March 15th – Puddleducks Café, Dunsop Bridge (via Marl Hill, 37.5 miles)
Preston, Fullwood, Haighton, Longridge Fell, Trough Rd, Marl Hill, Newton, Dunsop Bridge
Return via Little Bowland and Chipping.
Comments: Not the normal Trough route to Dunsop Bridge. For those who like to go downhill fast the descent of Marl Hill is a cracker. Shorter route would be direct to Dunsop Bridge and miss out Marl Hill and Newton.
March 22nd Cobbled Corner, Chipping (via Stonyhurst College, 38 miles)
Preston, Fullwood, Haighton, Longridge, Knowle Green, Hurst Green, Stonyhurst College, Birdy Brow, Chaigley, Chipping.
Return via Quiet Road Route to Inglewhite
Comments: Shorter route would be direct to Chipping missing out Longridge and Stoneyhurst College.
March 29th Wray via Littledale (48 miles)
Usual route to Scorton (riders not wishing to go further can call in at the Barn) ,
Dolphinholme, Quernmore, Littledale, Wray Café
Return via Caton, Quernmore, Scorton
Comments: This ride is an absolute gem and it has been included by popular request. Littledale is an isolated area and the ride will involve going through a gated road (if we can find it) and through some beautiful countryside. Pretty hilly after Quernmore but a flatter return route.
There is a desire by some riders to extend the mileage as the weather gets better and Ingleton and Kirkby Longsdale have been mentioned as possible destinations in the near future but this may involve a slightly earlier start.
Suggestions on further destinations/routes welcome
Club 10-mile Time Trial series. The first race of the season.
Note the start time of 6.45.pm. Signing on will be from 6.15.pm.
For details of the course, signing on location etc see the Time Trial page
A group of SCC members numbering about 23 people are travelling to Mons to meet with members of the Dragons Audax club. The plan (for most) is to travel Hull to Zeebrugge overnight on Wednesday, ride to Mons on Thursday (150km), ride the event on Friday (210km), Saturday “free day” ( possibly visiting some famous climbs from the Classics), Sunday ride to Zeebrugge (150km) for the ferry and return home on Monday 4th May.
Details of the event are here
Fleet Moss 212km (132 miles)
A challenging ride through beautiful countryside including the Forest of Bowland and Upper Wharfedale. Climbs include the Trough of Bowland, Lamb & Tatham Fell, Dent & the infamous Fleet Moss. After Fleet Moss the route takes in Wharfedale, Kettlewell, Grassington, Gargrave and Bolton-by-Bowland, a final climb of Chaigley (Walker Fold) through Chipping and back to Claughton. Worth 3.25 Audax AAA climbing points.
Allan Taylor rode this event last year. See his report here
We will be using a new meeting point for the start of Saturday morning club runs.
Open area on Banks Road opposite to the Pumping Station entrance. See map below
This will start with effect from this Saturday (11th July) There is an area with no houses, a turn in where people can congregate and a safer start point for moving off in a number of separated groups without the hazard of negotiating the Plough roundabout.
Club Runs start at 9.30.am.
We will be using a new meeting point for the start of Saturday morning club runs.
Open area on Banks Road opposite to the Pumping Station entrance. See map below
This will start with effect from this Saturday (11th July) There is an area with no houses, a turn in where people can congregate and a safer start point for moving off in a number of separated groups without the hazard of negotiating the Plough roundabout.
Club Runs start at 9.30.am.
We will be using a new meeting point for the start of Saturday morning club runs.
Open area on Banks Road opposite to the Pumping Station entrance. See map below
This will start with effect from this Saturday (11th July) There is an area with no houses, a turn in where people can congregate and a safer start point for moving off in a number of separated groups without the hazard of negotiating the Plough roundabout.
Club Runs start at 9.30.am.