England : Lancashire fred whitton challenge 2015

[3burgerking]

Any body doing the fred for the first time as I am a Beginner?

 

[dan_bo]

Make sure you're aware of what you're getting into! It ain't no skyride!

 

[ColinJ]

Make sure you're aware of what you're getting into! It ain't no skyride!

Yeah ...

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
This ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey,
I ain't got time for that now

 

[dan_bo]

Yeah ...

That's your best post ever Col!

 

[Waspie]

Any body doing the fred for the first time as I am a Beginner?

I'm doing it for the 2nd time and I'm a bit worried. When you say beginner do you mean for the Fred or cycling in general?

 

[ColinJ]

I just noticed something ... Since when has the Lake District been in Lancashire?

 

[3burgerking]

Reply to the wasp, doing the fred for the first time been on a road bike for about 2 years, so you are back for the second time, for challenge or to race.

 

[3burgerking]

Colin when i started the thread didn't know what i was doing. Chat forum just added the location, using, my location

 

[Spinney]

I just noticed something ... Since when has the Lake District been in Lancashire?

Bits of it used to be - the Three Shires Stone at the top of Wrynose Pass was where Cumberland, Westmoreland and the detached northern bit of Lancashire met!
[/smartarse mode]

 

[ColinJ]

Bits of it used to be - the Three Shires Stone at the top of Wrynose Pass was where Cumberland, Westmoreland and the detached northern bit of Lancashire met!
[/smartarse mode]

I was amazed to see an historic boundary stone at the top of the climb out of the Trough of Bowland stating that it was the boundary between the West Riding of Yorkshire and Lancashire!

Clearly, the county boundaries have been moved around even more than I thought ...

 

[T4tomo]

They have indeed moved a lot. There is a village cricket ground somewhere that used to be in Yorkshire and is now in Wancashire or vice versa. The natives are most upset still, many years on.

Edit - it might be Todmorden, formerly in Lancs , now in West Yorks.

 

[Spinney]

They have indeed moved a lot. There is a village cricket ground somewhere that used to be in Yorkshire and is now in Wancashire or vice versa. The natives are most upset still, many years on.

Edit - it might be Todmorden, formerly in Lancs , now in West Yorks.

Oy - less of that!

(And with mod hat on, further Lancashire-Yorkshire rivalry should probably be confined to the Cafe...)

 

[ColinJ]

Edit - it might be Todmorden, formerly in Lancs , now in West Yorks.

That's a surprise - I have lived 4 miles down the road for 29 years and I always thought it was the other way round, given that Tod has Oldham postcodes, but according to Wikipedia it appears that you are right!

 

[Waspie]

Reply to the wasp, doing the fred for the first time been on a road bike for about 2 years, so you are back for the second time, for challenge or to race.

Racing? I'll be chuffed if I don't have to walk.