Apologies for delay in posting, We've been away for the weekend at Whitby/Scarborough. Managed to get 42 miles (21 x 2) incredibly scenic and largely off road cycling done using the route between the 2 towns. It's known as 'The Cinder Track' and is the former railway track route that closed in1965 and was imaginatively acquired by Scarborough Council for recreational use. It now forms part of Sustrans NCN route 1 from Dover to the Shetland Isles. For anyone considering using the route who is unfamiliar with it, I would strongly recommend using an MTB or at the very least a hybrid/cross bike with knobbly tyres. None of the publicity from Sustrans or the Local Authority point this out. The surface is very rutted and stoney in large sections. The scenery is absolutely stunning!
Looking forward to next Saturday's ride organised by
@ColinJ and will be good to ride again with
@skudupnorth and other cycling friends old and new.
Skud, as you have mentioned that you will be coming from Rochdale direction when you come through Littleborough, turn left at the traffic lights by the church on to the Todmorden Road and I'll wait for you by the 'Bay of Bengal' Indian restaurant which is about 150 metres on the left after the lights. If you are using the Rochdale Canal you will come off it in Littleborough in Hollingworth Road opposite the Waterside restaurant, turn left at the bottom of Hollingworth Road/Canal Street and then turn right at those same lights I mentioned earlier. See you and
@ColinJ there at 9.00 am.
