Your ride today....

[13 rider]

Can't believe you didn't mention the driver who called you a dozy daffodil, only for his passenger to give him a right bollocking

Id forgot ,As I approached a blind junction too fast I realised a car had right of way so I had to brake hard just about stopped on the giveaway line .Oblivious causing the driver some distress so he called me some rude names which were probably justified and I took no offence . But then we hard his female passenger shout quite loudly for him to pack it in ! Made me and @Supersuperleeds laugh I may have caused a bit of a row sorry

 

[smokeysmoo]

55 miles out to Hebden Bridge, up and over Cragg Vale and back through Rochdale and Bury. It's the farthest I've ridden in a good while so I was pleased to get the miles in with a good chunk of climbing thrown in as well.
The last picture illustrates how I normally feel about hills

 

[Ian H]

Lammas Loops: 200km DIY journey to the sacred grounds of Avalon and the temple that is SJS Cycles to harvest some bike parts. HEAVY bike parts.

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I didn't realise that SJS had moved.

 

[Levo-Lon]

The wife and myself went for an early local ride,8 miles.
Both bikes puct#£ed from thorns, thanks to hedges being chopped ,spikes everywhere.

I wish they had a feckin brush...

 

[Ian H]

My ride today was in the car: driving lead car for the women's road-race organised by my club.

 

[NorthernDave]

After yesterdays imperial half, I had a lie in this morning so it was gone 9 when I set off.
I'd got all morning, but my legs felt like lead - I didn't think I'd worked that hard yesterday!
So, I turned right off Coal Road onto Skeltons Lane and then the long descent into Thorner, before traversing main Street and taking Milner Lane out of the village and up onto the ridge. By heck that short sharp climb was hard work today.
Along between the hedges and feeling the building heat of the day already, passing yet more joggers (is it jogging season at the moment? ).
Round onto Holme Farm Lane and to Rigton Green, then Compton Lane along the ridge above the A58, before dropping down onto the Jewitt Lane junction.

Decision time now - if I headed down the hill into Collingham I'd be committing to a longer ride, probably a metric half. But I'm sorry to say I just didn't have it in me, so I turned right up the short climb past the piggery and then the undulating but steadily dropping run south, stopping for a few photos:

Back on my way and passing a group of horse riders, then the climb back up to Holme Farm Lane and a return to the Milner Lane junction, where just to prove I could, I headed back to Rigton Green, passing yet another horse rider and turned onto Bramham Lane just as a sizeable group ride bore down Compton Lane heading for where I'd just been.
I signalled to the lead rider to slow down and warned them about the horse ahead, and headed off out into the countryside again.
There are a few quiet lanes around here, and Bramham Lane must be the quietest of the lot, so it was a pleasant and completely isolated mile before I reached Jewitt Lane again and climbed up onto Holme Farm Lane once more and headed back towards Thorner via Milner Lane.
Through the village and out on Carr Lane to the A58, then up Coal Road and local roads down to home

18.02 miles in a leisurely 1h 22m at an average of 13.2 mph with 839ft climbed and an average temperature of 20.3°C

Happy enough with that, considering. Not sure what was up with my legs, but I just wasn't feeling it this morning and I didn't fancy pushing matters and then not enjoying the ride. I've also had a decent walk 3+ mile with the dog this afternoon so I've done enough for today

Lots of riders out making the most of the sunny weather and if the big group ride is excluded, a fairly even male / female split which is good to see. Jogger numbers do seem to be increasing locally though so I'll have to keep an eye on that

And to end, the map:

 

[Levo-Lon]

After yesterdays imperial half, I had a lie in this morning so it was gone 9 when I set off.
I'd got all morning, but my legs felt like lead - I didn't think I'd worked that hard yesterday!
So, I turned right off Coal Road onto Skeltons Lane and then the long descent into Thorner, before traversing main Street and taking Milner Lane out of the village and up onto the ridge. By heck that short sharp climb was hard work today.
Along between the hedges and feeling the building heat of the day already, passing yet more joggers (is it jogging season at the moment? ).
Round onto Holme Farm Lane and to Rigton Green, then Compton Lane along the ridge above the A58, before dropping down onto the Jewitt Lane junction.

Decision time now - if I headed down the hill into Collingham I'd be committing to a longer ride, probably a metric half. But I'm sorry to say I just didn't have it in me, so I turned right up the short climb past the piggery and then the undulating but steadily dropping run south, stopping for a few photos:
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Back on my way and passing a group of horse riders, then the climb back up to Holme Farm Lane and a return to the Milner Lane junction, where just to prove I could, I headed back to Rigton Green, passing yet another horse rider and turned onto Bramham Lane just as a sizeable group ride bore down Compton Lane heading for where I'd just been.
I signalled to the lead rider to slow down and warned them about the horse ahead, and headed off out into the countryside again.
There are a few quiet lanes around here, and Bramham Lane must be the quietest of the lot, so it was a pleasant and completely isolated mile before I reached Jewitt Lane again and climbed up onto Holme Farm Lane once more and headed back towards Thorner via Milner Lane.
Through the village and out on Carr Lane to the A58, then up Coal Road and local roads down to home

18.02 miles in a leisurely 1h 22m at an average of 13.2 mph with 839ft climbed and an average temperature of 20.3°C

Happy enough with that, considering. Not sure what was up with my legs, but I just wasn't feeling it this morning and I didn't fancy pushing matters and then not enjoying the ride. I've also had a decent walk 3+ mile with the dog this afternoon so I've done enough for today

Lots of riders out making the most of the sunny weather and if the big group ride is excluded, a fairly even male / female split which is good to see. Jogger numbers do seem to be increasing locally though so I'll have to keep an eye on that

And to end, the map:
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stunning pics sir,glorious day today

 

[cyberknight]

Velo Moira club ride today , just under 60 miles but couldnt be bothered to ride past the house and back as my roast lamb dinner was waiting
https://www.strava.com/activities/1751382464

 

[Heltor Chasca]

I didn't realise that SJS had moved.

