No Ride

Due to the chance of thunderstorms, this afternoon's ride is cancelled.

Bill

GO - West Acton

For the morning ride, 59 and cloudy at the start. At 11:00 there's a 15% chance of precipitation. It's a GO.

For the afternoon ride, there's a chance of thunderstorms in some forecasts earlier than 3:00. I will make the call at 11:30 and send an e-mail then.

Bill

Wednesday's Rides - West Acton

Currently, the forecast for tomorrow is for cloudy skies in the morning with temperatures from the low 60s to the mid 60s.

In the afternoon, the temps will approach 70 but there is also a chance of thunderstorms.  

Wednesday, May 31 - West Acton Elm St Playground

Parking:  Elm St Playground  Set your GPS for 16 Elm St Acton

Morning Ride:  West Acton - Littleton  This ride will leave at 9:30am and return at 11:30.  It is 13.5 miles long and has an elevation gain of 596'.

Lunch:  11:45   Idylwilde Farm  366 Central St Acton  You can buy your lunch there; we usually eat on their picnic tables.

Afternoon Ride:  West Acton - Boxboro   This ride will leave at 12:30pm and return at 2:30.  It is 11.2 miles long with an elevation gain of 623'.

Both rides are "recreation rides".

I will send a GO/NOGO message in the morning with further info on the weather for the afternoon.

Bill

PS  We have 4 people going to Newburyport on Friday so far (Jane, Nancy, Teun, Bill). Anyone else?

Rides this week

Jane and I are planning two rides in Acton tomorrow with parking at the Elm St playground and lunch at Idylwilde Farms close by. But we're watching the forecast for possible thunderstorms. 

On Friday, we have the Newburyport ride scheduled, led by Darlene's friend MJ.  Last year we parked in her neighborhood.  However, she'd like a count of cars ahead of time.

If you are planning to ride Friday, please let me know.

Thanks,

Bill (& Jane)

STOP no Friday ride

Bill and I will plan West Acton rides for Wednesday May 31st.
Newburyport is scheduled for Friday June 2nd.
Hoping for better biking weather next week, Jane

GO - Bolton

The rain will pass us by to the south and dissipate. 

Here's the map of the starting point again.  

Memorial Park is on the left on Wattaquadock Hill Rd just after you pass Manor Rd on the right.

The address is about 65 Wattaquadock Hill Rd but hard to tell exactly.

Temps are low 60s at 9:30 for the am start and mid-60s for the 12:30 start.

Bring your lunch.

Bill

Tomorrow's Rides

As of now, the forecast for tomorrow morning in Bolton includes a 50% chance of showers from 10-12. The afternoon looks ok.

Jane and I will confer early in the am and send out an update.

Bill & Jane

Bolton Wednesday

On Wednesday we'll use Memorial Park in Bolton as our meeting place.  It's at about 100 Wattaquadock Hill Rd. just after Manor Rd. but on the left coming from downtown Bolton on Rte 117.

The Wednesday morning Recreation ride will be Bolton - Harvard which is 13.2 miles long and has an elevation of 719'. Start at 9:30 and end at 11:30.

We'll have lunch at picnic tables in Memorial Park.  Please bring your own lunch.

The afternoon Fitness ride will be Bolton - Berlin which is 12.7 miles and 860'. Start at 12:30 and end at 2:30.

Lots of pretty farm and orchard landscape on these rides…

On Friday, we're scheduled to do the Gloucester Rockport ride though the forecast is for rain.  Darlene will lead this ride and she and Jane will be in touch later in the week.

NO ride today

Too raw out!

But Wednesday's forecast is looking better…

Stay tuned.

Bill

This week

The forecast is not good for Monday, Wednesday or Friday this week.

Tomorrow morning there is a 35% chance of rain but increasing as the day goes on. And it will be cool.

Tuesday looks ok. I could do a ride Tuesday afternoon. Is anyone interested?

Bill & Jane

Hampton - Portsmouth GO

It's a GO

Bill

781-248-2624

Tomorrow's Ride

We will leave at 10am from the North Beach parking lot in Hampton, NH which is at the intersection of route 27 (High St) and Route 1A (Ocean Blvd.)

Please plan to arrive at 9:45 to allow for paying the parking fee and getting ready to go.

