It's been quite a while since we last published our newsletter, but rest assured, we've had a busy summer, with two rides every Sunday, twice-monthly mid-week rides, and a weekend away in the Lake District.
We've also completed three challenge rides over the summer months, building up from 25 miles for beginners, to 50 miles, and finally our 100 mile in 8 hours. Congratulations to all the riders completing these rides:
25 mile
50 mile
100 mile
Below is a taster of some of the other rides we've completed this summer, a report on our recent weekend away based in Cockermount, kindly written by Margaret Brown, and details of this years Christmas Dinner.
One of our favourites today, a ride out from Whalley to Knott End. It's always a good ride when we get to the seaside, you really feel like you've been somewhere.
Taking our usual route out via Ribchester and Longridge, then onwards through Broughton, taking in part of the Guild Wheel. Next on to Cartford Bridge, and up past Wardleys Creek (The tide was in for a change!) to Knott End for a picnic lunch on the sea wall.
Five of us out today for the medium ride over Tatham Fell, past the Cross of Greet.
Leaving Gisburn and heading out the usual way through Rathmell, then up through Eldroth, and past Clapham Station on to the road to Bentham. Then, to ease the oncoming gradient, round to Wray for lunch outside Bridge House Farm, where they had Swings and a Roundabout to distract us from the climb ahead.
Four of us left Gisburn bright and early today for an epic ride over Kingsdale and Dentdale.
Heading up through Rathmell towards Settle, then via Lawkland and Austwick to Clapham for the first brew stop of the day. Leaving Clapham we took the main road to Ingleton, to speed things along and get the bulk of the climbing out of the way before the afternoon heat...
We met at mid day, in the Brewers Fare, the start being delayed by heavy rain so we stayed indoors drinking extra cups of coffee until the weather improved. Fully stoked up with coffee 7 of us (Jim, Jackie, Marjorie, Steve, Paul, and me cycled into Cockermouth picking up the cycle route 71 to Great Broughton, then on to Maryport...
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