 9.30am for a prompt 9.45am depart.

Planed route out via Intwood, East Carling, Spooner Row, Old Buckenham and Hargham, back via Little Ellingham, Wymondham, Great Melton and Bawburgh.

Download GPS Route (*.gdb).

BBC weather forecast

26^th April - UEA Harleston - Haddiscoe - 102km (64miles)

Meet - outside UEA Sportspark 9.30am for a prompt 9.40am depart.

Planed route to follow a potential middle distance triathlon bike route, though the official one will start and finish at Whitlingham lake.

10 members started, Simon Edye, Iain Johnson, John Adams, Andy Boldon, Mick Powell, Glen Nelson, Jonathan Tyrrell, Rob Gibbons, Penny Edwards and Rob Lines.  We were joined in Stoke Holy Cross by Russell Clarke, then four turned off (Mick, Glen, Penny and Rob Gibbons).  When we got to Loddon we found Andy Atthowe and Matt Ellis waiting for us in the cafe.  They'd missed us at the start so had cut the route short a little.