Shaking off the Christmas Pud The snow had just about cleared and five Ragstones started from Ruth's to head for Ramsgate. Jane has a new bike and was on holiday, so it was a good opportunity for her to demonstrate her new-found speed Wow, what a difference a new bike makes - and also the regular taining. On the way through Sandwich a misunderstood request to visit the loos at the Coop resulted in the Ragstones being faced with a 'Road Closed' sign - a challe...

A Circular Ride Round Chilham: Over the Hills! The enthusiasm to write the blog seems to be waning. The clamour of keen volunteers has given way to cries of "it must be your turn to do it" and my excuse of a lack of literary talent, while no less relevant now, is not considered a good reason to decline. Our last Ragstone Ride was over a week ago, and not much has changed weather-wise since. It was cold and icy then, as it is now, so you blog follower...

Christmas Lunch, 2010 The Ragstones had chosen a warm day with temperatures as high as zero degrees Centigrade for their Christmas lunch.Eighteen members of this cycling diaspora met at the Lord Whisky and enjoyed a warm reception, superb hospitality and delicious lunch prepared by the Lord Whisky team.It was a fitting celebration of a year of successful cycling trips and everyone was in relaxed mood by coffee time.Four Ragstones then entertained the ensemble ...

Ragstones Christmas Lunch 2010... ..It's at the Lord Whisky in Rhodes Minnis. I am writing this on the evening before the lunch, so there's not going to be much to say until tomorrow! This has been a successful year for the Ragstones - it started with snow and it's finishing with snow. Needless to say, it's very cold on a bike. But nothing daunts the Ragstones. I have loaded a selection of photos taken during the year that show the regular riders in the pla...

Bedrock to Wye and back in 40 miles Lesser mortals may have chosen a short route, but the Heap of Ragstones, Judith, Sarah, Ruth, Martin, John and Peter chose a different route to circumvent civilisation and the resultant traffic as much as possible. There was some problem finding Singleton Lake and the adjacent underpass to Great Chart, but after some furious cycling and everyone except Peter geting lost, the team finally made it to the chosen land of Great Cha...