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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Ajay second from right, and I think it was his mate Pete (or Paul?) in the middle.
England : Lancashire ColinJ's 103 km or 107 mile 'Back from the Dead' forum ride Sat 29/03/14
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hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
I'm doing the long short version
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
@ColinJ - quick question for you. Mr Hop is doing the longer route and is after a useable map. No Garmin here so he asked whether you have a Strava version? Or a more detailed map to print? I intend sitting right at the back and just follow the nearest slowest person with a Garmin on the shorter route but he will need a bit more info. He's more likely to be at the front than at the back 
but he will need a bit more info. He's more likely to be at the front than at the back
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I'm a bit confused how that is going to work! If he is driving then he would have to drop you off at Spring Wood at least 2 hours before the start from there, drive to Hebden Bridge, and then ride back to Spring Wood. You would be hanging about in the car park for 1.5 to 1.75 hours waiting for anybody else to turn up.@ColinJ - quick question for you. Mr Hop is doing the longer route and is after a useable map. No Garmin here so he asked whether you have a Strava version? Or a more detailed map to print? I intend sitting right at the back and just follow the nearest slowest person with a Garmin on the shorter route
If you are driving then you would have to drop him off here 2 hours before the off, then drive to Spring Wood and would get there up to an hour before anybody else and hang about in the car, or kill an hour somewhere else.
More time differences at the end of the day too. I reckon that if he rides quickly round the loop and back here, he could be here an hour before you even got back to Spring Wood, so he could have nearly 2 hours to kill if you were driving ...Pub? If he were driving, he would probably get back to Spring Wood not too long before or after you.
Anyway ... You can work out the logistics!
The GPX files I provided can be loaded into any site that uses them e.g. GPS Visualiser. (I don't do Strava.)
The idea was that anybody not using a Garmin would stick with somebody else who is using one. Several people reckon that they will be up in the first group with GPS devices. Unless he intends to go haring off faster than the fastest person with a GPS, then there should not be a problem.
I wrote a detailed description of the main loop which should be easy to navigate by, with the small map useful just to get a mental picture of where one is at any given moment.
What I didn't do is to describe the route from HB to Spring Wood, because I assumed that anybody doing the extra would stick with tubbyclist who would show the way. Having said that, I don't think tc is planning to whiz round as fast as possible, so describing how to get back from Spring Wood solo might be useful ...
Stick with tc on the way out in the morning. I hope to be with him, and if so, we will be taking the Padiham Greenway and Old Roman Road route to Spring Wood. It is nicer than sticking to A-roads the whole way.
Coming back, I imagine that everybody would prefer to get on with it and stick to the main roads because it might be getting dark, and legs getting tired. It is a very simple route back - basically A671 from Spring Wood to Padiham; A646 from Padiham to Hebden Bridge!
L out of Spring Wood car park onto the A671
BL on A671 at lights at 1 km, sp Burnley/Padiham
SO at TL at 5.7 km on A671 for Padiham
Continue down into Padiham - CAUTION traffic from behind right on mini-O at 6.2 km
BR on main road at mini-O
Climb back out of Padiham centre
R at TL onto A646 at 8.4 km and follow that back (details below!)
After short descent, begin a long steepening drag up to the TL at Manchester Rd ...
SO at TL at Rose Grove at 9.9 km
Steep climb at the top of Rossendale Rd
SO at Manchester Rd TL at 12.2 km
Climb a bit more then a rapid descent to TL at 14.2 km where R then immediate L at 2nd TL
Descend to Walk Mill at 15.8 km
Long drag up through Holme Chapel at 17.7 km
Summit is at railway bridge in Cliviger Gorge at 19.6 km
Enjoy long descent through Portsmouth at 21.1 km ...
... Cornholme at 22.1 km ...
... to Todmorden centre at 26.1 km
L at mini-O sp Halifax/Hebden Bridge
Drag up to TL on fringes of HB at 32.5 km
SO to town centre.
L at TL at 33 km.
Ride carefully over pedestrianised cobbles (bikes allowed!)
Shoulder of Mutton on L if waiting for lift ...
... If not, L after pub, cross bridge over Hebden Water, car park on R
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
phil_hg_uk
I am not a member, I am a free man !!!!!!
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
Causing all types of mischief I bet
kiwi-Sal
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I was quietly wondering if you would break cover, especially after the recent recce!
Of course you can join us. You should have plenty of different riders to ride along with, from the pretty slow, to the pretty nippy, depending how you feel on the day. I will be towards the slower end of the spectrum!
Great - look forward to it!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It is hard to keep track of who is doing what, there are so many people saying they will ride!@ColinJ - we're down the night before and he will be driving to HB in the morning, and I'll be toddling off with coffeejo and others
The route from Spring Wood to HB (avoiding the scenic lanes and Greenway cycle path) is really simple to follow so Mr Hop shouldn't have any problem with navigating that either in the morning or the evening. As for the loop - stick with a GPS-led group, that is my advice!
oldfatfool
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Snow in Whalley forecast for Friday, hope the week after is better
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
*puts thermals on the To Pack list*Snow in Whalley forecast for Friday, hope the week after is better
totallyfixed
Veteran
- Location
- The only county without a McDonalds
But so worth it Jo, I grew up less than 2 miles from where the ride starts and still get a buzz every time I come back. Really tremendous scenery and tough riding if you want it, not that this ride is but you get a flavour of it when we cross the Trough. Spent all my teenage years [not that long ago
] riding my bike in the area around Pendle, certainly where I learnt to climb hills. I hope we get a day where the views are not restricted, however there is a saying in those parts, "if you can see Pendle it's going to rain, if you can't, it's raining"
.Hope your trip is a good one and we will see you there.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Unfortunately, that was true the last time I went over the Trough on a forum ride! I think it was the day I took the photo that I posted earlier. I had told everyone that the views were lovely, but all we saw all day were clouds and drizzle!I hope we get a day where the views are not restricted, however there is a saying in those parts, "if you can see Pendle it's going to rain, if you can't, it's raining"
phil_hg_uk
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totallyfixed
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- The only county without a McDonalds
One of the more anal things I am into is tracking the jet stream [don't ask] and the current prediction is that at least it is not going to be very cold. Will keep monitoring.
