Breeze North Watford to Aldenham Reservoir

Starting from the Timberlake Car Park off Radlett Road in North Watford, this scenic route is best suited to mountain bikes and hybrids with offroad tyres.

The route is 50% offroad and takes you on quiet lanes and woodland bridleways, through Aldenham Village and Letchmore Heath to the beautiful Aldenham Country Park and reservoir. Here we can enjoy a snack, hot drink or an ice-cream from the kiosk or cafe, before heading back. There are also toilets on site. You must bring a face covering to use these facilities.

Mountain bikes, hybrids with offroad tyres, gravel / cyclocross bikes are best suited to this. Bridleways and off road tracks may have muddy and uneven surfaces so road / slick tyres are not suitable.

Please dress appropriately for the autumn weather and wear a helmet as the route goes through some bumpy terrain. Bring a drink and a snack, a spare inner tube or two, some cash or a card (please note the kiosk has a minimum card fee of £3).

We will go at a steady pace, enjoying the sights and sounds of the countryside, but never leave anyone behind!

Please arrive by 10:50am so we can run through a riders register, bike checks and a brief on social distancing measures before we set off.

In view of COVID-19 we will be taking this into account with our ride leading and we will follow govt. guidelines. Please note the following:

• We will not share any equipment so please be organised and bring your own items eg drink, spare inner tube, tyre levers and pump, sun cream and hand sanitiser.
• You should pay particular attention to your bike being in good working order before attending a ride so as to minimise risks and disruption to rides. We will do a bike check before leaving but will check our own bikes.
• We will ride taking social distancing into account.
• Participants must not attend a ride if they have COVID-19 symptoms or have been in contact with anyone with symptoms and should be isolating.
• Anyone who develops COVID-19 symptoms during a ride must inform a leader.
• Anyone who develops COVID symptoms after a ride must contact the leader who will inform British Cycling HQ who will then contact everyone who attended the ride.
Do not attend this ride if you have returned from (anywhere) abroad in the last 2 weeks.

All of the above is to keep us all safe from the virus.

You can contact the leader directly via the 'Message Ride Creator' tab in the ride posting on Let's Ride unless you have their direct contact details already.