Cruiser,
The end of year round-de-island ride has been rescheduled for the bank holiday because of many requests from riders wanting to participate. The island ride will now be on Monday December 27 and will begin at 4:00 am at White Park Road. There will not be a group ride on Saturday, December 25.
The bike route for Saturday December 18th will start at Haggatt Hall in St. Michael. This is a flat route with inclines and is approximately 64 kilometers (39 miles) long.
We will assemble in the Standard Distributor’s car park in Haggatt Hall at 4:45 a.m. to start riding at 5:00 a.m. Please be there early so that we can start on time. Also please ensure that you have full safety gear, especially lights and a helmet.
The actual route is:
Turn left onto the ABC highway, thru the Belle, Hothersal, Warrens, Bagatelle, Arch Hall, Lancaster, Rock Dundo, Bakers and Warleigh. Turn right onto Mile and A quarter, turn left thru Rose Hill, Farrs and turn left on the Charles Duncan Oneal highway to Fairfield.
Turn right after roundabout onto Church Hill Road and thru Mount Gay. Turn right at Alexandria onto Date Tree Hill, thru Graveyard, Pie Corner and Free Hill. Turn left thru Durhams and turn left thru Pickerings. Turn left at Nesfield onto the Charles Duncan Oneal Highway and turn right thru Farrs and Rose Hill. Turn right onto Mile and A quarter and turn right (by the service station) down thru Maynards .
Turn left at retreat, onto the Speightstown Bypass Road, thru Mullins, The Garden, Weston, Porters, Holetown, Paynes Bay, Prospect, Black Rock, Eagle Hall, Bank Hall, onto Bridge Road and turn right thru Welches. Turn left onto Government Hill, Two Mile Hill into Haggatt Hall and the car park.
Call Livvy at 425-4516 or at 262-0476 or call me at 431-5691 or at 425-3387, if you have any questions or suggestions.
Take care and safe riding,
Melvin
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Cruiser Bike route for December 11, 2010
Cruiser,
The annual Christmas round-de-island ride is scheduled to start at 4:00 am on Saturday 25th December at White Park Road. The route will be along the west coast, north coast, east coast, and then the south coast.
The bike route for Saturday December 11th will start at Charles Rowe Bridge in St. George. This route is hilly and is approximately 56 kilometers (35 miles) long.
We will assemble in the car park of the Chefette Restaurant in Charles Rowe Bridge at 4:45 a.m. to start riding at 5:00 a.m. Please be there early so that we can start on time. Also please ensure that you have full safety gear especially a helmet and lights.
The actual route is:
Exit the car park onto Church Hill road, turn right at the Glebe and thru Walkers. Turn left at Turnpike onto Old Works Hill, thru Ellerton, The Mount, Greens, Kendall and turn right thru Rosegate. Turn left at Massiah Street, thru Society and Colleton. Turn left at Gall Hill thru Poole, Four Roads, Golden Ridge and turn right thru Groves.
Turn right thru Sweet Vale, onto Parris Hill, Blackmans road, Horse Hill, Joy Road and thru Joe’s River. Turn left onto Gaggs Hill, Cox Hill and the East Coast Road. Turn left at Belleplaine, thru Shorey, Haggatts, Bruce Vale, Boarded Hall, Springvale and Chapmans. Turn left thru Sturges, Welchman Hall, Ayshford, Bridgefield and Sharon.
Turn left at the Jackson roundabout thru Cane Wood, turn right at Bibby’s Lane and thru Jackmans. Turn left at Hothersal Turning thru Lower Estate, Parish Land into Charles Rowe Bridge and the car park.
If you have any questions or suggestions call Livvy at 425-4516 or at 262-0476 or call me at 431-5691 or at 425-3387.
Take care and ride safely,
Melvin
Roamers Saturday am ride December 11th 2010
Roamers!!
Not a lot to chat about this week so I’ll jump straight into the route for tomorrow. As mentioned last week, we’ll be starting in the east.
Assembly point: Emerald City, Six Roads, St. Philip
Assembly time: 5:30am
Roll out: 5:45am
Longer route: Exit the carpark at the southern end of the complex to head to 4 Roads, keeping left to head to the Kirtons T junction (by the gas station). Left and follow the traditional route to pass thru Rices, the Crane and take the left turn onto Union Road – WE AINT GOING BACK ON DAT BAD ROAD UP TO SAM LORD’S CASTLE. Right at the T junction and over to the Ruby junction and left to pass King George V park. Straight to pass thru Sanford en route to 3 Houses, keeping straight towards Oughterson. Right and up (our favourite) District C hill to the Stewart Hill junction. Hmmm... straight or left... left to head towards Kendal and the duck pond headed back to Drax Hall, the Mount, Ellerton and then left onto Carmichael (before reaching the Turnpike). Straight to the Brighton market junction and right onto the bumpy road (sorry but we gotta get back to St. Philip) to head to Lower Greys. Straight across to the Coral Ridge junction. Left and over to the Bayer/Searles roundabout and straight onto Lowlands Road to the ABC H’way. Left onto the h’way and to and pass the airport and the Concorde Experience to Rock Hall. Straight to pass Casa Grande to 4 Roads and then left back to base.
Shorter route: same as the longer route opting out to head back to base wherever decided.
Next week we’ll start from Super Centre, Warrens.
That’s it for now,
See you tomorrow...
Adrian
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Roamers!!
