Meet at Billington War Memorial, BB7 9JA at 9 a.m. on Sunday 6th June. Adjacent parking is available (see route details below). Lunch will be taken at the Town End Farm Cafe in Airton. A second stop can be taken if required, (It probably will be!).
Participants are responsible for social distancing and hand hygiene if appropriate. Please bring the usual emergency tools and puncture repair kit. A mask may be required at the Cafe.
The ride is limited to 9 participants, but I will put some extra places on the Let's Ride Website.
The total distance is 58 miles.
NO ONE will be left behind.
- Distance Instructions
- Distance 58 miles
- Time 6 h 30 min
- Speed 9 mph
- Min altitude 148 ft
- Peak 1276 ft
- Ascend 3379 ft
- Descent 3379 ft
Start at Billington War Memorial. Adjacent parking is available outside St.Augustines High School, Elker Lane, BB7 9JA, Weekends and during School holidays.
This is an extension of the route to Gargrave and passes along the well trodden route 91 through Whalley, Wiswell, Pendleton and Downham, climbing over Middop to Barnoldswick. From here a there is a section of the Pennine cycleway (route 68), including a short length of the Leeds Liverpool canal, to Gargrave, with a potential lunch stop at the famous Dalesman Cafe, or at the Town End Farm Cafe at the next stop in Airton.
Return leg is to continue north on the Pennine cycleway which re-joins the Way of the Roses to climb over Scosthrop Moor after which there is a descent into Settle. Continue through Rathmell, Wigglesworth, Bolton-by-Bowland, Sawley, Chatburn, then the cycle path to Barrow, before finally to Whalley and Billington.
Total distance is 58 miles.
