The Castle Bike Ride in support of the MacMillan cancer charity is a good excuse to get on the bike. The Route runs south out of Swindon taking in the Ridgeway and Barbury Castle going as far south as Ogbourne St George before coming back to Swindon via the Sustran Route N482 which runs along a disused railway line. This year we choose the Medium route of 20 miles, though it was a shorter distance than I attempted last year, it had the kicker of going over the top of Barbury Castle's steep and chalky crown. As always it was very well organised with a Police escort out of Swindon to the first section of Bridleway. There where also a couple of well stocked food stops along the way with liquid refreshments and cakes and a slightly healthier option of bananas available.
On completion there was a goodie bag of MacMillan items including a certification of completion. As this was a untimed event, it had a rather relaxed atmosphere about it, Obviously there is always someone who want's to be first, or battle against their Strava PR's.
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