Thameswey: Liz & Guy's ride
Saturday 20 June 2026. Starting from Lyall & Co café Eynsham at 09:45. 30 miles Average.

Thameswey TC Ride 20-06-26: Cherwell Valley W & E

This month's ride, on Saturday 20th June, takes us north-east from our starting point in Eynsham to the River Cherwell at Lower Heyford. Lunch will be at the Oxford Arms pub in the village of Kirtlington on our way back south. A shortage of hostelries in the area means that the ride to lunch will be 19 (fairly hilly) miles, but then the route goes downhill and then along the flat back to Eynsham. The total distance will be 30 miles, and you can download a GPX file of the route at https://ridewithgps.com/routes/55540957.

The long morning stretch means that we will leave Eynsham Market Place earlier than usual, at 10:15am. Lyall & Co's café opens at 8, so you can still have coffee beforehand! Depending on our progress, we may have a brief stop for snacks after 10 miles in the village of Wootton, where the post office sells take-away coffee. 

The Oxford Arms menu is at https://drive.google.com/file/d/101nKMzWziIEqFnWK26fcIBr1h-zNuBww/view?usp=sharing. Note that the pizzas are filling, so you may wish to share between two and order a side dish (or starter) to share as well. Please send your menu choices to Liz by the evening of Sunday 14th June. Thank you!

Eynsham is about 4 miles west of Oxford. If you haven't started a ride there before, I can send you directions.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as can join us --

Best wishes,

Liz & Guy Matthews

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