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Organisers Contact: Stephen Webb, Tel: 07940372433, Email: stephen.webb001@gmail.comThis is a Tandem Club regional group.
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Tandem Club Runs List for LA, PR and FY postcode areas 2020
RO Stephen Webb Mobile 07940 372433 Landline 01539 729660 email stephen.webb001@gmail.com
| Date | Start | Time | Coffee | Lunch | Miles | Leaders |
| 9th February | Kendal College Milnthorpe Rd, Kendal LA9 5AY | 9.15am for 9.30am | Beetham Old Post Office | Carnforth | 36 | Stephen and Jeanette Webb 07940 372433 |
| 8th March | Carnforth Meet at Railway Station Market Street LA5 9ET | 9.15am for 9.30am | Woodies, Crook ‘O’ Lune Picnic Site | Ashton Hall Garden Centre | 30 | Paul & Jeannette Rodman 07768 647745 |
| 5th April Note : First Sunday in April | Across the Ferry to Wray Castle Start Kendal College LA9 5AY | 9.15 for 9.30am | Cafe Ambio, Ings | Wray Castle NT property | 42 | Stephen and Jeanette Webb 07940 372433 |
| 10th May | Great Eccleston Square, post code PR3 0ZB | 9.15am for 9.30am | Light Ash Myerscough | Scorton | 35m | John & Anne Hall 01253 592136 |
| 14th June | Padiham leisure centre, Park Rd, Padiham Lancashire. BB12 8ED | 9.15am for 9.30am | Café by the River, Read garden centre | The Old Stables, Towneley Hall. | 36 | Malcolm & Gillian Noon 07805 078360 |
| 12th July | Waddington Fell Start Scorton Picnic Area PR3 1BU | 9.15 for 9.30am | Puddleducks, Dunsop Bridge | Waddington | 44 | Simon & Hayley Brown 07757 203423 |
| 9th August | A Circuit of the Howgills Start Sedbergh | 9.15 for 9.30am | Orton Scar Cafe or Chocolate House | Ravenstonedale | 44
| Mike & Helen Nott 015242 61566 |
| 13th September | The Eden Valley Start Crosby Ravensworth | 9.15 for 9.30am | Mrs Millers, Culgaith | Upfront Gallery and Coffee Shop, Unthank | 45
| Paul & Jeannette Rodman 07768 647745 |
| 11th October | Sunderland Point Lancaster Park & Ride at M6 J34 | 9.15 for 9.30am | RSPB Reserve Leighton Moss | Heysham | 38 | Simon & Hayley Brown 07757 203423 |
| 8th November | Beetham Nurseries, Pool Darkin Lane, LA7 7AP | TBC | Start with a coffee at Beetham J | Grange Over Sands | 30 - 35 | Mike & Helen Nott 015242 61566 |
| 13th December | Club Dinner – The Crooklands Hotel | 12:30 for 1:00pm | Where would you like to go in 2021? Please bring along ideas for rides J |
| Potential pre-lunch ride. TBC. | |
| 10th January 2021 | January ride to finalise 2021 rides. Start : Hornby | 10:00 am for ride, 1:00pm at the Cafe | Ingleton (TBC) | Bridge House at Wray 1pm to 2pm Short ride back to Hornby after lunch | 21 | Stephen and Jeanette Webb 07940 372433 |
| 14th February 2021 | Kirkby Lonsdale and The Arnside & Silverdale AONB Start : Carnforth | 9.15 for 9.30am | Kirkby Lonsdale | Arnside | 32 | John and Janice Cowburn 07518 656919 |
| 14th March 2021 | Kirkby Stephen and Brough Castle Start : Crosby Ravensworth | 9.15 for 9.30am | Kirkby Stephen | Brough Castle | 40 | Stephen and Jeanette Webb 07940 372433 |
Our first ride of the year is on Sunday 9th February starting from Kendal College car park and we'll be heading to Beetham, Silverdale and Carnforth.. All the details can be found in the 'What's On' section. Everybody welcome
LA Group February Ride - Weather Update. Heavy showers and gales are forecast for Cumbria on Sunday with gusts in excess of 60 mph. Please check the What's On for updates or contact the leader before considering travelling. There is a high probability that we may have to rearrange this ride.
LA Group February Ride - Weather Update. Heavy showers and gales are forecast for Cumbria on Sunday with gusts in excess of 60 mph. Please check the What's On for updates or contact the leader before considering travelling. There is a high probability that we may have to rearrange this ride.
LA February Tandem ride has been postponed from Sunday 9th until Sunday 16th February. Apologies for having to rearrange the ride but in view of the weather warnings that have been issued for Cumbria I feel that this is the sensible course of action.
We've had Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis disrupt our rides but next Sunday 8th March we are hoping for fine weather for our LA Group ride from Carnforth into north Lancashire. See the What's On for more details.
We've had Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis disrupt our rides but next Sunday 8th March we are hoping for fine weather for our LA Group ride from Carnforth into north Lancashire. See the What's On for more details.
