Basingstoke: Ride to the Leather Bottle - 20 mile steady

This is the same as the evening ride on 21st April. On-road route from Eastrop Park out through Old Basing, Newnham Lane, Rotherwick, Mattingley and back in a loop via Bottle Lane through Rotherwick. We can ride back via Greywell Rd from Newnham as an option or straight back the way we came depending on how we're getting on. A few undulations and a short climb to Newnham but otherwise not a hilly ride and very pretty. Around 20 miles about 10-11 miles per hour. It only says 'challenging' as this is is an automatic category for rides over 20 miles. If you found the 13 mile ride last month easy and want to go longer, or you enjoyed it in April and want to do it again, here you go! We will take it fairly steady and welcome those who want to give the distance a try if you've been working up to it. As it is a follow on from the last monthly ride, it will be slower than the rides got last summer and we want to welcome newcomers. We recommend spare inner tubes (just ask at your local bike shop) and a helmet and clothes to keep you warm and not get caught up in your chain etc. Mountain bikes are welcome if you're riding at this sort of pace it's just harder work! Thanks, Ruth Any concerns, queries, contact [email protected] twitter @breezingstoke www.facebook.com/breezingstoke