On St John Street in Bridgewater. Interesting operation. Any odds and sods your heart could desire, but all warehoused which explains the keen pricing. If you know what you are after, this place is a winner.

 

[Ian H]

On St John Street in Bridgewater. Interesting operation. Any odds and sods your heart could desire, but all warehoused which explains the keen pricing. If you know what you are after, this place is a winner.

My mistake. I was looking at the mansion in your pic.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

My mistake. I was looking at the mansion in your pic.

Oh at the start? That’s my gaff. Doing the lawn every Saturday morning annoys the neighbours.

 

[Biff600]

40.5 miles in 2 hrs 21 mins @ 17.2mph average

 

[colly]

Up and out not that early, about 10am. Fixed wheel again today.

First stop was my sons place in Featherstone. I'd made a bike cover for my grandsons first bike so it doesn't get rained on. To my surprise it fitted really well, considering I measured it by 'hand spans' .
So a natter and a cup of tea saw me on my way again and I went east through Pontecarlo and Knottingley out to Eggborough
where I turned north and stuck on the unusually quiet A19 all the way up to Selby and beyond.

I was going well and felt full of beans so my plan was to make it up to York then via Rufforth and Wetherby and back to leeds.
Common sense prevailed because I could feel the temperature climbing and I knew the turn west would take me into a fresh unrelenting headwind. So I cut left at Riccall and after stopping to buy some refreshments I made for Cawood. I stopped by the bridge, had something to eat and drink and to call home, then I was off again towards Sherburn.
I turned north up to Towton (of battle fame: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Towton)

then east into the wind once more to Lotherton Hall (of bird garden fame: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotherton_Hall. Not sure fame is the right word but it is actually worth a visit)

There I made for Aberford and took a chance on the cross country route to Cross Gates. Skinny tyres on roughish tracks quite often end in a visit but I fancied getting off tarmac for a bit. As it happened I was puncture free despite a number of hard knocks.
Cross Gates to home.
I good ride where at times I felt like I could have carried on all day. That feeling never lasts I find.

All in all a tad under 62 miles and about 1750 ft of up. Which makes it a flattish ride given the miles.


View: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/26327320

 

[Littgull]

Yesterday I completed my 10th imperial century ride of the calendar year by riding a circular route from home (Littleborough) to Newton le Willows and back. Fellow CCers who have ridden routes devised by @ColinJ will know that whether it is a day long century ride or a local 30 mile saunter you will be guaranteed the highest quality scenic splendour in quiet country lanes – usually with plenty of challenging hills. I ride these stunning routes regularly with Colin. Living in the Pennines it’s good that we both like riding up steep hills – fellow masochists! To use football parlance his rides would be top of the Premier League.

Unfortunately, I do not possess the same patience and meticulous attention to detail required to plan routes of similar quality. When planning a route I tend to decide on the total distance I want, choose the town or village that will be the furthermost point, and use the excellent cycle.travel route planning website to do the rest. I use the ‘via’ function to manipulate the route to take in roads and tracks I want to include. I also like to plan routes that have a good chance of encountering the more usual prevailing westerly wind for the return leg. My other criteria for yesterday’s route was that I wanted to include a lot of off road. I was pleased to achieve that with in excess of 75% being on established off road cycleways and tracks. By ‘off road’ I do not mean technical rough stuff with rocky surfaces. I’m too old and frail for that! What I mean by ‘off road’ is decent surfaced traffic free paths and tracks that are easily possible to ride on thin road bike tyres. Though I chose to use wider tyres for added comfort. The various sections of cycle paths and tracks I rode yesterday included the following:

- Rochdale Canal

- Quiet lanes and tracks from Birtle (just east of Bury) to Walmersley (2 miles north of Bury)

- Kirklees Trail and ‘feeder tracks’ Greenmount to Tottington and Bury back to Greenmount on the return leg – Sustrans NCN route 6

- Cycle track through Leverhulme Park, Bolton

- Roe Green Loopline

- Ellenbrook Loopline

- Leigh Busway

- Sankey Canal towpath

- Sankey Valley Way

- TransPennine Trail

- Various minor tracks in Salford

- Sustrans (Irwell Trail) NCN route 6 from Salford to Greenmount (via Radcliffe and Bury)

My route took me through or near to the following:
Littleborough, Castleton, Heywood, Birtle, Summerseat, Greenmount, Tottington, Harwood, Breightmet, Bolton, Walkden,Tyldesley,Leigh, Lowton, Golborne, Newton Le Willows, Sankey Bridges, Latchford, Lymm, Rush Green, Warburton, Hollins Green, Cadishead, Irlam, Astley, Worsley, Moorside, Salford, Radcliffe, Bury, Greenmount, Summerseat, Bury (Limefield), Birtle, Heywood, Castleton, Littleborough.

It was amazing how much off road riding that included! I need to do a bit of tweaking before I repeat this ride as there was a 9 or 10 mile stretch of road from Leigh to Newton Le Willows that I would prefer to avoid. I think it might be possible to use the Bridgwater Canal for some of that. Any thoughts on that @skudupnorth (Steve), as I know you live in nearby Astley and have recently posted about the superb Leigh Busway and Ellenbrook interconnections?

I have attached some pictures I took yesterday that mainly show the quality of surface of some of the above mentioned trails.

Doing this route on a Sunday proved a good decision as the stretches of actual on road riding were very quiet.

 

[Cavalol]

Only about 15 miles but loved every minute of it, save my favourite bit by the river where someone was pushing their bike so I had to get off.