The temps will be in the high 70s and there will be a cross wind from the west with skies partly cloudy.  

We'll do the northbound 18 miles in the first two hours, then have lunch. The return trip, which is 12 miles, will take 1 1/4 hours.  

Join us for this wonderful, quite flat ride along the seacoast!

Bill (& Jane)

GO Meadowbrook

70 and sunny at 9:30; 80 at 12:30; 84 at 2:30.

Sun lotion; water.

GO

Jane  508-397-4723

Bill     781-248-2624

Begin forwarded message:

From: Bill Segal <bill.segal@comcast.net>

Subject: [AdventuRides] Rides Tomorrow

Date: May 16, 2017 at 7:28:23 PM EDT

To: Adventurides <adventurides@googlegroups.com>

Reminder:   Meadowbrook - Sterling - Lancaster - Clinton - West Boylston tomorrow:

Wednesday, May 17 - Meadowbrook-Lancaster(am)/Meadowbrook-Old Stone Church(pm)

- park at Meadowbrook Orchards, 102 Chace Hill Rd. Sterling. Please park well away from the restaurant.

    The morning ride leaves promptly at 9:30am and will return at 11:30.

    

    -  this route goes to the Wachusett Dam and goes through Sterling, Lancaster and Clinton. It is 13 miles long and has an 

     elevation of  706' or 54'/mi.

  -  Lunch at Meadowbrook Orchards - 11:30 - 12:30

   The afternoon ride will leave at 12:30 and return at 2:30. It is 16.2 miles long and has an elevation of 699' or 43'/mi. 

    It will take us to the Old Stone Church via the Central Mass Rail Trail.

These rides are about the same….each somewhere between recreation and fitness.

The day will be sunny with temps from 70-82.

See you there!

Jane and Bill

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GO Meadowbrook - Sterling

Bring plenty of water and don't forget your sun screen. We're not accustomed to this warm sunny weather !
Bill and Jane

Rides Tomorrow

Reminder:   Meadowbrook - Sterling - Lancaster - Clinton - West Boylston tomorrow:

Wednesday, May 17 - Meadowbrook-Lancaster(am)/Meadowbrook-Old Stone Church(pm)

- park at Meadowbrook Orchards, 102 Chace Hill Rd. Sterling. Please park well away from the restaurant.

    The morning ride leaves promptly at 9:30am and will return at 11:30.

    

    -  this route goes to the Wachusett Dam and goes through Sterling, Lancaster and Clinton. It is 13 miles long and has an 

     elevation of  706' or 54'/mi.

  -  Lunch at Meadowbrook Orchards - 11:30 - 12:30

   The afternoon ride will leave at 12:30 and return at 2:30. It is 16.2 miles long and has an elevation of 699' or 43'/mi. 

    It will take us to the Old Stone Church via the Central Mass Rail Trail.

These rides are about the same….each somewhere between recreation and fitness.

The day will be sunny with temps from 70-82.

See you there!

Jane and Bill

Rides This Week

There will be no rides on Monday due to high winds and rainy conditions.

HOWEVER, Wednesday will have a high of 85 degrees in Sterling so that's where we'll go!

Wednesday, May 17 - Meadowbrook-Lancaster(am)/Meadowbrook-Old Stone Church(pm)

- park at Meadowbrook Orchards, 102 Chace Hill Rd. Sterling. Please park well away from the restaurant.

    The morning ride leaves promptly at 9:30am and will return at 11:30.

    

    -  this route goes to the Wachusett Dam and goes through Sterling, Lancaster and Clinton. It is 13 miles long and has an 

     elevation of  706' or 54'/mi.

  -  Lunch at Meadowbrook Orchards - 11:30 - 12:30

   The afternoon ride will leave at 12:30 and return at 2:30. It is 16.2 miles long and has an elevation of 699' or 43'/mi. 

    It will take us to the Old Stone Church via the Central Mass Rail Trail.

These rides are about the same….each somewhere between recreation and fitness.

Friday, May 19 - PORTSMOUTH!!  -   The long range forecast is calling for Sunny and a high of 70.

This ride will depart at 10am from the North Beach, Hampton, NH parking lot at the intersection of Route 27 (High St) and route 1A.

