We are cycling again for The Waterberg Trust on Saturday 30^th May 2026. TWT continues its great work helping the people of the Waterberg, enabling all children to attend school regularly and to learn about their environment, helping to improve their life opportunities and conserve their amazing ecosystem.

This year, we will stay local to Cambridge and offer something for everybody. The planned route through attractive by-ways gives us a 75-mile, low incline, all tarmac, circular loop from Cambridge to Southill Park in Bedfordshire and back. The 45-mile option ends at Southill for lunch. All bike types are encouraged: electric, town, hybrid or road bike, whatever you have.

We meet up at 8am at the Saunderson’s Longacre, Haverhill Rd, Stapleford CB22 5BX close to Shelford Station and not far from Cambridge Central Station.

“It’s like no other bike ride I have been on. Classically English. The boys couldn’t quite believe how wonderful it was.” Greg Glass, Australia

After greetings with tea/coffee/bacon rolls/pumps we head north, following cycle ways though Cambridge, past both railway stations and on to the traffic-free cycle route to St Ives. If anything goes wrong, you won’t be stranded: we have back-up in place.

Just before St Ives, we turn South West to Fenstanton, though Hinton and on to Graveley for our mid-morning stop with hot drinks and the famous Franklin’s homemade scotch eggs.

Refreshed, we head South to Abbotsley, through Everton and cross the A1 cycle bridge at Sandy before skirting around Shuttlesworth to reach Southill Park for some Whitbread family hospitality and lunch at their beautiful home.

This is where the 45-mile route ends, 4 miles from Biggleswade station. For those on the 45-mile trip we can help return you and your bike back to the start.

For the keener cyclist, we head back eastward through Stanford, Langford, Ashwell and Morden for a tea stop in Litlington. From there, we wind our way on back roads though the villages of South Cambridge: Meldreth, Shepreth, Fowlmere, Newton and the Shelfords, to finish back to where we started in Stapleford for the riders and supporters after party. 🥂🎈🥳

Please let us know if you’d like to join in, commit to the date and start training by signing up here. And why not  persuade your family and friends to come, or organize a team?

We’re hoping to better 2025’s amazing fund-raising total of over £10,000. Everyone should raise or donate at least £100 (£50 for the young). The Waterberg Trust has a JustGiving page that automatically processes Gift Aid to make this simple. We can also take CAF cheques and Direct Debits as detailed on TWT’s website here.

Your support will help reduce rhino poaching, show schoolchildren in the Waterberg how protect their environment and support the only school nurse in the region.