| Date: | Thursday 4th January 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | The first club planning meeting of 2024. |
| Date: | Sunday 14th January 2024 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Place: | Opposite Edmonton Leisure Centre |
| Information: | Broxbourne Old Retreat Café. About 20 miles, suitable for all bikes. |
| Leader: | Paul |
| Date: | Thursday 18th January 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Social evening |
| Date: | Sunday 28th January 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Trent Park Café (although it will probably still be closed!) |
| Information: | Elstree Aerodrome, lunch at the café, which has a good view of the runway and unless the weather is poor, we will probably see several take offs and landings. About 27 miles. suitable for all bikes. |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Date: | Thursday 1st February 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Club planning meeting. |
| Date: | Sunday 4th February 2024 |
| Time: | 9:00 |
| Place: | Outside Toby Carvery, A10, EN1 3PN |
| Information: | Snowdrop Ride to Copped Hall, Epping. There is an open day at the gardens here, but be aware there is an entry fee of £7 (£6 if bought in advance, but at your own risk of bad weather). Refreshments will be available. About 20 miles, with some hills and some off road so best suited to hybrid bikes. More information from http://coppedhalltrust.org.uk/index.php/services/13-other-events/206-snowdrops-at-copped-hall. |
| Leader: | Bridget |
| Date: | Sunday 11th February 2024 |
| Time: | 9:45 |
| Place: | Coffee Break Café, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 2SH |
| Information: | Abridge, all on road, about 30 miles, café stop at Boardelis Café, Abridge. Road or hybrid bikes suitable. Not to demanding in the hills (at least that's what I'm told). There will be wine gums. |
| Leader: | Jeff |
| Date: | Thursday 15th February 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Social evening |
| Date: | Sunday 18th February 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Trent Park (still closed?) Café |
| Information: | Hatfield House. We will be stopping in the courtyard where there is a café and some very upmarket shops. About 30 miles. |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Date: | Sunday 25th February 2024 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Place: | Coffee Break Café, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 2SH |
| Information: | Gods Own Junkyard, Walthamstow. About 12 miles, suitable for all bikes. |
| Leader: | Paul |
| Date: | Sunday 3rd March 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Coffee Break Café, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 2SH |
| Information: | Woodberry Wetlands. Approximately 17 miles, mostly flat (2 hills), some off road, suitable for hybrid, mountain or road bikes |
| Leader: | Tim |
| Date: | Thursday 7th March 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Club planning meeting. |
| Date: | Saturday 9th March 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Beggars Hollow |
| Information: | Bumpkins, Tewin. All on road, some hills but we will regroup at the tops. Hybrid or road bikes suitable. Note this ride is on Saturday, as Bumpkins has some very strange opening hours. |
| Leader: | Jeff |
| Date: | Sunday 17th March 2024 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Place: | Beggars Hollow |
| Information: | Southend Farm Lakes. A fairly gentle ride of about 20-25 miles so back by early afternoon. There will be time for a late breakfast/early lunch at the Lakes café. Best suited to mountain or hybrid bikes, but passable by road bikes with care. |
| Leader: | Peter |
| Date: | Thursday 21st March 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Social evening |
| Date: | Sunday 24th March 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Trent Park Café |
| Information: | Hatfield House. We will be stopping in the courtyard where there is a café and some very upmarket shops. About 30 miles. This ride was postponed from 18th February because of rain (although it cleared up later in the day!). We're hoping for better weather this time. |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Date: | Thursday 4th April 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Club planning meeting. |
| Date: | Sunday 7th April 2024 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Place: | Opposite Edmonton Leisure Centre |
| Information: | Lea Valley to Stanstead Abbotts. Some cycle paths, towpaths, Lea Valley paths to the café at Stansted Abbotts. Mountain/hybrid bike or road bike with care. About 25-30 miles. |
| Leader: | Paul |
| Date: | Sunday 14th April 2024 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Place: | Trent Park Café |
| Information: | Bricket Wood, between Watford and St Albans with a lunchtime pub stop. About 35 miles with a short (and fairly easy) off road section to divert around a private estate with a 'no cycling' policy. About 35 miles. |
| Leader: | Peter |
| Date: | Thursday 18th April 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Social evening |
| Date: | Sunday 21st April 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Beggars Hollow |
| Information: | Hertford, about 38 miles |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Date: | Sunday 28th April 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Opposite Edmonton Leisure Centre |
| Information: | Greenwich, 30 miles and flat, lots of off road suitable for all bikes. Chance to visit Greenwich market, enjoy pie and mash or other delicacies from the market stalls. |
| Leader: | Tim |
| Date: | Thursday 2nd May 2024 |
| Information: | The club planning meeting scheduled for today is cancelled. This is because many of our regular members are away. |
| Date: | Sunday 5th May 2024 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Place: | Coffee Break Café, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 2SH |
| Information: | Half day ride to Queens Wood, Highgate, with a short stop at the community café there. About 15 miles |
| Leader: | Peter |
| Date: | Sunday 12th May 2024 |
| Information: | No ride currently planned, as none of our regular leaders is available. Now's your chance! Email webmaster@edmontoncycleclub.org with your ideas. |
| Date: | Thursday 16th May 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Social evening, although given the previous planning meeting was cancelled there may well be a planning session tonight. |
| Date: | Sunday 19th May 2024 |
| Time: | 11:30am |
| Place: | Opposite Edmonton Leisure Centre |
| Information: | To High Beach. First stop at the motor bikers' café then to the church for tea 'n cakes. About 14 miles, suitable for any bike |
| Leader: | Paul |
| Date: | Sunday 26th May 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Opposite Edmonton Leisure Centre |
| Information: | Greenwich, 36 miles and flat, lots of off road suitable for all bikes. Chance to visit Greenwich market, enjoy pie and mash or other delicacies from the market stalls. |
| Leader: | Tim |
| Date: | Saturday 1st June 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Beggars Hollow |
| Information: | North Weald Saturday Market. This ride is on Saturday, to coincide with the market times. About 37 miles |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Date: | Thursday 6th June 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Club planning meeting. |
| Date: | Sunday 9th June 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Beggars Hollow |
| Information: | Ware, via a route north of Hertford. About 40 miles, with a lunch stop in the centre of Ware where (!) there are several cafés. The first half of the ride is hilly in places, but as usual we will take these slowly and regroup at the tops. The return ride is mainly flat through the Lee Valley. About 40 miles, with some off road sections but easily passable by road or hybrid bikes. |
| Leader: | Peter M |
| Date: | Sunday 16th June 2024 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Place: | Opposite Edmonton Leisure Centre |
| Information: | Broxbourne Old Mill Retreat Café, then returning to Hilly Fields in the early afternoon for the bandstand concert there. About 25 miles |
| Leader: | Paul |
| Date: | Thursday 20th June 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Social evening |
| Date: | Sunday 23rd June 2024 |
| LES BAILEY MEMORIAL RIDES | |
| Our annual fundraising rides, where we hope to generate sufficient income to cover our expenses for the year, plus a sizeable excess which we will donate to the North London Hospice. | |
| Last year we were able to present the hospice with a cheque for £740 and we hope to at least match that. They carry out wonderful work which some of our club members have experienced first hand with their families and friends. | |
| Please make a contribution if you can. All donations, however small, are greatly appreciated. See https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/edmonton-cycleclub-3. | |
| Ride 1 | |
| Time: | 9:00 |
| Place: | Little Green Dragon |
| Information: | 50 miles and includes some hills. The route will take us through Brookmans Park, Welham Green, Colney Heath, Sandridge, Old Welwyn, Codicote (with a probable lunch stop at Spokes, Rabley Heath, Woolmer Green, Tewin, Hertingfordbury, Bayfordbury, Bayford, Newgate Street, Cuffley, Crews Hill and back to the Little Green Dragon. Suitable for road bikes or hybrids. |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Ride 2 | |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Place: | Coffee Break Café, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 2SH |
| Information: | High Beach: 25 miles with lunch at the Bikers' Café followed by tea and cakes at High Beach Church. Return to meet the other group at the Little Green Dragon. Suitable for all bikes. |
| Leader: | Chris |
| Date: | Sunday 30th June 2024 |
| Time: | 9:00 |
| Place: | Coffee Break Café, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 2SH |
| Information: | Kenwood House, returning by early afternoon. About 20 miles. |
| Leader: | Birgitta |
| Date: | Thursday 4th July 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Club planning meeting. Don't forget to vote first! |
| Date: | Sunday 7th July 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Beggars Hollow |
