Most of the new courses are now described on the Oxonian website with details
of the meeting points and it is now the best place for reliable information on
them. I shall be sending our excellent webmaster details of the A43 25 course
soon. This website is the only guaranteed accurate one at present until London
West get their act together. However I have had a shot at finding the grid
references as follows:

H10/17 and H25/17 meet at the usual place, the triangle at the top of Bessels
Leigh hill about 3/4 mile west of the Cumnor slip road, SP462022.

Stadhampton 10 and hilly 15. The lane just east of Stadhampton village green on
B480, (as last year) SU606986.

Chesterton Ten (HCC260). Finish lay-by on B430 just south of Middleton Stoney
at SP534232. This is probably better than near the start point on the A4095
near Simms Farm as riders come past after 4 miles..

Charlbury Sporting Ten. (HCC261) The finish lay-by south of Chalbury on
B4022, just before the turning to Charlbury. SP363180

Charlbury Hilly 18.8. The grassy lane off the B4022 at the start, just
north-west of Charlbury by the River Evenlode. SP353198

Tusmore Park 25 and 50 (N15/25C and N15/50C) Meet at the south end of the old
A43 loop road south of Tusmore Park. This can be reached from the northbound
A43 via an overbridge.
SP556305.

Burford-Lechlade ten and 25. (U94 and U941). Meet at the grassy lane at the
north end of the Filkins by-pass just off A361 (Same place as last season)
SP243056.

Best wishes, Chris Hart.


Mary & ken <mary.ken@...> wrote:

Hullo Chris,

I am just updating the Club handbook. Do you have OS grid references for
the new courses assembly areas to hand ? I don't want you to do these
specially, but if you have them I would be pleased if you could send them to
me.

Ken (Lansbury)
----- Original Message -----
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To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [oxford-cycling] Re: FW: 2005 Time Trial Calendar


