Saturday, January 17, 2015

Sunday 18th & early season events

I was going to suggest the Darnbrook circuit for tomorrows ride, either Arncliffe first or Malham first depending on wind direction and strength but its been a pretty dire couple of days and upon looking out of the window now and seeing heavy dollops of wet snow steadily falling from the sky I'm not at all sure I even want to go out on the bike.
However I will suggest meeting 9am Denholmgate/9.30 Keighley although I'm not 100 per cent confident of being there myself.

The North West Passage will take place on Saturday 21st February (5 weeks today), unfortunately this year the 3rd Saturday in February is followed a day later by the last Sunday in February, which of course is the day of the Halifax Imps Reliability Ride (new route being planned), so its a busy weekend.
However this (almost) clash does afford us the opportunity to once again ride the Delightful Dales on Sunday 1st of March, a 200k Audax from Pendleton taking in the delights of Park Rash, Birkdale Common and the Coal Road.
Due to 2015 being PBP year, the Red Rose Ride is much earlier than usual, taking place on Sunday 15th March.

This years Ronde Van Calderdale is to be on Easter Sunday, the 5th April. Unfortunately all places on the long route were sold out before the end of 2014 which is a tragedy for those of us who ride it every year. However I thought we could go ahead with a Ronde Recce on Sunday 22nd March.