Thursday was Ravens Route Day 6 of our cycle tour. We left the Mill Farm B&B where 4 of us had been staying and cycled over to the Royal Oak where the others had been staying. The day started climbing, heading towards the hills in the distance. There were quite a number of sneaky little climbs! At Commondale we turned off the road and followed a track that ran along the valley. Giving us some great views. We rejoined the road…
Tuesday was Ravens Route Day 4. We left the Royal Oak in Appleby-in-Westmorland, which was a great place to stay. We took a slight detour and crossed over a footbridge. We spotted a sign for the Rutter Falls Waterfall and so took a detour to investigate. It was well worth the detour! We then continued along the route. We stopped at the Church Gallery cafe in Kirby Stephen for a morning break. We then started our climbing up towards Tan…
Monday was Ravens Route Day 3. We left our B&B and cycled into the centre of Keswick and then headed out into the old railway line. After a couple of miles, we had to divert off the old railway line as it was closed. During the 2015 floods the bridges, we damaged and haven’t been restored as yet. We climbed up to the Castlerigg stone circle. We then continued along the Sea-to-Sea (C2C) alternative route towards Threlkeld. We made our…
Saturday was Ravens Route Day 1, and the start of our Ravens Route Tour (Ravenglass to Ravenscar). Most of us travelled up in a van, although Ian had to go by train as the van couldn’t carry quite enough people. We did carry his bike and bags for him though. We all met up at Ravenglass by the steam railway station. We had a really nice lunch at the Turntable Cafe, then it was time to unload the bikes and…
Saturday was the SCCC AGM which was held at the new Brinnington Park Leisure Centre. After the cycling club AGM we went for a ride to Portland Basin. We set off out of Brinnington towards Bredbury Park Industrial Estate. Passing the Mill Lane Recreation Ground, where there was a football match in progress. At Woodley we got onto the Peak Forest Canal. Some of us enjoyed a break in the sunshine whilst Mark’s puncture was repaired. All repaired, we set…