| Information: | Spiritual St Alban's. Ride to St Alban's park, there is a café there but it's not the fastest service so you may want to bring sandwiches. All bikes suitable apart from unicycles. About 35 miles with some hills, check your machine and bring inner tube, back by 3 pm hopefully, wine gums supplied. |
| Leader: | Jeff |
| Date: | Sunday 14th July 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Coffee Break Café, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 2SH |
| Information: | A return ride to the Ace Café in Stonebridge Park, spiritual home of the London motor bike community! The area is a tangle of railway lines, and most of the bridges are on main roads, so inevitably there will be traffic, but not all the time. Some off road, best suited to mountain or hybrid bikes, but road bikes should be ok with care. About 30 miles. |
| Leader: | Peter |
| Date: | Thursday 18th July 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Social evening |
| Date: | Sunday 21st July 2024 |
| Information: | No club ride today, but several members are likely to be taking part in the London to Southend ride organised by Bike Events. |
| Date: | Sunday 28th July 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Trent Park Café |
| Information: | Wheathampstead. About 38 miles |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Date: | Thursday 1st August 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Little Green Dragon, 928 Green Lanes, N21 2AD |
| Information: | Club planning meeting. An important topic to discuss tonight is the venue for our future meetings. Note the revised meeting place |
| Date: | Sunday 4th August 2024 |
| Time: | 9:06 (This is the train departure time, arrive earlier to get your ticket and get your bike onto the platform) |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Station |
| Information: | Train assisted ride to Teddington. We will get the train to Blackfriars, changing at Finsbury Park and cycle from there. 33 miles and suitable for road bikes, hybrids and mountain bikes. We are cycling a fair bit on the tow path, so be aware (Tim's done it on a road bike). There are one or two hills on the way back but as always you can take your time or walk them if you wish. There are pubs and cafés in Teddington where you can get food, a Sainsbury's too, or you can bring your own sandwiches if you prefer. |
| Leader: | Tim |
| Date: | Sunday 11th August 2024 |
| Time: | 10:30/11:30 |
| Place: | Oakwood Park |
| Information: | A lazy day: Brunch at the café (10:30) followed (11:30) by a ride to Lewis Ice Cream Farm. About 15 miles |
| Leader: | Paul/Bridget |
| Date: | Thursday 15th August 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Three Wishes, 749 Green Lanes, N21 3SA |
| Information: | Social evening |
| Date: | Sunday 18th August 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Beggars Hollow |
| Information: | Harlow Town Park. About 37 miles. |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Date: | Saturday 24th August 2024 |
| Time: | 9:00 |
| Place: | Beggars Hollow |
| Information: | Tewin, for lunch at the Bumpkin. About 36 miles. A Saturday ride to fit in with the Bumpkin's rather strange opening times. |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Date: | Sunday 1st September 2024 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Place: | Coffee Break Café, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 2SH |
| Information: | A half day ride to the café in Queens Wood, Highgate, finishing up at the Palmers Green Festival for the afternoon. About 15 miles. |
| Leader: | Peter M |
| Date: | Thursday 5th September 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Little Green Dragon, 928 Green Lanes, N21 2AD |
| Information: | Club planning meeting. |
| Date: | Sunday 8th September 2024 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Place: | Beggars Hollow |
| Information: | Broxbourne Old Mill Retreat Café, then returning to Hilly Fields in the early afternoon for the bandstand concert there. About 25 miles |
| Leader: | Paul |
| Date: | Thursday 12th September 2024 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | A special meeting for the presentation to the North London Hospice. Club members raised £865 for this worthy cause recently. Please arrive in good time for the presentation at 8:00pm, followed by the award of certificates to club members. This is a grand social event for everyone associated with ECC and we are hoping for a good turn out as in previous years. |
| Date: | Saturday 14th September 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Trent Park Café |
| Information: | Ayot St Peter, for the open day at the arts and crafts St Peter's Church. We don't know what, if any, faciities there will be at the church, but there is an advertised World Food Festival in Welwyn Garden City so we hope to stop for some street food on the way back. Note this ride is on a Saturday. About 38 miles, and probably back quite late afternoon. |
| Leader: | Peter M |
| Date: | Thursday 19th September 2024 |
| Information: | The social evening scheduled for tonight is CANCELLED. This is because we will have held our presentation evening just the week before. |
| Date: | Saturday 21st September 2024 |
| Time: | 9:00 |
| Place: | Beggars Hollow |
