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Post date: May 20, 2016 9:15:13 AM
John's no is 07944 406846. Another great car assist ride based on Cambridge with a 16 mile ride to lunch at the Plough, Green End, Fen Ditton and a 10 mile ride to Grantchester and the The Orchard Tea Gardens then a few miles back to two alternative parking places. Alan's ride includes the first four miles of Day 3 of the 2015 Tour de France and the home of Lord and Lady Archer (no bricks please). More details:
Outline of ride on Tuesday 7 June 2016, to be led by Alan Punter
(mobile: 07541 115714)
Cambridge – City, Countryside and Riverside
Cambridge is the cycling capital of the UK; according to 2013/14 government statistics, more residents cycle a least three time wee in Cambridge (at 33%) than any other local authority (second highest is Oxford at 22%, and average for England is 4.4%). It has around 35 bicycle shops.
For more details and a 10 minute video see www.streetfilms.org/cambridge-britains-cycling-capital/
Start points
Either: leaving at 10:30am from Waitrose, 50 Hauxton Road, Trumpington, CB2 9FT (TL 44474 54694)
• Waitrose has café and toilets. It is about 2 minutes cycling from Trumpington Park & Ride (cost to park for the day is £1). Trumpington Park & Ride is just after where the A10 meets the M11 at junction 11
Or: leaving at 10:45am from Cambridge Railway Station, CB1 2JW (TL 46171 57266)
• There is a cycle-friendly, off-peak train leaving Hatfield Station at 9:27am, due to arrive at Cambridge at 10:29am
• There are snacks and toilets available at the station (railside, on Platform 1)
Route
16 mile ride from Cambridge Railway Station to lunch at The Plough, Green End, Fen Ditton, CB5 8SX (tel: 01223 293264).
Followed by 10 mile ride to afternoon tea at The Orchard Tea Gardens, 43 Mill Way, Grantchester, CB3 9ND (tel: 0123 551125).
Then 1 mile ride back to Trumpington Park & Ride and further 3 mile ride back to Cambridge Railway Station.
Total distance Trumpington to Trumpington, or Cambridge Railway Station to Cambridge Railway Station, is about 30 miles (virtually all flat – just one upward slope, i.e. hill).
Mostly on cycle paths or on-road cycle lanes (including parts of National Cycle Network 11) - some cobbles, long stretch of river tow path, one level crossing, many cattle grids. Main hazard is pedestrians, particularly tourists!
Cycling-related features include:
• See the largest multi-storey cycle park in UK
• Register on the Cambridge Cycle Barometer
• Cycle the first 4 miles of Day 3 of the 2015 Tour de France route
• Ride the DNA Cycle Path – celebration of the 10,000th mile of the national cycle network
• See the bench where CTC Cambridge have been meeting since 11 May 1921
• Cross the second highest cyclist accident black spot in UK
University sights:
• University colleges, including Downing, Sidney Sussex, St John’s, Trinity, Gonville & Caius, King’s, St Catharine’s, Corpus Christi, Pembroke, Peterhouse, Homerton, Magdelene, Robinson
• Other university-related buildings, including King’s College Chapel, Senate House, University Library, Judge Business School, college boathouses
Other sights, including:
• Parkers Piece
• The Round Church
• Fitzwilliam Museum
• Corpus Christi ‘Gold’ Clock
• Hobson’s Conduit & Memorial
• Botanical Gardens • Cambridge United Football Club ground
• Addenbrooke’s Hospital
• River Cam and the Backs
• Baits Bite Lock • Midsummer Common
• Grantchester Meadows
• Home of Lord and Lady Archer
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