January 22nd: 51 km (32 miles). Todmorden, Littleborough, A58 (Blackstone Edge), Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, High Stones Road, Blackstone Edge, A58, Littleborough, Todmorden. 1 point.
February 3rd: 51 km (32 miles). Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, High Stones Road, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden. 1 point.
March 11th: 50 km (31 miles). Todmorden, Littleborough, A58 (Blackstone Edge), Blue Ball Road, Hubberton Green, High Stones Road, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden plus another couple of miles up and down the A646 to get the full distance in. 1 point.
March 13th: 53 km (33 miles). Todmorden, A646, Walk Mill, Mereclough, Long Causeway, Blackshaw Head, Slack, Draper Ln/Lee Wood Rd, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale climb, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough, Todmorden. 1 point.
March 19th: 82 km (51 miles) forum ride. Todmorden, Littleborough, Hollingworth Lake, Milnrow, Newhey, Denshaw, Buckstones, Ringstone Edge, Booth Wood, Pike End, Baitings, Blue Ball Rd, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, High Stones Rd, Craggies cafe, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd, Cycleway, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Rd, Lee Wood, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Long Causeway, Shore Rd, Cornholme, Carr Rd, Sourhall, Todmorden. 2 points.
March 31st: 50 km (31 miles). Todmorden, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Rd, Hubberton Green, Luddenden Foot, Solomon Hill, Midgley, Old Town, Pecket Well, Hebden Bridge, (lunch stop at a friend's house in HB to put new memory and software on her Linux laptop), A646, Todmorden. 1 point.
April 3rd: 109 km (68 miles). forum ride, Whalley, Cow Ark, Whitewell, Trough of Bowland, Conder Green, Inglewehite, Longridge, Ribchester, Billington, Whalley. 3 points.
April 10th: 127 km (79 miles), SITD audax ride with 3 CCers. Todmorden, Hebden Bridge Oxenhope, Stanbury, Laneshaw Bridge, Black Lane Ends, Earby, West Marton, Gargrave, Cracoe, Burnsall, Appletreewick, Cavendish Pavilion, Bolton Abbey, Halton East, Draughton, Cringles, Silsden, Steeton, Keighley, Haworth Brow, Oxenhope, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden. 3 points.
April 13th: 53 km (33 miles). Todmorden, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Rd, Hubberton Green, Steep Lane, Cragg Road, Mytholmroyd, Calder Valley Cycleway, Hebden Bridge, (coffee stop at a friend's house in HB), VERY STEEP Moss Lane climb with short walk at the top up the footpath to Lee Wood Road, Slack, Colden, Blackshaw Head, Kebs Road, Eastwood Road, descent to Cross Stone Rd, Todmorden. 1 point.
April 19th: 50 km (31 miles). Todmorden, Shade, Lumbutts, Mankinholes, A646, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Road, Lee Wood, Slack, Widdop Rd, Thursden, Haggate, Worsthorne, Mereclough, Long Causeway, Shore Road, Cornholme, Portsmouth, Carr Road, Sourhall, Todmorden. 1 point.
April 20th: 53 km (33 miles). Todmorden, Woodhouse Rd, Lumbutts, Mankinholes, A646, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Blackstone Edge, A58, Blue Ball Rd, Hubberton Green, Steep Lane, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd, Calder Valley Cycleway, Hebden Bridge, A646, Todmorden. 1 point
April 22nd: 50 km (31 miles). Todmorden, Hebden Bridge to meet friends at a cafe, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, High Stones Rd, DOWN Steep Lane, Hubberton Green, Blue Ball Road, UP A58, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough, Caldermoor, Calderbrook, Walsden, Hollins Rd, Lumbutts, Woodhouse Rd, A646, Todmorden and round the block to complete the 50 km. 1 point
May 1st: 120 km (75 miles). Tour de Yorkshire sportive from Scarborough plus the rides down from the event car park to the start and back again afterwards. 3 points
May 5th: 50 km (31 miles). Todmorden, Hebden Bridge to meet a friend for a coffee, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, High Stones Rd, DOWN Steep Lane, Hubberton Green, Blue Ball Road, UP A58, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough, Caldermoor, Calderbrook, Walsden, Hollins Rd, Todmorden up the hill to my sister's property and round the block to complete the 50 km. 1 point
May 7th: 119 km (74 miles). (My Rivington forum ride) Todmorden, A646, Holme Chapel, Mereclough, Burnley, Fence, Old Roman Road, Whalley, York, Parsonage Reservoir, Mellor, Samlesbury Bottoms, Hoghton, Brindle, Top o' th' Lane, Johnson's Hillock, White Coppice, Anglezarke Reservoir, Rivington Reservoir, Rivington (cafe stop at bottom of Sheep House Lane), Belmont, Turton Moor, Entwistle Station, Edgworth, Hawkshaw, Holcombe/Ramsbottom, Haslingden, Rawtenstall, Rossendale valley, Bacup, Sharneyford, Todmorden. 3 points.
May 15th, 50 km (31 miles). Todmorden, A646, Woodhouse Rd, Lumbutts, Shade, Hollins Rd, Walsden, A6033, Calderbrook, Caldermoor, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Rd, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, Cragg Rd, Mytholmroyd, A646, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, round the block to get my full 50 km/31 miles in. 1 point.
