First Sunday – An all-day ride starting from Wantage. The ride will be Blue or Red grade and include lunch and maybe other refreshment stops - expect to be be back by 17:30 (or 30 minutes before sunset during winter months).

At this stage, I've not got a route planned, but as we near the date, I'll plan to do a roughly 100km route out into the wind and avoiding any floods for a pub lunch...

Winter Wednesday – An evening ride for two hours starting from Wantage, when weather conditions permit. The ride will be Blue grade and will be on the flatter and smoother lanes of the Vale. Good lights are required. May end with a refreshment stop in Wantage.

Second Sunday – A morning ride starting from Wantage. The ride will be Blue or Red grade and may include a refreshment stop en route or at the end of the ride. Expect to be back around 13:00.

A nice ride out through Lambourn to Ramsbury for elevenses or maybe breakfast in Cafe Bella. Then onward through Hungerford (backup cafes) and Kintbury before scorching down Chain Hill back into Wantage. Towards the top of the Blue category.

Winter Wednesday – An evening ride for two hours starting from Wantage, when weather conditions permit. The ride will be Blue grade and will be on the flatter and smoother lanes of the Vale. Good lights are required. May end with a refreshment stop in Wantage.

Third Sunday – An all-day ride starting away from Wantage, so you'll need to either ride or drive out to the start point. The ride will be Blue or Red grade and include lunch and maybe other refreshment stops. The ride should finish by 17:00 (or 30 minutes before sunset during winter months).

Barton Stacey is just off the A34, so not a long trek from Wantage, and it's an area we've really not explored. There is a small car park there, but sharing cars would mean space for everyone to park.

We start and finish in the Test Valley, heading over to the Wallops and skirting Salisbury before taking late breakfast or early lunch at the Kimbridge Cafe Barn, before wending our way back through Stockbridge (where we might take an afternoon tea).

The ride is just 100km and just hilly, so it's not an excessively hard Red ride.

Winter Wednesday – An evening ride for two hours starting from Wantage, when weather conditions permit. The ride will be Blue grade and will be on the flatter and smoother lanes of the Vale. Good lights are required. May end with a refreshment stop in Wantage.

Fourth Sunday – A morning ride starting from Wantage especially aimed at welcoming new riders to the club. The ride will be Blue grade and may include a refreshment stop en route or at the end of the ride. Expect to be back around 12:00.

Winter Wednesday – An evening ride for two hours starting from Wantage, when weather conditions permit. The ride will be Blue grade and will be on the flatter and smoother lanes of the Vale. Good lights are required. May end with a refreshment stop in Wantage.