The final cycle ride of our little Lancaster recce trip in advance of the SCCC Club Weekend was the Morecambe Short ride. It was, in essence, the same route as the Morecambe Long ride, just in reverse … and a couple of sections removed to make it … ermmm … short. While the Knott End cycle ride at the beginning of the trip had been a matter of dodging the rain, the sun finally made an appearance as the weekend…
After cycle rides out to Jubilee Tower and Hest Bank, the final cycle ride of our mini Lancaster cycling vacation took us to Hornby. Tina would be leading this ride. The ride started in Galgate. It was another fine sunny day. We crossed under the motorway heading towards the Forest of Bowland. There was a steep climb up Procter Moss Road. The lads needed to rest and recover when we got to the top. The views along the valley were…
For our short Lancaster vacation, we were staying at Lancaster University. The first ride had been a challenging cycle out to Jubilee Tower. This second ride, would be easier and take us out to Hess Bank. Mike was leading today’s ride. The route started directly from the university. Then took us back through Galgate. We joined the Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal. It was a lovely day as we followed this for the next three miles to Glasson Dock….
Sarah and I had been invited, and readily accepted, an opportunity to join some Stockport Community Cycling Club members on a short cycling vacation at Lancaster. We had planned three cycle rides. The first of which started at Galgate, near to Lancaster, and went to Jubilee Tower near Quernmore. Tina led this ride. We left Galgate. Then soon joined NCN Route 6 and crossed the M6. We passed Dolphinholme and made our way towards Abbeystead. It was a rolling route….
The Stockport Community Cycling Club Weekend is always a highly anticipated event. This year we were off to Penrith.Some of us had recently spent a weekend recceing the Sunday rides (Short ride/Long ride). First however, on the way we stopped off for a cycle ride near to Lancaster. We arrived in Lancaster on a wet Saturday lunchtime. Setting off along the River Lune we followed NCN Route 6 for the first few miles. This took us past Conder Green…