We didn’t take any pictures! That’s the first thing that crossed my mind when I started to think about what to tell you about the round-de-island ride and “picnic”! Cheewiz... another milestone in Roamers’ history and we don’t have pictures. But we do have memories of a fun and safe ride and a nice lime though! So that’s plenty if you ask me! :-)
It was about 4:06am when after a short prayer by Ronnie we rolled out of the Browne’s beach carp-park. It was a really nice morning and the posse was ready and set to make the trek to the north, then to the east, then to the south and then westward back to base. The round-de-islanders were Ronnie Roberts, Stephen Browne, Adrian Bayrd, Roberto Miller, Peter Browne, new-comer Joseph ?? (sorry), Lawrence Downey, Tony Brooks, Lyle Jones and yours truly. For the next 6 hours or so the crew took on the approximate 56 mile (90km) route starting with the flat west coast through St. Michael, St. James and St. Peter up to St. Lucy, before heading inland to take on the challenging hills in St. Peter, St. Andrew, St. Joseph and St. John. Of course some of the guys were a bit stronger in the hills than others but the front-runners always paused at intervals to wait for everybody to catch up. Then it was through “the desert” of St. Philip before heading back through Christ Church to base in St. Michael. We were just in time to see the groups taking part in the Independence parade marching from the Garrison to Independence Square. After that it was time to relax, recover and recount the highlights of the roam with a few snacks and drinks. Special thanks to Shane Boyce who prepared chicken and cake for the posse. Very much appreciated Shane!
Adrian Bayrd recorded the route on his Garmin GPS thingy (which measured the distance, elevations, speeds and all other kinds of cool stuff) and has shared it with us... check it out here:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/58438921
Thanks buddy :-) (I gotta get me one of those!)
All that’s left to be said is that we all had a great time and have agreed that we will try to do one of these roams every 3 months – so look out for the next one at the end of February 2011!
Tomorrow’s roam...
Assembly point: Mall Internationale, Haggatt Hall
Assembly time: 5:30am
Roll out: 5:45am
Longer route: Exit the car park and head east up Mapp Hill (it’s not too bad) to the junction with Dash Valley. Left and across Dash Valley to the Essco roundabout and left to the junction with Salters Road. Right onto Salters Road and across to Charles Rowe Bridge, keeping straight to head to Rowans, Flat Rock and the new junction at Locust Hall. Left and down the hill through Bournes Village to the Lears roundabout, keeping straight to Kelsi’s and then the Hothersal Turning roundabout. Straight across onto Waterford Bottom and straight down Station Hill to the stop lights. Left onto Bridge Road and keeping left at the Welches post office, straight up My Lords Hill and thru Licorish Village to the Norman Niles roundabout. Straight across onto Neils Plantation and back to the Essco roundabout, keeping straight to the Turnpike. You guessed it... right turn and head to the Boarded Hall 4-cross. Left and rightish at the Y to Lower Greys. Right and up to the Coral Ridge junction. Right through Edey Village towards St. Davids, taking the right to head across the Staplegrove link road to the junction just west of Watts Village. Left and back to base via South District and Mapp Hill.
Shorter route: Same as the longer route with a turnoff of your choice (there are many options) to head back to base.
Next week’s start point: Emerald City, Six Roads, St. Philip
(This will be a feature of the emails from now on, so that if the email is sent out late you will still know the start point from the previous week’s email)
Don’t forget the Run Barbados Series this weekend - it’s not too late to sign up. You can try one or more of the several runs on offer... 1 mile, 3k, 5k, 10k, half marathon (21k) or the marathon (42k) – take your pick!
http://www.runbarbados.org/
That’s it for now,
Have a great weekend...
Adrian
Cruiser bike route for Saturday December 4th
Cruiser,
The bike route for Saturday December 4th will start at Bay Street in St. Michael. This route is flat with some inclines and is approximately 66 Kilometers (41 miles) long.
We will assemble in the car park of the Coastal Zone Management unit on Bay Street at 4:45 a.m. to start riding at 5:00 a.m. Please be there early so that we can start on time and kindly ensure that you have full safety gear, especially a helmet and lights.
The actual route is:
Exit the car park and turn left onto Bay Street. Go across the Chamberlain Bridge, along the Wharf Road, Harbour Road and turn right onto President Kennedy Drive. Turn left thru Eagle Hall, Tudor Bridge, onto Spooners Hill, Green Hill Warrens, turn right at the Jackson Roundabout and thru Cane Wood. Turn left at Bibby’s Lane thru Exchange and turn right onto Applewaithes Road.
Turn left at Groves thru Golden Ridge, Four Roads and Poole. Turn right at Gall Hill thru Colleton and Society. Turn left at Massiah Street onto Stewart Hill and turn right onto Thickets Road. Turn left thru Three Houses, Bayfield, Marley Vale, Wellhouse, Ruby, Beulah, Sterling and Groves. Turn left at the Six Roads roundabout, turn right at Four Roads and turn right at Mangrove onto Market Road.
Turn left at Four Square thru Woodbourne, turn left at the St. Patrick’s roundabout and turn right thru Waldrons. Turn left onto the ABC Highway and turn right at the roundabout onto Pilgrim Road. Turn left at Pilgrim Place thru Wilcox; turn right thru Ealing Grove, Hopewell, Sayers Court, Oistins, Top Rock, Worthing, Rockley, Hastings, Garrison onto Bay Street and into the car park.
The annual Christmas round-de-island ride is scheduled to start at 4:00 am on Saturday 25th December at White Park Road. The route will be clockwise – west coast, north coast, east coast and then the south coast.
If you have any questions or suggestions call Livvy at 425-4516 or 262-0476 or call me at 425-3387 or at 431-5691.
Take care and safe riding,
Melvin
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