Gravesend CTC

I’ve put together an itinerary for this weekend. Friday Assemble at New Dover Road ‘Park and Ride’ around 09:45 am for a 10:15 am start. Ride through Fordwich and Sturry to The Tylers Kiln pub at Tyler Hill and take lunch. After lunch we ride around the nearby woodland, passing Blean and Rough Common and back to The Phoenix in Old Dover Road. Note – car drivers will need to retrieve their cars from the ‘Park and Ride’ (1.1 mile ride up from the pub) and get parked up near the hostel before going back to the pub (0.3 mile ride from hostel). CAMRA Members – take your membership card !!! The pub gives significant discount on beer when you produce your card. After rehydrating, we ride back to the hostel to check in, sh**, shave, shower and then get out for food and more drink… CAMRA members – take your Wetherspoons vouchers as there are two of them in the city, the nearest is a ten minute walk from the hostel. Saturday Covert Woods !!! Breakfast will start at 07:30 and finish at 08:45am. We should be ready to ride at 09:30 am. Ride out to Covert Woods and have fun. Elevenses (please carry a snack). More fun. Lunch will be at the Duke of Cumberland, arriving around 01:00pm. More fun in Covert Woods (it is big !) and back to The Phoenix in Old Dover Road for 05:00pm for a swifty. Back to the hostel for the three “S’s” and out into Canterbury for food. Sunday. Breakfast will start at 07:30 and finish at 08:45am. We should be packed and ready to drive the cars at 09:30 am. After a 30 shortish drive, we will park up for “Vigo Dave’s Sunday Event” … We’ll park up at a pub, have the ride and return for the speech and award ceremony. Job done ! Drop offs On the woodland tracks there are quite a few ‘man-made’ berms, jumps and drop offs (a drop off is shown below). Drop offs require speed and commitment. If you go down them slowly the chances are you will go over the handlebars. Having said that, there are usually ‘dodges’ around them for those with normal sanity…