>
> Postscript. I have now looked at the CTT national website and have found
that the description of H10/17 is one of the few actually correct and
up-to-date. This is very good as the local London West DC website is still
wrong months after I sent in the correct version. Most of the course
summaries in the new CTT Handbook are still out of date or missing. In the
past the problem was that information abouit courses and many other things
was unavailable. Now the problem is that there is so much wrong information
about and that it is difficult to get it corrected. I shall keep trying to
get things right and to ensure that all the courses in my patch have starts
and finishes marked before they are used but after the winter salting has
gone. Chris Hart.
>
> C HART wrote:
> The CTT website is probably still wrong . I have not yet seen the London
West Yearbook but as they did not send me the proof copy as promised I am
not too hopeful that this will be correct either. I attach the correct
details, as amended last September. We tried out my first revision at the
end of last August but the first bit up B3017 was a bit slow. The new start
point is now north of the power lines and just before the bend before
Bradley Farm Cottages. The road is slightly downhill the slightly up past
the new H25/17 start at the north side of the entrance to the Bradley Farm
drive. This should enable the riders to pick up speed before easing for the
left-hand turn onto the slip road to A420.
>
> The finish has been moved a bit east of the Greyhound pub past the new 25
finish layby to a point 102 yards beyond where the Bessels Leigh hill begins
to bite but thus uses all the speed to be gained by the slight dip past the
Greyhound. This also enables the course to be slightly shorter than before
when i had had to make it a bit long to clear the road to Bessels Leigh
village. The snag is that a car-bound timekeeper in the lay-by will have to
time riders as they pass the finish board 102 yards ahead. But timekeepers
like the admirable Mick and Marion Fountain couple can probably sit on a
chair under the trees on the footpath. The clearway regulations prohibit
parking a car on the footpath there.
>
> The regulations about having only the timekeeper's car at the start are
common to all London West DC courses but are especially important on this
course because the B4017 is quite narrow there. When we ran the Oxford clubs
event on August Saturday and started at the paired field gates just south of
the power lines crossing somebody parked opposte the start and forced cars
too close to the starting riders. The new start is simillarly at the
left-hand of a pair of field gates so it is vital that nobody is allowed to
park a car at the opposite gareway. Traffic coming up from the south has a
clear view for a long way before the start. Oncoming traffic from the north
has not because of a slight bend. The actual start point has been chosen so
that it will be just in front of the timekeeper's car. A warning sign well
before and another on the back of that car should give some protection. The
car itself should not cause an obstruction but should alert car drivers to
the presence of
> the riders.
>
> I hope that this new course will be about 30 seconds faster for an average
rider than the pre-2004 version which started slightly uphill but closer to
the slip-road and finshed at the top of Bessels Leigh hill. I should have
marked the start and finish before your event as there is an Oxford clubs
ten on it on Saturday 26 March at 16.01, the first use of it in its revised
form. I hope to ride that and your event too. Best wishes, Chris Hart
>
> Eli Lassman wrote:
>
> Dear Chris,
> I am in the process of filling out the event form for the OUCC 10 at the
end of
> April, which will use the Cumnor 10. Could you please send over a revised
> course description? I have one from the CTT website but I am not sure
whether
> it is the updated description.
>
> Regards,
> Eli Lassman
> In message <20041122230057.45527.qmail@...>
oxford-
> cycling@... writes:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes. Please try the new N15/25C (designed to suit me!) which Oxford
clubs
> will be using for 2 events in July and August next season. It starts just
> north of Junction 10 of the M40 at Tusmore Park on the old A43, goes south
on
> the new A43 to Baynads Green roundabout turns to go up via Barley Mow
> roundabout to the Evenley roundabout, turns back to barley Mow then left
on
> the A421 to Finmere roundabout, turns back to Barley Mow, down to Baynards
> Green, around that again, up to Evenley, back to Barley Mow but straight
on
> along A43 this time to turn off onto the old A43 and Finish out side the
> entance to Tusmore Park. The HQ for open events will be at Souldern
village
> hall. The similar N15/25B starts and finishes on the A421 and will be used
> for the A5 Rangers event on 30 May. Both courses should be very fast
unless it
> is windy. There is also a 50, similar to the N15/25C but nobody is
promoting
> an event on it next season. it is a 3-lap course and should be faster than
>
> > the now-banned courses on the A34. We still have the fast HCC 235 at
Weston-
> on-the Green on that road and the HCC 246 on the Witney by-pass for Oxford
club
> events.
>
> >
>
> > You may also find the revised H10/17, Cumnor-Kingston Bagpuize ten,
quite
> fast. I have eliminated the Bessels Leigh hill and further tweaked it
since
> we used it at the end of August. H25/17 is also a bit better than it was.
Our
> open events will use these 2 courses and the H50/17 for the 50.
>
> >
>
> > Further away the new F1/25 at Tempsford on the A1 is said to be very
good.
> Road works prevented its use after one event in 2004. The U46A which
Corinium
> CC use on the A419 near Cirencester should be better next year when it is
> reduced to the correct length. Anything on the A419 should be fast. The
P613
> ten near Thruxton on the A303 is fast and very popular. The various ten,
25,
> 50 and 100 courses on the A3 Portsmouth Road, the P881 and P885, are well
> worth the trip and better than the 10/1, 25/1 and 50/1 and courses on the
> Bath Road, A4, west of Reading. The courses on the A31 near Farnham are
> mixed, the H10/8 is quite good, as is the H25/8. The 30 and 50 are slower
> and the H100/8 is hard but might suit a good hillclimber like you if you
wish
> to ride the National Championship. On the whole the F1 courses on the A1
seem
> a better.bet than those on A31. H25/2 is now no good as it has lost its
ski
> slope. For that you would have to go all the way to West Wales to ride
>
> > the R25/3. Chris Hart.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > richardpettinger13 wrote:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Hi,
>
> >
>
> > Could anybody recommend some fast courses which are fairly close to
>
> > Oxford (perhaps 1 to 1.5 hours drive)
>
> >
>
> > Thanks
>
> >
>
> > Richard
>
> >
>
> > --- In oxford-cycling@..., "Waller Howard"
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> > >
>
> > > Howard
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> > > -----Original Message-----
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> > > From: Danny Axford
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> > > Sent: 22 November 2004 14:49
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> > > Subject: 2005 Time Trial Calendar
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> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > For all those super keen racers out there, a provisional calendar of
all
>
> > > open time trial events for next year is now available at the CTT
>
> > > website.
>
> > >
>
> > > http://www.rttc.org.uk/
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> > >
>
> > > So you can start planning your season
>
> > > (I am!)
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