Goring Gap Cycling

🚵One of the pleasures of going for rides with The Gromils is encountering new cafes and trying them out. What is a lot less usual is to come across a new (to us) bike shop in what seems like the middle of nowhere.

💙🔔Had it not been the week for our annual ride through the woods to find bluebells, we would probably not have come across @e_bikebarn, a showroom specialising in Riese & Muller and Gocycle e-Bikes and e-Cargo bikes. It’s tucked away just off the B481 in Satwell and very well placed for the magnificent bluebell display in Padnell’s Wood. eBike Barn has now been added to the bike shops on the official map at goringgapcycling.co.uk.

🌳Talking of bluebells, quite a few patches are not yet at their best, but should be great in a few days. Recommended viewing spots for Easter are Ipsden Wood (east of Checkendon and south of Stoke Row), and Bixmoor Wood on the lovely bridleway descent from Homer Farm to the King William IV.

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🌱Spring is definitely here! Time to welcome the new Goring Gap Cycling website, the place for info about cycling and cyclists around Goring and Streatley, between the North Wessex Downs and the Chiltern Hills.

🚴‍♀️Lots of stuff for both starting and experienced riders, from absolute beginners (Where to learn? How to choose a suitable bike?) to world travellers (Best route to the Portsmouth and our nearest cross-channel ferry?)

🦢🤴Did you know that there are four (yes 4) national trails that pass through Goring? You’ve probably heard of The Ridgeway Trail and the Thames Path, but what are the other two, and which ones can you cycle?

🚸And what about Active Travel, and the government’s plans to help everyone be Healthier, Happier and Greener? What is happening in Oxfordshire, and what is the status of a safe traffic-free route from Goring to Wallingford?

📥All this and over 60 cycling routes in the area, with descriptions, maps and freely downloadable GPX route files.

Link in Bio, or just Google 

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#Chilterns

Saturday 12 April, 10 – 12:30 Goring Village Hall
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🚴Welcoming sight for cyclists at one of our favourite cafes @hampsteadnorreysshop18 ☕
Kudos to @newbury_road_club for producing these as part of their centenary celebrations
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Happy Birthday to one of our favourite cafes 🎂 @hampsteadnorreysshop18 

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The Gromils are going on holiday! 🌞🌞🌞🌞

The Goring Gromils are going cycling in the Mendips in June. Just booked our tickets with the assistance of the very helpful Oliver at Goring & Streatley station, @gwruk. We’re getting the train to Bath then cycling to Wells via the Twin Tunnels on the old Slow and Dirty (aka old Somerset and Dorset railway track bed) on @sustrans’ NCN Routes 244 and 24.

Goring to Bath in less than an hour and a quarter, if the trains run to time. The cycling part of the journey from Bath to Wells may take a little longer 😉

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Face to face with the Dragon Patcher this morning. A very clever invention for adding yet more patches to the patchwork quilt that is our minor road network.

This one was busy by Scot’s Farm, north of the Checkendon Equestrian Centre.

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Now is your chance to have a say about Wallingford’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure plan. Google “Wallingford LCWIP” and go to the online map to drop pins and add comments.

Deadline is 24 March .

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Kudos to OCC for the proper repair to the “Highwayman’s Hole”, a notorious set of potholes and flooded road near The Highway in Exlade Street.

For most of 2024 this road was impassible because of the flooding and more than one cyclist came to grief (and a soaking) hitting a hidden pothole. It was so bad that most avoided the area and took a diversion via Checkendon to avoid it.

It was finally fixed in September 2024, with a decent stretch of new tarmac and well-engineered drainage to prevent the flooding. It’s been holding up well during the winter and is now once again a delight to cycle past. (The rest of the lane down to Hook End is still a disgrace unfortunately).

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