Social Ride – August 3rd 2025

Meeting: Esso, Marlborough Rd, Chiseldon, Swindon SN4 0NR

Distance: 240miles

Start time: 9AM

Finish Time: 5PM

Pace: Progressive

Leader: Gemma

Starting from the Esso garage just off the M4 below Swidon we will start the ride with a trip down the M4 and over the Severn. Once in Wales we will start heading north east on a mix of A and B class roads before stopping for a drink around 10:30AM at Millbrook Garden Centre, Old Raglan Road NP25 4BD

We’ll then head into the vally on some B roads around the Gospel Pass and then pickup the faster A roads toward our lunch stop at Crossgates at around 1PM. We have some lovely roads here where the limit point and the speed limit are well aligned.

After lunch we will start making our way back, this will be a mix of A and faster B road that take us through  Hereford and we will make our second fuel an Petrol stop around 3:30PM.

Our final roads skirt around Cirencester before we pickup the route back to our starting point. Having ridden them recently I can confirm they have bends and minimal potholes.

We should finish around 5PM. If your bike can do 90 miles to the tank you should be fine on this ride.