club Run - Mirfield to Wycoller 23/08/09
25/08/2009 by Al and Sarah.
Present..Alex Millman, Phil Rounding, Steve McCall, Martin Lucas, Martyn Bolt, Mike the Ref, and Derrick and Harry who we met at Wycoller. Fast pace from the off and a different route out to Keighley which put a few more hills in, as if we needed it! Mike punctured just outside Queensbury but luckily for him we all stopped to help! well… watch ! (steve and i rolled out banners for passing motorists) and we were soon on our way, ready for the mad race down the long hill into Keighley and a brew at Rossi’s cafe.Nicely refreshed - off we set for wycoller and soon lost Mike who had decided to turn back, not sure where - but when I turned round he’d gone !Then an uneventful climb across to Wycoller from Cross Hills where some butts were kicked on the final climb up to the cafe - there we met the boys, Derrick and Harry, and Sarah and baby William.After eating far too much (pie and peas) we set off on the hilly route home over Widdup moor.. And those hills were steep but we all stopped at the top of each one to regroup except for Martin L who was his usual sociable self who just muttered something on passing us at the top and kept on going. After much banter good progress was made except for a slight interruption when Steve rudely placed his bike in the way of a passing Volvo causing the poor driver to lose valuable seconds on his journey.(no time to unravel the banners this time Steve)Onward we went to the great descent into Hebden Bridge and down the valley towards Brighouse where Steve punctured and we all watched.. Duly fixed, off we set again now with Martin in the fold but he was determind it was not going to stay that way and he put the hammer down trying his best to rip the group apart but most of us stuck to his wheel and made it back to Mirfield. Great ride, great fun and great banter..Miles 65.. average speed 15.5
Saturday ride
25/08/2009 by Martyn.
The castle hall to Whitehall ride is now massing at the school ( off Crowlees rd , Mirfield ….that’s next to Rounding Towers!) at 0830 for a 9 o clock start, a good chance for the thorpers jerseys to get seen and possibly attract new members
We will ride through the town centre and along the Greenway to Huddersfield , then onto Aspley, through waterloo and up to the Sovereign. Ideal route for the Windmills gang to accompany us on and swell the ranks?
Sadly we won’t have time to stop at the windmills this week as it is on through Wortley, down into Sheffield and away onto parts of the map never seen before.
Hopefully we will make ravensthorpe by sunset some 100 miles later, which sounds like Alastair’s map reading but will actually be near watford gap.
Sunday a blast down the A5 with thoughts of the old london-Holyhead previously won by our own Albert hitchen and contested by tommy and others in our minds, through wembley the day after the rugby final ( god knows what the hotel will look like!)
then into the heart of london without paying congestion charges!!
see you saturday
