AONB Audax 100km, 50km - Saturday 18 Nov 2023

[AudaxER]

Organised by CyclingUK Reading (Reading CTC), join us for an autumnal tour of Wessex Downs & Chilterns Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Saturday 18th November 2023
Caversham, Reading, Berks
Free parking, half-way stop at West Berkshire Brewery & Curry at finish
Proceeds to Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Charity

Enter here:
100km A Tale of Two Beauties https://www.audax.uk/event-details/10917-a_tale_of_two_beauties
50km River Pang Cruise https://www.audax.uk/event-details/10916-river_pang_cruise

[drossall]

Noted!

[AudaxER]

Noted!

Ta drossal 

[AudaxER]

Final call for entries 

[Stuart.Miles]

As a complete newbie at this how far before does the route get sent out? Is there an E-Brevet code?

[AudaxER]

As a complete newbie at this how far before does the route get sent out? Is there an E-Brevet code?

Hi Stuart, route checks completed and hoping to share the GPX / routesheet either today or tomorrow.

[Jethro]

Anybody received a routesheet yet?

[drossall]

No, but I'm not too worried because I wasn't planning to leave home for the event for another week or so

[Jethro]

I must be going senile.

I had it in my head that it was this Saturday.  Just as well I have a diary and got the right date in it!

[drossall]

Got the details now anyway. Which is good, because I love maps, and sometimes spend longer looking at routes on them than it actually takes to ride round on the day

[Jethro]

Yes I like to plot the route on the maps too but the routesheet doesnt mention where the info controls are

[drossall]

I'm not sure there's a requirement to do that. The brevet card will have them. There are various obvious potential short cuts, e.g. avoiding Compton and Elm Bottom Cross, so if pushed I'd bet on controls to enforce passing through those. Will be fun to find out

[st599]

I'm hoping one of the controls is in the brewery (and that they do delivery) - I want to do my Xmas shopping on the way around.

[iscunonove]

I'm hoping one of the controls is in the brewery (and that they do delivery) - I want to do my Xmas shopping on the way around.

Yes. Receipt required from the brewery.
I rode this one in June last year when it was called something else. Planning to ECE it but weather forecast is currently for it to be rather wet.

[richiebike]

thank you an enjoyable ride, and there was hardly any rain, much better than had been forecast a few days before. Bonus having 2 BCQ points on the route to collect, and another one a small detour away. Nice to have a curry at the end.

[drossall]

I had forgotten riding the same event last year under a different name. I didn't realise until the second half, as I didn't remember much of the first for some reason. But yes, a really good day out, even if the road were, to use the term from the old Norfolk Nips events, pretty "skoggy".

I cleaned my bike for the occasion on Friday night. Now it's worse than before