Carpooling is a possibility.

The ride is 31.6 miles long and virtually flat. It is a beautiful ride along the New Hampshire coast, in and out of harbors and parks.  

We do 19 miles in the morning and usually eat at The Portsmouth Brewery. And then we take a more inland route of 12 miles back to 

the parking area. We'll be back by 3:00pm. 

This ride is a treat!!  Plan on it!

Here's my call to join us (from last year):

If you're on the fence and cannot budge

I'm here to give you a little nudge

Forget the household chores and all the litter

and leave the kids with the trusted sitter

If you've got other plans, forget the notion

Grab your tights and get the lotion

This ride is really remarkable

The lot at the beach is very parkable 

Yes, it's a bit of a downer but don't be sour

The NH rangers charge two dollars an hour

We'll see the huge estates in the town of Rye

Even though global warming banks are piled high

We follow the coastline for 16 miles

Guaranteed there'll be many smiles

We stop at some seaside parks of local fame

And take our picture at a big picture frame:

 

The Memorial Bridge takes us to Kittery       

It's brand new and you won't get jittery 

You'll be able to boast there was no pain

When you rode all the way to Maine

Then on to the Brewery where the food and drinks are a delight

If you try to take away my mussels, you'll surely get a fight

The return trip is more inland and easy to attack

Since Friday the wind will be at our back

All in all it's a fabulous ride

I'm hoping you'll be by my(our) side.

Bill and Jane

Today's ride - GO

Cloudy and cool but it's a GO to Westminster.   ~27 Academy Hill Rd 

Bill & Jane

781-248-2624

508-397-4723

Westminster Tomorrow

The weather tomorrow in Westminster will be cloudy and cool - 48 at start time and low 50s when we return. 

Friday, May 12 -

Westminster-Princeton  Departs from ~27 Academy Hill Rd in Westminster at 10:00am (please be on time)

 This ride is 24.7 miles long and has an elevation of 1454' or 59'/mile

 Return at 12:30 - 1:00.

Lunch at Angler's Fish Market and Chowder

Bill & Jane

Mistake in tomorrow's pm ride

I put the wrong URL in for the afternoon ride.  It should have been this instead.  Besides, it's Heart Pond, not Hart Pond because the pond is shaped like a heart.

Bill

Tomorrow's rides

Tomorrow's rides will be in Carlisle where we'll meet at Center Park next to Fern's Country Store which is at 8 Lowell St. and where the weather will be sunny and in the low 50s in the morning and partly cloudy and the high 50s in the afternoon.

Note that I have changed the afternoon ride from an 18 mile loop to a 16 mile loop. The former was a route starting from one of our season ending party sites.

Wednesday, May 10 -

Carlisle - Old North Bridge:  Departs from Center Park in Carlisle next to Fern's (do not park there) at 9:30. 

         This ride is 13.8 miles long, has an elevation of 554' or 40'/mile

Lunch at Fern's - 11:30 - 12:20

Carlisle - GBFSP-Hart Pond:  also departs from Center Park; 12:30 - 2:30

   This ride is 16.1 miles long and has an elevation of 720' or 44.7'/mile

See you there!

Bill (& Jane)

GO - Groton

Cloudy but unlikely to rain (around 15% chance at mid-day) with temperature around 50.

Rides begin at 9:30 and 12:30.

Bill

781-248-2624

This Week's Rides

Weather for the upcoming week will be cloudy and cool.  We'll keep an eye on it.

Here are the rides:

Monday, May 8 - 

Groton - Baddacook - Dunstable:  Departs from NRRT parking at the end of Station Ave in Groton at 9:30am

       This ride is 14.3 miles long, has an elevation of 612' or 42.8'/mile.

Lunch at Filho's - 11:30 - 12::20

Groton - Pepperell - NRRT: same place for parking as morning ride; Alex will lead; departs at 12:30. Back at 2:30.

        This ride is 13.4 miles long, has an elevation of 415' or 31'/mile.

Wednesday, May 10 -

Carlisle - Old North Bridge:  Departs from Center Park in Carlisle next to Fern's (do not park there) at 9:30. 

