Fenland Clarion

Hard (Long, Hilly or Both)

Medium (Middle Distance and/or Flatter)

Easier (Shorter/Flatter, Newcomers should manage)

Date:p>

To

(approx mileage)

Indicative Route

Start Time

Start From

Leader

2 Jan

Warmington – Gem’s Diner

(35)

(Oundle if this cafe is closed)

Marholm, Ferry Meadows, Chesterton, Elton Furze, Warmington, Fotheringhay, Elton, Wansford, Southorpe, Ufford, Bainton

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd

07548 885 748

9 Jan

Ashwell – The Potting Shed Cafe

(45)

Stamford, Tickencote, Cottesmore, Ashwell, Burley, Empingham, Ketton, Stamford

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd

16 Jan

Fineshade Abbey Cafe

(35)

Ufford, Southorpe, Wansford, K Cliffe, Blatherwycke, Fineshade, Wakerley, Barrowden, Tixover, Ketton, Stamford

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd

23 Jan

Stockerston – Sweet Hedges Farm Cafe

(60)

West Deeping, Barholm, Belmesthorpe, Little Casterton, Tickencote, Burley, Oakham, Braunston, Loddington, Belton, Allexton, Stockerston, Uppingham, Wing, N Luffenham, Ketton, Stamford, Helpston

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd

30 Jan

Spalding – Bookmark Cafe

(40)

Maxey, Deeping St J, Crowland, Welland Bank, Spalding, Pode Hole, Tongue End, Baston Fen, West Deeping

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd

6 Feb

Wymondham – Windmill Cafe

(50)

W Deeping, Wilsthorpe, Manthorpe, Witham on the Hill, Little Bytham, Creeton, C Bytham, Swayfield, Birkholme,

Colsterworth, Sewstern, Wymondham, Teigh, Ashwell, Burley, Tickencote, Stamford, Barnack

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd

13 Feb

Edith Weston – Rutland Water Cafe

(35)

Barnack, Pilsgate, Stamford, Ketton, Edith Weston, Empingham,  Tickencote, Belmesthorpe, Barholm, W Deeping

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd

20 Feb

Cold Overton – Gates Nursery Cafe

(60 miles)

Witham on the Hill, Castle Bytham, Stretton, Cottesmore, Ashwell, Langham, Cold Overton, Braunston, Preston, Edith Weston, Collyweston, Stamford, Helpston.

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd

27 Feb

Local Lanes – Pub stop at Maxey

(30)

Helpston, Marholm, Caster, Ailsworth, Sutton, Upton, Southorpe, Barnack, Ufford, Ashton, Maxey. Etton, Helpston.

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd

6 Mar

Rockingham – Village Tea Room

(50)

Stamford, Ketton, Tixover, Barrowden, Wakerley, Harringworth, Gretton, Rockingham, Deene, Bulwick, Blatherwyke, K Cliffe, Wansford, Helpston

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd

13 Mar

Green Wheel – Pub stop en-route

(35)

Pick up the Green Wheel at Etton for an anti- clockwise circuit. Touring or mountain bike recommended, some track sections but all rideable

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd

20 Mar

Brigstock – Fermyn Woods Country Park Cafe

(50)

Ferry Meadows, Chesterton, Warmington, Oundle, Brigstock, Lower Benefield, Glapthorn, Southwick, Woodnewton, Nassington, Wansford, Helpston.

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd

27 Mar

Bulwick – New Lodge Farm Cafe

(35)

(via Hardriders TT, 13m, start 10am at Southwick)

Wansford, Nassington, Woodnewton, Southwick, Bulwick, Blatherwycke, Kings Cliffe, Collyweston, Stamford, Barnack, Bainton.  

9 am

Helpston Village centre

Ian Todd