Great ride in South Cumbria and North Lancashire today, led by Paul. Beautiful weather too :-)
The April club ride to Wray Castle and the May ride in the Fylde and Bowland areas have been cancelled following the latest advice from the UK Government and Cycling UK. We hope to fit these rides in later this year. Thanks for your understanding, Stephen Webb LA Group RO.
To all Cumbria and Lancashire (LA) Group couples, when you are out and about on your solo 'Boris' exercise rides, don't forget to send me a photo and a description of where it was taken for Regional Round Up section of the club journal. Email stephen.webb001@gmail.com
Paul and Jeannette led us through the quiet lanes of South Cumbria and North Lancashire on today's (socially distant!) LA Group monthly ride. Great day out :-)
Lancashire and Cumbria Group : Just to let everyone know, we’ve cancelled our October Group ride on the 11th due to the addition Covid-19 measures in Lancashire. Hope we are able to get together soon. Stephen
Thanks to everyone in the Lancashire and Cumbria Group for keeping me up to date with their tandem activities and sending photos. If anyone in the group would like to join in next Sunday's Zoom session (November 1st, 7:30PM) then drop me an email for details.
Thanks, Stephen
Email stephen.webb001@gmail.com
Thanks to everyone who took part in the Lancashire and Cumbria Group 'Virtual' Tandem ride this weekend. Although we couldn't ride alongside each other we kept in touch via WhatsApp on our individual rides. Hope it isn't too long before we are back riding together.
Stephen
In lieu of our festive lunch this year we are holding a Christmas Quiz on Sunday 13 December at 16:00. Simon and Hayley have offered to organise it. Further details from Simon, email s53brown@gmail.com. It will be a fun filled afternoon :-)
19 members from the Lancashire and Cumbria Group took part in our Festive Quiz organised by Simon and Hayley. Surprisingly, we all found the bike logos round quite difficult! A great time was had by all and a big thanks to Simon and Hayley for organising it. Lockdown Tiers permitting, we will get back together in early 2021. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Wray Castle and the Lyth Valley 42 miles (April 2020)
A ride into the lake district with the bonus of two trips on the ferry, up to Wray Castle.
Start Kendal College, Burneside, Staveley, Ings for coffee (8 miles), gated lane to Windermere Ferry. Lakeside cycle path to Wray Castle for lunch (18 miles). Hawkshead, west of Esthwaite Water, Near and Far Sawrey, back across ferry, Winster, Crosthwaite, Brigsteer, Sizergh (tea), Kendal. 42 miles and a few ups and downs. Contact: Stephen and Jeanette Webb Tel: 07940372433 Email: stephen.webb001@gmail.com
Lancashire and Cumbria Group's 'Virtual' Tandem Club Rides
With Lancashire in additional lockdown measures and the advice from Cumbria County Council to restrict groups of 6 to two households, our monthly group rides have been put on hold for the time being. However, within these constraints we’ve been managing to get out and about on our tandems, either on our own or as a mini group of two tandems.
John and Janice caught the late October autumnal colours in South Lakeland on one of their rides, visiting Cartmel and Bowland Bridge. This area has quite a few steep climbs but the effort of climbing the hills always brings its own rewards with spectacular views of the central and southern fells to the north and Morecambe Bay to the south with the Bowland Fells beyond. In fact, the day after Janice and John visited that area of South Cumbria, I completed a similar ride with Mike on our solos. The wooded hillsides are simply stunning in October with the golden autumnal colours.
Jeanette and I met up with Paul and Jeannette in early October for a tandem ride down to Beetham and across to Arnside and bumped into Matt coming in the opposite direction on his trike. We couldn’t have planned to meet up at our lunch spot even if we’d tried. We’d only changed our route at the very last minute as Jeanette knew where we could find a couple of picnic benches. Paul and Jeannette also spent a couple of days exploring the Eden Valley, another beautiful area and superb cycling country.
New members to the Lancashire and Cumbria Group, though not new to the Tandem Club, Emily and Geoff joined Jeanette and me on a ride in the Lyth Valley and over the fell along the ‘gated lane’ as everyone knows it by, over to Ings. We’ve been this way many times this year and it became one of our favourite ‘lockdown’ rides. Now that a few cafes are opening up along the route, we’ve been able to take the opportunity to stop and enjoy a coffee (and perhaps a slice of cake!) on our rides.
John and Anne have been mixing tandem rides with walks recently, and have visited north Cumbria and also Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire before Lancashire’s lockdown level was increased!
November looks like it is going to be another ‘Zoom’ month up here in the North West unless we can come up with a plan within the current government guidelines. Let’s see!
In spite of the extra lockdown measure in our region, we've been getting out and about in small, or very small groups!
Location: Lancaster Park and RidePostcode: LA2 9HGMap Reference: 54.072, -2.77349Ride length: 61Ride ease: Average| 20/12/2020 | Misc | Provisional Lancashire and Cumbria Group 2021 Rides List |
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