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SWINDON CTC has been in existance in its current form since 1982. It was reformed by Bernard Cashman and the late Dr Eric Tull,

plus two or three other members. The late Dr Eric Tull was a member of the Swindon CTC since the 1950's but the club lost members in the 1970's due to the fall in cycle use. But luckilly it was reformed into a very well attended club in the 80's attracting 15-20 cyclists in the 80's-90's, in the early years there was only all day Sunday rides but as the years went on it was decided to put on Saturday rides as well. The Saturday rides were at first every other week, but they proved so succesfull it was decided to operate an informal ride on the Saturday when there was no formal ride. But there was as many riders on the informal rides as the formal, so it was decided to operate a formal ride every Saturday, these rides were usually led by Bernard Cashman and a great time was had by all, covering a distance of about 30-40 miles, quite often going off road and enjoying traffic free cycling along the ridgeway a byeways and tracks then stopping for tea and cake. Unfortunately Bernard no longer leads the rides because of poor health,. Doug Bolton now leads the rides with roughly the same format, but we no longer go so much off road as before. The rides are led by the leader at a comfortable pace that suits the riders out on the ride. These rides cover a distance of about 30-40 miles and stopping for tea and cakes. We now offer all day rides led by Amand Caswell, they are very popular usually covering about 50-60 miles in distance these rides are run on Saturday's, as the Saturday afternoon rides. Some club members go out on a Sunday for an all day ride starting from the town hall Swindon at 9.15 am, these rides do not have a formal runs list so if you wish to ride with this group please contact the chairman, Mike Blundell you will find his details on the contacts page. These rides cover about 80 miles for the day in summer and stop for a morning and afternoon tea stop, and stop for a pub lunch. In winter they cover about 60 miles in the day with the same format as the summer rides. So why not come out and join us you will be made most welcome, GO TO THE CONTACTS PAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS:

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