Activity Algarve Bike Rides raise thousands!
- Created on Monday, 14 May 2012 08:21
An amazing weekend of hot weather and the highlight of the weekend was the ACCA Charity bike ride on Sunday hosted at the new Conrad hotel in Quinta do Lago. We had around 60 riders on three rides, 25km, 50km and 75km and early indications are that we have raised over €5000, but quite a lot of money still has to be collected, so hopefully we will be well over €6000 eventually!
A big thank you to all of the riders who turned up on the day as the heat made riding quite tough at times, and thanks also to the Hilton/Conrad group for their generous hosting. This photo shows the 75km group en route !
We have plenty more bike ride special events scheduled for later in the year so please do keep reading these announcements, and let me know if you have any friends who you think would like to join us.
Here are the details of this week's Bike Rides, please call me if you require directions to any ride start location:
Wednesday 16th May 2012
Bike ride starting in Vilamoura, we meet at O Sino at Prado do Golf at 5.15pm ready for a 5.30 start. This will be a medium challenge ride of around 90 minutes without many stops. There will be a chance for drinks and snacks at O Sino after the ride.
Directions to O Sino: Approaching Vilamoura from the "main entrance" on the EN125 at Benfarras, go straight over the first roundabout, then left at the second roundabout, then at the small roundabout turn right and O Sino is then about 50 metres along on the right hand side.
Saturday 19th May 2012
Bike Ride starting in Fuseta. We meet on Av. Marginal at 09.15 am ready for a 09.30 am start. This will be a fairly challenging ride of around 35km on a mixture of dirt tracks and tarmac roads with a cafe stop.
Sunday 20th May 2012
(Paul) Bike ride starting in Almancil, we meet at the Sin Bin at 09.45 ready for a 10.00 start. This will be a regular Sunday style ride of around 35km with a cafe stop.
Sunday 20th May 2012
(Sam) "Get back on your bike " ride starting at Browns in Vilamoura, we meet at Browns at 09.45 ready for a 10.00 start. This will be a mostly flat and easy ride on a mixture of dirt tracks and tarmac roads without a cafe stop. There will be the chance for drinks and snacks at Browns after the ride.
If you would like to come along to one of these rides, please do let me know either by text , email or by confirming on Facebook via the Activity Algarve Bike Rides page ! If a ride has to be cancelled for any reason, such as bad weather, then notification of cancellation will be via text, so please make sure that I have your mobile phone number !
Small Print
If in doubt about your health or you have a medical condition that may be affected by excercise, then please consult your GP before joining a ride. Riders must wear a safety helmet for their own protection.
Riders are responsible for their own safety and should be able to ride competently on a variety of road surfaces and traffic conditions.You participate in these rides at your own risk and no person(s) organisation(s) can be held responsible for any accident, injury or loss to yourself. Activity Algarve have an accident insurance policy in place and you may be covered by this for any particular ride. To be covered, you must email your full name and date of birth to paul.beesley@sapo.pt at least 24 hours before any ride that you wish to be covered for !
Riders should also make sure that their bike is well maintained and in good and safe working condition and carry at least one spare inner tube and a pump.
Regards,
Paul
T: (00351) 913226954
E: paul.beesley@sapo.pt
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