ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
@Sea of vapours and I had planned an alternative to our annual summer Yorkshire Dales forum ride in 2020. We came up with a route touring the fringes of the Forest of Bowland AONB. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic forced us to abandon that plan. With restrictions now having been eased though, we are going to do the ride this year instead. We hope that we can get several other riders to join us.
The route is hilly, but not ultra-hilly. We are avoiding most of the bigger climbs in the middle of the FoB AONB. There are still some challenging slopes to tackle, including one of my favourites (the Trough of Bowland), but I didn't want the day out to be so tough that I (or other equally untalented climbers) struggled with it.
The ride starts and finishes in the village of Waddington, near Clitheroe. A map and profile of the route are shown below. (We will be following the route in a clockwise direction.)
The route is 108 km in length with what I estimate to be 1,800 m of ascent (67 miles/6,000 ft).
We will stop for a break at Bridge House Farm tea rooms in Wray at the halfway point, conveniently after coming off the biggest group of climbs.
The second half of the ride will be much easier, with a very easy final run back with just a few short steep ramps to get over.
I have attached a GPX file of the route. (It is 107 km or 108 km in length, depending on whether you round it up or down!
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NB If you are coming along and will be driving to Waddington, there will be a road closure between West Bradford and Waddington in order that a bridge can be replaced, so come in via Clitheroe instead. We will be able to get through by bike on our way back because a temporary footbridge is being erected.
There is car parking in Waddington HERE and HERE.
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The route is hilly, but not ultra-hilly. We are avoiding most of the bigger climbs in the middle of the FoB AONB. There are still some challenging slopes to tackle, including one of my favourites (the Trough of Bowland), but I didn't want the day out to be so tough that I (or other equally untalented climbers) struggled with it.
The ride starts and finishes in the village of Waddington, near Clitheroe. A map and profile of the route are shown below. (We will be following the route in a clockwise direction.)
The route is 108 km in length with what I estimate to be 1,800 m of ascent (67 miles/6,000 ft).
We will stop for a break at Bridge House Farm tea rooms in Wray at the halfway point, conveniently after coming off the biggest group of climbs.
The second half of the ride will be much easier, with a very easy final run back with just a few short steep ramps to get over.
I have attached a GPX file of the route. (It is 107 km or 108 km in length, depending on whether you round it up or down!
)NB If you are coming along and will be driving to Waddington, there will be a road closure between West Bradford and Waddington in order that a bridge can be replaced, so come in via Clitheroe instead. We will be able to get through by bike on our way back because a temporary footbridge is being erected.
There is car parking in Waddington HERE and HERE.
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) will be with us almost before you can blink. We have booked a nice sunny day for this ride, so why not join us and make the most of what summer we have left?