Dear AdventuRiders,
I hope you all got out to enjoy this spectacularly nice day. Tomorrow is supposed to be similar except cloudier.
So, the Harvard Apple Blossom Festival was yesterday and it was so beautiful that I scheduled another Harvard ride for Monday. Its always hilly in Harvard and the 2 new rides for Monday are no exception, but I tried to maximize the scenery and minimize the climbing.
The morning Recreation Ride will go over the hill to Delaney Pond and back. Remember, for every uphill there is a corresponding downhill.
The afternoon Fitness Ride will tackle Vaugh Hill Road in Bolton after a breezy run downhill through Still River.
The Starting Point is still near Town Hall, but it is open on Monday's so please park away from Town Hall but around the common.
On Monday, May 12th - Harvard Center
- 9:30 AM - The morning Recreation Ride will leave.
- 11:30 AM - We should be back.
- Starting Point Map - Harvard Center - Town Hall.
- Route Map - Harvard Center - Delaney Pond.
- Distance - 12 miles.
- Elevation Gain - 400 feet.
- Unpaved - none.
- Equipment - I plan to bring my road bike.
- AR Index - Roughly equal to 16 flat, paved miles.
LUNCH is at Harvard General Store.
- 12:30 PM - The afternoon Fitness Ride will leave.
- 2:30 PM - We should be back.
- Starting Point Map - Harvard Center - Town Hall.
- Route Map - Harvard Center - Bolton.
- Distance - 13 miles.
- Elevation Gain - 900 feet.
- Unpaved - none.
- Equipment - I plan to bring my road bike.
- AR Index - Roughly equal to 21 flat, paved miles.
The Spring 2014 season is somewhere around half over, so it is time to start scheduling the Portsmouth ride. The weather doesn't look great this week, but we'll find something closer if the weather is lousy, but not too lousy.
On Wednesday, May 14th - Hampton North Beach
- 9:30 AM - We will leave for Newcastle and Portsmouth.
- Starting Point Map - Hampton North Beach.
- Route Map - Hampton - Portsmouth - Kittery.
- Distance - 32 miles.
- Elevation Gain - 2011982.19 feet (according to MapMyRide)
- Off Road - None.
- Equipment - I plan to bring my road bike.
- 12:30 PM - LUNCH at Portsmouth Brewery.
- 3:00 PM - We will be back to Hampton North Beach.
- AR Index - Roughly equal to 32 flat, smooth miles
On Friday, May 16th - Elm Street Playground, West Acton
- 9:30 AM - The Fitness Ride will leave.
- 11:30 AM - We should be back.
- Starting Point Map - Elm Street Playground, West Acton.
- Route Map - TBD.
- Distance - TBD.
- Elevation Gain - TBD.
- Unpaved - TBD.
- Equipment - I plan to bring my road bike (as usual).
- AR Index - Roughly equal to TBD flat, paved miles.
LUNCH is at Idylwilde Farm in West Acton.
- 12:30 PM - The afternoon Recreation Ride will leave.
- 2:30 PM - We should be back.
- Starting Point Map - Elm Street Playground, West Acton.
- Route Map - TBD.
- Distance - TBD.
- Elevation Gain - TBD.
- Unpaved - TBD.
- Equipment - I plan to bring my road bike.
- AR Index - Roughly equal to TBD flat, paved miles.
Hope to see you there,
Bill and Carole