ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
30th Jan: Todmorden, A646, Rose Grove, Padiham Greenway, Padiham, Old Roman Road, Spring Wood, Whalley, Mitton, Chaigley (north side of Longridge Fell), Walker Fold, Thornley, Chipping, (wrong turn!) Chaigley, Bashall Town, Waddington, Edisford Bridge (Clitheroe), Mitton, and back the way I rode out in the morning. EXACTLY 100 km (round the block to make it so!)
6th Feb: Garforth station, The Lines Way, Allerton Bywater, Fairburn Ings, Hillam, Kellingley, Womersley, Staleton, Little Smeaton, Campsall, Askern, Topham, TPT, Pollington, Gowdall, Snaith, Chapel Haddlesley, Gateforth, Hillam, Fairburn Ings, Allerton Bywater, The Lines Way, Garforth station. 103 km.
18th Feb: (Unofficial Mini-Northwest Passage audax - too late to get entry in, but rode route anyway, and start/finish Tod instead of Rochdale!) Todmorden, Burnley, Nelson, Barrowford, Blacko, Gisburn, Bolton-by-Bowland, Sawley, Grindleton, West Bradford, Waddington (cafe), Mitton, Whalley, Wilpshire, Blackburn, Oswaldtwistle, Haslingden, Edenfield, Rochdale, Littleborough, Todmorden. 117 km.
4th Mar: Todmorden, Littleborough, Milnrow, Newhey, Denshaw, Buckstones, Ringstone Edge, Booth Wood Reservoir, Booth Wood, A58, Blue Ball Rd, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, High Stone Rd, Craggies cafe, Cragg Vale, 'royd, Calder Valley Cycleway, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Rd, Lee Wood, Slack, Colden, Jack Bridge, Blackshaw Head, Kebs Rd, Long Causeway, Greencliffe Ln, Over Town, Southward Bottom, A646, Walk Mill, Manchester Rd, Crown Point Rd, Deerplay, Bacup, Sharneyford, A6033, Todmorden. 103 km.
12th Mar: Todmorden, A646, Rose Grove, Padiham Greenway, Padiham, Old Roman Road, Spring Wood, Whalley, Mitton, Chaigley (north side of Longridge Fell), Walker Fold, Thornley, Chipping, (wrong turns x 2!!!) wild boar park, Whitewell, Cow Ark, Bashall Eaves, Mitton, and back the way I rode out in the morning. 101 km.
25th Mar: Repeat of the route done on 12th Mar, minus the wrong turns after Chipping. (I liked the wild boar park road last time so we did it again. Without the wrong turns, exactly 100 km after a loop 'round the block' to make up a 1 km shortfall.
1st Apr: My Conder Green forum ride, plus a ride to the start and back from the finish - Todmorden, A646, Rose Grove, Padiham Greenway, Padiham, Read, Old Roman Road, Spring Wood picnic centre above Whalley, Mitton, Bashall Eaves, Cow Ark, lanes to Beacon Fell, Oakenclough, Galgate, Conder Green (cafe), back through Galgate, soon afterwards turned R and descended over M6 towards the Bay Horse, Scorton, Inglewhite, Longridge, Ribchester, Billington, Whalley, Spring Wood and back the way we rode out in the morning. Round the block to make up the full 161 km (100 miles).
6th Feb: Garforth station, The Lines Way, Allerton Bywater, Fairburn Ings, Hillam, Kellingley, Womersley, Staleton, Little Smeaton, Campsall, Askern, Topham, TPT, Pollington, Gowdall, Snaith, Chapel Haddlesley, Gateforth, Hillam, Fairburn Ings, Allerton Bywater, The Lines Way, Garforth station. 103 km.
18th Feb: (Unofficial Mini-Northwest Passage audax - too late to get entry in, but rode route anyway, and start/finish Tod instead of Rochdale!) Todmorden, Burnley, Nelson, Barrowford, Blacko, Gisburn, Bolton-by-Bowland, Sawley, Grindleton, West Bradford, Waddington (cafe), Mitton, Whalley, Wilpshire, Blackburn, Oswaldtwistle, Haslingden, Edenfield, Rochdale, Littleborough, Todmorden. 117 km.
4th Mar: Todmorden, Littleborough, Milnrow, Newhey, Denshaw, Buckstones, Ringstone Edge, Booth Wood Reservoir, Booth Wood, A58, Blue Ball Rd, Hubberton Green, Steep Ln, High Stone Rd, Craggies cafe, Cragg Vale, 'royd, Calder Valley Cycleway, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Rd, Lee Wood, Slack, Colden, Jack Bridge, Blackshaw Head, Kebs Rd, Long Causeway, Greencliffe Ln, Over Town, Southward Bottom, A646, Walk Mill, Manchester Rd, Crown Point Rd, Deerplay, Bacup, Sharneyford, A6033, Todmorden. 103 km.
12th Mar: Todmorden, A646, Rose Grove, Padiham Greenway, Padiham, Old Roman Road, Spring Wood, Whalley, Mitton, Chaigley (north side of Longridge Fell), Walker Fold, Thornley, Chipping, (wrong turns x 2!!!) wild boar park, Whitewell, Cow Ark, Bashall Eaves, Mitton, and back the way I rode out in the morning. 101 km.
25th Mar: Repeat of the route done on 12th Mar, minus the wrong turns after Chipping. (I liked the wild boar park road last time so we did it again. Without the wrong turns, exactly 100 km after a loop 'round the block' to make up a 1 km shortfall.
1st Apr: My Conder Green forum ride, plus a ride to the start and back from the finish - Todmorden, A646, Rose Grove, Padiham Greenway, Padiham, Read, Old Roman Road, Spring Wood picnic centre above Whalley, Mitton, Bashall Eaves, Cow Ark, lanes to Beacon Fell, Oakenclough, Galgate, Conder Green (cafe), back through Galgate, soon afterwards turned R and descended over M6 towards the Bay Horse, Scorton, Inglewhite, Longridge, Ribchester, Billington, Whalley, Spring Wood and back the way we rode out in the morning. Round the block to make up the full 161 km (100 miles).
