I'm running this ride again.
This year we're starting from outside the Megastore on Sir Matt Busby Way at Old Trafford
football ground at 09.15.
Info from previous years:-
It's largely off-road although eminently rideable on skinny tyred road bikes and pretty flat (one longish drag from Tottington to Holcombe Brook and a short, sharp rise near Haslingden Golf Club).
Lunch is at the Chocolate Cafe in Ramsbottom and we return from Rawtenstall to Bury via the East Lancs Railway.
Bury back to MCR is along the A56 unless we decide to drop onto NCN6 again.
Old Trafford to Rawtenstall is 27 miles, Bury to OT is 14 miles.
I tend to crack the whip a little before lunch since I want us to get to the cafe as near to 12.00 as possible but after that we have loads of time to get to Rawtenstall for the 15.15 train.
While we're waiting for the train we can pass the time in the real ale pub on the platform.
Assuming no delays, I would expect to get back to MCR at around 17.00.
You'll need lights and, if you're a faster rider, it's probably worth bringing an extra layer 'cos there can be a bit of waiting around at the re-groups.
You'll notice that I haven't crow-barred my "Upper Ramsbottom" joke in there.
Peter's write-up of a previous year's ride is here:-
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=78520.0A previous year's "advertisement":-
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=76600.0 (contains pictures, the route and the aforementioned joke.)
This is how it can go wrong:-
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=82756.0
