A group of us wanted to get a long flattish ride in and Shaun (CycleChat: bromptonfb) had come up with the idea of riding to the seaside and back, taking in the flatlands of the Wyre and Fylde districts. I came up with a few suggestions and finally we came up with a route that [...]
Nowt much to report, but I’m including it just to log the 30 minutes of exercise.
It was time for another CycleChat Sunday ride to the Country Kitchen cafe in Waddington, but this time we were going out on a much hillier and more scenic route to Spring Wood, Whalley. (Hebden Bridge, Slack, Widdop, Haggate, Brierfield, Fence, Black Hill, Sabden, Spring Wood.) From there we would follow the same route as [...]
Lisa was off work and it was a sunny day so we decided to do a repeat of a walk we did in summer 2009 – Pennine Way reservoirs. As before, we caught the 900 bus up to Blackstone Edge, then walked down towards the White House pub, and turned right onto the Pennine Way, [...]
It was a fine sunny day but I had spent too much time dithering about on the computer so I didn’t have time to do a long bicycle ride. I decided to do a short tour of the local hills with a couple of steep climbs to give my leg muscles something to think about!
It had started off nice today, but by the time Lisa and I set off to walk up to Heptonstall, it had clouded over and started to get drizzly.
Power Walking, ramp ascending, woods traversing, road climbing …
The sun was shining as I met up with some lads from the CycleChat forum this morning. Calum turned out for the first time since last November. By rights, he should have been too unfit to do today’s tough hilly ride, but he’s only 21 – so, no problem!. Shaun was up for another ride. [...]