May 24th, 54 km (34 miles). Todmorden, A646, Woodhouse Rd, Lumbutts, Shade, Hollins Rd, Walsden, A6033, Calderbrook, Caldermoor, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd, A646, Hebden Bridge (coffee & flapjack with friends), Heptonstall. Rd, Lee Wood, Slack, Blackshaw Head, Kebs Rd, Lancs/WYorks border, Kebs Rd, Eastwood Rd, Gt Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Tod, Meadow Bottom/Hole Bottom (!) Rd, Tod. 1 point.
May 27th, 50 km (31 miles). Todmorden, A646, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Rd climb, cafe stop with pal in village, Slack Top, Widdop Rd to Thursden summit and back to Slack, Colden, Blackshaw Head, Windfarm, BSH again, Great Rock, CSR, Tod. 1 point.
June 4th, 195 km (122 miles). My 2016 Cheshire '200' ride - details
HERE. 4 points.
June 23rd, 50 km (31 miles). Todmorden, (A646), Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Blackstone Edge, A58, Blue Ball Rd, Hubberton Green, Steep Lane, Cragg Vale, (A646), Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden. 1 point
June 25th, 182 km (113 miles). The 2016 Humber Bridge forum ride - details
HERE. 4 points.
July 3rd, 125 km (78 miles). My 2016, Yorkshire Dales ride from Settle - details
HERE. 3 points.
July 8th, 50 km (31 miles). Todmorden, A646, Woodhouse Rd, Lumbutts, Shade, Hollins Rd, Walsden, A6033, Calderbrook, Caldermoor, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Rd, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, High Stone Rd, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd, A646, Hebden Bridge, Tod. 1 point.
July 12th, 50 km (31 miles). Todmorden, A646, Mankinholes, Lumbutts, Shade, Hollins Rd, Walsden, A6033, Bacup Rd, Sharneyford, Bacup, Deerplay, Crown Point, Manchester Rd, A646, Walk Mill, Overtown, Greencliffe Lane, Long Causeway, Blackshaw Head, Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Tod. 1 point.
July 17th, 53 km (33 miles). Todmorden, A646, Walk Mill, Overtown, Greencliffe Lane, Long Causeway, Blackshaw Head, Colden, Slack, Lee Wood, Hebden Bridge (cafe stop with family), then back the same way to Coal Clough windfarm where I u-turned and returned to BSH, then Great Rock, Cross Stone Rd, Tod. 1 point.
August 6th, 103 km (64 miles). My Wray forum ride - details
HERE. 3 points.
August 17th, 123 km (76 miles). My Gargrave forum ride - details
HERE. 3 points.
August 23rd, 55 km (34 miles). Tod, Woodhouse Rd, Lumbutts, Mankinholes, A646, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall (cafe stop), Slack, Widdop, Thursden, Haggate, Worsthorne, Mereclough, Southward Bottom, A646, Holme Chapel, Tod, Walsden, Hollins Rd, Shade, Lumbutts, Woodhouse Rd, A646, Tod. 1 point.
August 26th, 50 km (31 miles). Tod, Hebden Bridge, Pecket Well, Old Town, Midgley, Booth, Solomon Hill, Luddenden Foot, Jerry Fields Rd, Cat Lane, Steep Lane, High Stones Rd, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough, Walsden, Todmorden, local loop to get the 50 km in. 1 point.
August 29th, 55 km (34 miles). Tod, Woodhouse Rd, Lumbutts, Shade, Hollins Rd, Walsden, A6033, Calderbrook, Littleborough, Blackstone Edge Old Rd, A58, Blackstone Edge, Blue Ball Rd, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, Cat Ln, Jerry Fields Rd, Luddenden Foot, Solomon Hill, Booth, Jerusalem Ln, Midgley, Old Town, Pecket Well, Hebden Bridge, A646, Tod. 1 point.
September 3rd, 111 km (69 miles). Isle of Mull forum ride. To Oban on main road. Ferry to Craignure on Mull. Clockwise loop, Craignure, Glen More, descend to junction with B8035, west coast to Gruline, shortcut across the island to Salen. Cafe stop there. South back to Craignure. Another cafe, waiting for ferry. Ferry back to Oban. Ride back on quiet scenic roads. 3 points.
September 6th, 103 km (64 miles). Connel, scenic road to Kilmore, A-road south, forest singletrack road to Loch Awe, Glen Nant to Taynuilt, Glen Lonan back to scenic road from ride out, Connel. 3 points.
September 11th, 50 km (31 miles). Tod, HB, 'royd, Cragg Vale, High Stone Rd, Steep Ln, Hubberton Green, Blue Ball Rd, A58, Littleborough, Walsden, Hollins Rd, Lumbutts, Woodhouse Rd, Tod. 1 point.
September15th, 80 km (50 miles). Tod, HB, 'royd, Cragg Vale, High Stones Rd, Steep Ln, Hubberton Green, Cotton Stones, Mill Bank, Ripponden, Ripponden Bank, Barkisland, Krumlin, Penny Hill, Pole Moor, Tour of Scammonden reservoir, crossed M62, Ringstone Edge, Booth Wood reservoir, Booth Wood, Baitings reservoir, A58, Blackstone Edge, 'royd, HB, Hept Rd, Lee Wood, Slack, Colden, Blackshaw Head, Kebs Rd, Shore Rd, Cornholme, Tod. 2 points.
September 24th, 135 km (84 miles).
Nickyboy's Leeds-Scarborough wind-assisted forum ride. 3 points.
Total points so far in 2016: 63.
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