         This ride is 13.8 miles long, has an elevation of 554' or 40'/mile

Lunch at Fern's - 11:30 - 12:20

Carlisle - Great Brook Farm State Park:  also departs from Center Park; 12:30 - 2:30

   This ride is 18.1 miles long and has an elevation of 752' or 41.5'/mile

Friday, May 12 -

Westminster - Princeton:  Departs from Westminster Village Academy Hill at ~27 Academy Hill Rd in Westminster at 10:00am

   This ride is 24.7 miles and has an elevation of 1454' or 59'/mile

   Return at 12:30.

Lunch at Angler's Fish Market and Chowder

Note:  I have added a new metric:  feet of elevation/mile.  This shows that there really isn't that much difference between these recreation and fitness rides.  The Friday ride is obviously longer than our usual rides and does have more elevation.  I wish that more of you would try this ride as it is really quite nice. We can take a more leisurely pace if folks would like….And the restaurant is nice too.

Important Note re: Adventurides June Schedule

Bill and Jane will not be available to lead rides beyond June 5. Bill will lead the Fearless Leader's Choice ride in Newburyport (along with Darlene's friend MJ) planned for June 2nd.   Bill's last ride of the season will be Monday June 5th. We encourage you to signup to lead a ride on the leader calendar, so that Adventurides can keep going until the end of the school year as usual.  Once you have chosen a ride and a date, please let Jane know, so that she can set up your googlegroup email account to send out  the ride information. 

Happy riding!

Bill and Jane

Rides and Weather

The forecast for tomorrow calls for rain and cool temps. So no ride is planned.

For next Monday, Wednesday and Friday, they are calling for half days of rain.

We'll send out an e-mail Sunday evening with a ride plan for Monday if it looks ok.

Have a good weekend all.

Bill & Jane

Today's Rides

Please read this e-mail carefully.

The weather today will be fine and the rides are on (GO)  BUT there is an issue:

Richard Lawrence (NVP) kindly let me know that there is a 3-day filming process going on in Hudson.  Today is the 3rd day and Main Street may be blocked off.

Worst of all, the Microcreamery (& Flatbread…we could eat at Horseshoe) may be inaccessible!

So if you're driving in on route 62 or 85, take Washington street, not Main St. off the rotary and go left on South St.

If you're driving in from Sudbury and Stow, take a left onto Vila Da Porto off of Main St.  It becomes South St.

Here is the filming web site: http://www.townofhudson.org/Public_Documents/HudsonMA_IT/download/Movie%20information.pdf

And here is the map of downtown:  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/12893444

Also, there will be a nice westerly wind so the air will feel 2-3 degrees cooler than the forecasted 55 - 58.

Bill

781-248-2624

You Must Ride tomorrow!

The forecast for tomorrow is good, though a little on the cool side. However, the forecast for the next 4 riding days is not good…a lot of rain coming our way.

So, if you want biking and camaraderie, you must ride tomorrow.  Two nice rides are planned.  

A special incentive for the afternoon ride is that it will end at the New City MicroCreamery and Bill will treat! (Maybe when Bill fell with his bike yesterday he hit his head?)

On  Wednesday, May 3 - Hudson

Starting Point: Horseshoe Pub Parking Lot:  29 South St Hudson, MA

(Don't park right near the Pub since we're not using it)

 Map 

9:30  The Morning Recreation Ride will leave - this is the ride that takes us to the CIA! Jane will lead.

 Route Map  Hudson - ARNWR   15.5 miles;  460 feet of elevation. Temp at start will be 55.5

11:30  We should be back

11:35  Lunch - The Rail Trail Flatbread Co.  33 Main Street, Hudson

12:30 Afternoon Fitness Ride will leave - Nice ride through Bolton and Berlin . Bill will lead.

               Route Map - Hudson - Berlin      15.4 miles; 686 feet of elevation. Temp at the start will be 59.

2:30 PM  We should be back

See you all there tomorrow.

Bill (&Jane)

Today's rides

GO - Harvard Center - Roller Coaster.  Park at Elm St lot behind Town Hall. Depart at 9:30. 

Temps:  50 at start, 55 at lunch, 60 at 2:30. Cloudy.

Lunch at Harvard General Store.

Harvard - Bare Hill ride departs at 12:30.

Let's roll!

Bill

781-248-2624