Welcome to our final newsletter of 2019. We hope you've had a great year out on your bikes, both in and around the Pendle area, and further afield.
The days are much shorter at this time of year, so we adjust our club runs accordingly, always aiming to be back before dark. Even so, we still advise all our riders to carry a good set of lights with them - just in case we get delayed for some unforeseen reason. As always - be seen, and be safe.
Since our last newsletter, we've held our Annual General Meeting, and Christmas lunch, which you can read about below, We've also started making plans for early 2020, so you can start making notes in your diaries.
FInally, as it's the season of good cheer, we'd like to wish each and every one of you a very merry Christmas, and a trouble free cycling New Year.
A weeks cycling and camping tour to
the Battlefields of the Somme,
by Chris Marshall.
After reading 2 excellent books (see below) about the authors' experiences of the First World War, I was inspired to visit the towns, villages and countryside that they passed through and fought over.
Both men were in 3 areas; Ypres, Bethune and the River Ancre (which is a tributary of and North of the Somme itself)
My original idea was to take the Hull to Zeebrugge ferry and cycle down the front line from the North, but this was very expensive as cabin berths are compulsory for this overnight sailing. So I chose Newhaven - Dieppe instead to start further South.
We held our annual Christmas Dinner and presentation of awards this year, at Rolls Royce Leisure in Barnoldswick, on Sunday 15th December 2019.
We usually precede the Dinner with a short ride, to help build up an appetite, but with snow falling overnight, only two riders turned out, and, deciding it really wasn't safe to ride, went for a walk along the canal bank instead.
We still had a good turn out for the Christmas Dinner itself, and presentation of this years awards.
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