Ride route GPX

Rearranged ride from 11/04/2021.  Starting from Kendal College. The ride will be in South Cumbria and the route will be finalised once we know which cafes are opening back up in April.  This will be our first group ride of 2021 since the lifting of restrictions and as such, it will be a relaxed and easy ride.

Details will be posted nearer to the 25th April.  The start will be from Kendal College.  If you intend coming on this ride then you must register with the leader due to the restrictions on numbers etc. Stephen and Jeanette Webb, Tel: 07940372433, Email: stephen.webb001@gmail.com, ID: 3249

• Our first group ride post lock down, subject to ongoing guidelines. 13th June 2021, depart from Bridge Cafe (NG2 2JY,no toilets), Trent Embankment 09.30am.
• For a 40 mile loop back to start, with a cafe stop mid point (Through The Gate, Buffalo Farm). Pace to suit group. While not a hilly route by any means, in does undulate in general and climbs steadily to about 100m after the cafe.
• Leaving Notts. on the new cycleway along side the Tram line, does make for a good traffic free way out of the city, but there are some chicanes that may require a slow approach or dismount, we shall also return via the same cycleway to the start. 
• Plenty of free parking is available adjacent to the cafe. 

Ride route GPX

Waddington Fell 44 miles (July 2020)

Meeting Point:  Scorton Picnic Area - accessible either via J32 or J33 off the M6.  Parking is free and there are no restrictions.

Route: Heading east from the start point for a long climb up the back of the Trough, worthwhile for the magnificent views before dropping down between Whins Brow and Top of Blaze Moss to Dunsop Bridge, this will be 'exhilarating' as it touches 25% gradient.  Coffee at Puddleducks (12 miles).

After coffee the route continues east to Newton where it turns south for Waddington Fell which provides a further 2.5 miles of glorious ascent.  The good news is that once at the top, its 2.5 miles of downhill with great views of Waddington, Clitheroe and Pendle Hill.  Waddington for lunch.

From Chipping it’s toward Barton then head north and parallel the M6 back to Scorton.

Stats: 44 miles, 3200 ft climbing, the vast majority of which is in the first 20 miles

RWPGS file: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31691340?privacy_code=hzudLYarwzGUDFyl Stephen Webb, Tel: 07940372433, Email: stephen.webb001@gmail.com, ID: 3252

A ride along quiet roads at the back of Read and Simonstone villages and the Padiham Greenway taking in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal  before making our way over to Burnley centre. From there we join Brun Valley Greenway which takes us to Rowley Lake and on to “The Old Stables” for lunch.

After lunch we head back through Townley Park and make our way  through the historic Weavers triangle, our journey along the canal finishes at the mouth of the Gannow Tunnel. We then travel down the Ightenhill Greenway which takes us back to our starting point. A total distance of approximately 36+ miles.

  Malcolm and Gillian Noon, Tel: 07805 078360, Email: malk.noon@icloud.com, ID: 3251