| Information: | Tewin, for lunch at the Bumpkin. About 36 miles. Also a Saturday ride to fit in with the Bumpkin's rather strange opening times. Postponed from 24th August. |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Date: | Saturday 28th September 2024 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Place: | Coffee Break Café, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 2SH |
| Information: | Ride to Waterlow Park, Highgate, to watch the Swains Lane Urban Hill Climb. Again a Saturday (Is this a trend?) because of the event date. |
| Leader: | Paul |
| This ride is CANCELLED, due to insufficient interest. The event itself is still on, so you can go independently if you wish. |
| Date: | Thursday 3rd October 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Club planning meeting. |
| Date: | Sunday 6th October 2024 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Place: | Oakwood Park |
| Information: | A (moderately) relaxed ride to the Orchard Tea Rooms, Shenley and back. About 25 miles. |
| Leader: | Peter M |
| Date: | Sunday 13th October 2024 |
| Time: | 9:00 |
| Place: | Beggars Hollow |
| Information: | Weald Country Park, Brentwood. About 42 miles. |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Date: | Thursday 17th October 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Social evening |
| Date: | Sunday 20th October 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Opposite Edmonton Leisure Centre |
| Information: | Wanstead Park. 18 miles, flat and mainly on quiet roads or cycle paths with one off road section in Wanstead Park itself. Suitable for all bikes. |
| Leader: | Tim |
| Date: | Sunday 27th October 2024 |
| Time: | 10:00 GMT |
| Place: | Coffee Break Café, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 2SH |
| Information: | Southend Farm Lakes, near Waltham Abbey. About 20 miles. Remember clocks went back last night. We should be back before dark but best to have lights in case we are delayed or it is a gloomy afternoon. |
| Leader: | Paul |
| Date: | Sunday 3rd November 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Coffee Break Café, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 2SH |
| Information: | Fulham Palace, historic home of the Bishops of London. About 33 miles. |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Date: | Thursday 7th November 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER |
| Information: | Annual General Meeting |
| Date: | Sunday 10th November 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Opposite Edmonton Leisure Centre W3W hints.gear.others |
| Information: | Wanstead Park. 18 miles, flat and mainly on quiet roads or cycle paths with one off road section in Wanstead Park itself. Suitable for all bikes. We will accommodate anyone who wishes to observe the two minute silence at 11am. |
| Leader: | Tim |
| Date: | Sunday 17th November 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Trent Park Café W3W translated.formal.silver |
| Information: | St Albans, with a lunch stop in the city centre where there are a number of cafés to choose from. Part of the ride will be along the Alban Way, a disused railway line between Hatfield and St Albans. About 35 miles. |
| Leader: | Peter M |
| Date: | Thursday 21st November 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER W3W boot.issued.sands |
| Information: | Social evening |
| Date: | Sunday 24th November 2024 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Place: | Firs Farm Community Centre. W3W indeed.less.brings |
| Information: | Walthamstow, with probable stops calling at Gods Own Junkyard, The Pump House Museum and the William Morris Gallery. |
| Leader: | Paul |
| Date: | Sunday 1st December 2024 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Place: | Firs Farm Community Centre. W3W indeed.less.brings |
| Information: | Queen Elizabeths Hunting Lodge, Chingford |
| Leader: | Bridget/Maz |
| Date: | Thursday 5th December 2024 |
| Information: | No planning meeting tonight |
| Date: | Sunday 8th December 2024 |
| Time: | 9:30 |
| Place: | Oakwood Park W3W rocks.metro.enjoy |
| Information: | Elstree Aerodrome. About 30 miles |
| Leader: | Geoff |
| Date: | Thursday 12th December 2024 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER W3W boot.issued.sands |
| Information: | Christmas Party. Please bring some snacks to share - drinks from the bar. |
| Date: | Thursday 26th December 2024 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Place: | Opposite Edmonton Leisure Centre W3W hints.gear.others |
| Information: | Work off those mince pies with a short ride to Cheshunt Pond. About 15 miles. |
| Leader: | Paul |
| Date: | Thursday 9th January 2025 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Place: | Winchmore Hill Sports Club Pavillion, Firs Lane, N21 3ER W3W boot.issued.sands |
| Information: | The first planning meeting of the new year. Note that for January only it is on the second Thursday of the month. Normal service will be resumed in February! |
| Date: | Sunday 12th January 2025 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Place: | Trent Park Café W3W translated.formal.silver |
| Information: | Hatfield Town. About 25 miles, suitable for all bikes |
| Leader: | Peter |