ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
***** ColinJ's forum rider tag list *****
Fellow forum riders, I am planning another ride!
@colly, @neil_merseyside, @Sea of vapours, @Domus, @Julia9054, @Spiderweb, @Slioch, @EasyPeez, @Kestevan, @Venod, @Soltydog, @NorthernDave, @Buck, @si_c, @videoman, @FrothNinja, @GuyBoden, @Vantage, @Dadam, @Jameshow
If anybody wants their name to be added to the list, let me know.
(If anybody wants their name to be removed, let me know, but...
)
NB Make sure that you have enabled tag alerts in your account preferences - HERE (tick 'mentions you in a message')
(I may know that some are already signed up for this ride, or can't make it, but I copy and paste the list from one ride to the next so I don't want to edit it.)
************************************
I'm planning another ride from Hebden Bridge and you would be welcome to join me.
Let's give April another couple of weeks to get over this wet and windy weather, and hopefully get properly into spring! Provisional date Sat 27th April. Backup date, Sat 4th May in case of thunderstorms etc. on the 27th.
Basic route... Hebden Bridge, Widdop, Haggate, Worsthorne, Mereclough, Long Causeway, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Todmorden, Lumbutts, Walsden, Calderbrook, Caldermoor, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball, Hubberton Green, High Stone Rd - CAFE STOP AT CRAGGIES - u-turn, High Stone Rd, Scout Rd, Mytholmroyd, cycleway to Hebden Bridge.
The cafe stop at Craggies is late in the ride (see red spot on profile) so carry enough food and drink to get you there. Hopefully, the weather will be good enough for us to sit outside catching the sun. Getting back from the stop is gloriously easy - downhill to Mytholmroyd, then a quick flat ride back to Hebden Bridge.
Distance just over 80 km, so 51-52 miles. Very lumpy (around 1,500 m/5,000 ft of ascent, some steep), so not for anybody who hates hills, or lacks a degree of fitness or motor assistance. We won't be breaking any speed records but we don't want to make the same mistake as on one of last year's rides and end up missing the cafe. Craggie's cafe shuts at 15:00 so we want to aim to get there by 14:00. Let's start at 09:00 to give us plenty of time. Even on this hilly route, we ought to be able to average the required speed of approximately 14 kmph/9 mph.
Map and profile of route
If you are interested, or have any questions - post below...
GPX viewer
Fellow forum riders, I am planning another ride!
@colly, @neil_merseyside, @Sea of vapours, @Domus, @Julia9054, @Spiderweb, @Slioch, @EasyPeez, @Kestevan, @Venod, @Soltydog, @NorthernDave, @Buck, @si_c, @videoman, @FrothNinja, @GuyBoden, @Vantage, @Dadam, @Jameshow
If anybody wants their name to be added to the list, let me know.
(If anybody wants their name to be removed, let me know, but...
)NB Make sure that you have enabled tag alerts in your account preferences - HERE (tick 'mentions you in a message')
(I may know that some are already signed up for this ride, or can't make it, but I copy and paste the list from one ride to the next so I don't want to edit it.)
************************************
I'm planning another ride from Hebden Bridge and you would be welcome to join me.
Let's give April another couple of weeks to get over this wet and windy weather, and hopefully get properly into spring! Provisional date Sat 27th April. Backup date, Sat 4th May in case of thunderstorms etc. on the 27th.
Basic route... Hebden Bridge, Widdop, Haggate, Worsthorne, Mereclough, Long Causeway, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Todmorden, Lumbutts, Walsden, Calderbrook, Caldermoor, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball, Hubberton Green, High Stone Rd - CAFE STOP AT CRAGGIES - u-turn, High Stone Rd, Scout Rd, Mytholmroyd, cycleway to Hebden Bridge.
The cafe stop at Craggies is late in the ride (see red spot on profile) so carry enough food and drink to get you there. Hopefully, the weather will be good enough for us to sit outside catching the sun. Getting back from the stop is gloriously easy - downhill to Mytholmroyd, then a quick flat ride back to Hebden Bridge.
Distance just over 80 km, so 51-52 miles. Very lumpy (around 1,500 m/5,000 ft of ascent, some steep), so not for anybody who hates hills, or lacks a degree of fitness or motor assistance. We won't be breaking any speed records but we don't want to make the same mistake as on one of last year's rides and end up missing the cafe. Craggie's cafe shuts at 15:00 so we want to aim to get there by 14:00. Let's start at 09:00 to give us plenty of time. Even on this hilly route, we ought to be able to average the required speed of approximately 14 kmph/9 mph.
Map and profile of route
If you are interested, or have any questions - post below...
GPX viewer
Last edited:
