Bus Stop Bikers | Jim Curtis | Activity https://busstopbikers.co.uk/members/jimcurtis/activity/ Activity feed for Jim Curtis. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:37:55 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 192a89a0b8250ff9b5c16b8ce93df640 Jim Curtis replied to the topic Bob Ingram "Rest in Peace" in the forum Non-Cycling Matters https://busstopbikers.co.uk/forums/topic/bob-ingram-rest-in-peace/#post-24848 Fri, 04 Oct 2024 19:23:38 +0100 Sorry to hear this, and condolences to Bob’s friends and family.
I lost my sister last December, killed while cycling by a reckless driver. It made me question whether cycling is a good idea on roads. After this i could not get on a bike for 2 months. It’s natural to think this way, i had to allow myself to grieve.
But don’t give up cycling. Bob…Read more

]]> c6997bc4624c0949f7be4b2afb39ee7f Jim Curtis started the topic Back on the bike in the forum Future Rides – Suggestions https://busstopbikers.co.uk/forums/topic/back-on-the-bike/ Mon, 08 Nov 2021 20:52:55 +0100 Hello all
I have kept away all through the warm summer days when it would stay light until late into the evening and so now we come in to the darkest months it is time to get the wheels out again.
My fitness level is not too great so this week it’s a 30km ride with a cuppa and a slice of cake at Padiham park. The ride is open to all and as long as…Read more

]]> 26690bfdcc0ae4b68ef015780a5bab23 Jim Curtis has created new route! https://busstopbikers.co.uk/activity/p/1077/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:42:12 +0100 Published a map: Altham and huncoat

Out to great harwood, down mill lane and on main road. Turn left up Altham lane and either on road to huncoat or via the old colliery. Then through cemetery and in to Accrington. From there, via oswaltwistle back to start point

You can view it here: https://busstopbikers.co.uk/routes/altham-and-huncoat/

]]> 0 fb41b3438418c00779e999a93b158d99 Jim Curtis started the topic Slaidburn and Tosside 18-Apr in the forum Completed Rides https://busstopbikers.co.uk/forums/topic/slaidburn-and-tosside-18-apr/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:39:49 +0100 Thanks all for the ride the other day, it was great to get back out on my bike. I have suffered since but that was not unexpected and doctors say I will be able to sit down again pain free soon.
An excellent cafe stop at Tosside, the best beans on toast I ever had.
And it was also good to see everyone again, even if it was only a fleeting moment…Read more

]]> b34ae1b2e6b60913b876471a98d24fd6 Jim Curtis has created new route! https://busstopbikers.co.uk/activity/p/962/ Sun, 04 Apr 2021 19:19:09 +0100 Published a map: Parsonage and Lanes, from Roe Lee

A relatively short ride, up the hill to Spice Lounge, down a steep hill and then back via Painters Wood top road to York and back to the start

You can view it here: https://busstopbikers.co.uk/routes/parsonage-and-lanes-from-roe-lee/

]]> 0 804a0c8e1a0c52a95c84b6e3610bf278 Jim Curtis replied to the topic As of 29th March in the forum Matters Administrative https://busstopbikers.co.uk/forums/topic/as-of-29th-march/#post-7415 Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:40:42 +0100 From w/c 11th Apr I am going to put up some evening rides round Blackburn as the light evenings are with us. They will be short and straightforward for now as I am a bit rusty (like my bicycle) and need to work off my lockdown belly.
What can go wrong??

]]> d8aedcc4a74ecb75da219829f92bf04b Jim Curtis replied to the topic Ribble Valley Ride 2021 in the forum Future Rides – Suggestions https://busstopbikers.co.uk/forums/topic/ribble-valley-ride-2021/#post-7413 Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:32:23 +0100 All things equal I would like to do it this year. It is normally a brilliantly organised event but I was always a bit deterred from repeating previous rides, trying to re-capture my lost youth (cough cough)
A new course could be interesting.
My cycling has been pretty much zero through the winter so a ride like this could be a motivational target.…Read more

]]> 403533d71ed5520ddf611005c7c114c0 Jim Curtis has created new route! https://busstopbikers.co.uk/activity/p/178/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 20:31:34 +0100 Published a map: Witton Park and Brokenstone

You can view it here: https://busstopbikers.co.uk/routes/witton-park-and-brokenstone/

]]> 0 c4156e8e25697e566caa3dee3a0a597f Jim Curtis has created new route! https://busstopbikers.co.uk/activity/p/177/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 20:15:27 +0100 Published a map: Witton and Brokenstone

You can view it here: https://busstopbikers.co.uk/routes/witton-and-brokenstone/

]]> 0 1bd95f07dfdb0bb7781629d350d15fc2 Jim Curtis has created new route! https://busstopbikers.co.uk/activity/p/174/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 19:28:55 +0100 Published a map: Weaver's Wheel

14 miles ride round Blackburn, mostly traffic free or on quiet streets

You can view it here: https://busstopbikers.co.uk/routes/weavers-wheel/

]]> 0 3818ffc7ca863843aecc3096838e18f6 Jim Curtis changed their profile picture https://busstopbikers.co.uk/activity/p/150/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 17:40:08 +0100 0 c09fdd79fdd25cbfee7112ae33dc8b2b Jim Curtis has created new route! https://busstopbikers.co.uk/activity/p/149/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 17:20:31 +0100 Published a map: Bezza Lane and Samlesbury Bottoms

This is quite a hilly ride around the quiet lanes of Lancashire between Blackburn and Preston. Start from Roe Lee along the by-pass and turn right up Whinney Lane to Mellor. Turn right down Abbott Brow and cross the busy A59 to go down Commons Lane and join the Bezza Lane route towards Preston.…Read more

]]> 0 54a5568b07fe44c700d960e88a7be43f Jim Curtis replied to the topic Well beginners of sorts... in the forum Beginners Corner https://busstopbikers.co.uk/forums/topic/well-beginners-of-sorts/#post-2577 Sat, 18 Jul 2020 17:01:31 +0100 Yes, let’s do it. I think i have overcome the IT of registering so next lesson is loading a ride. If I mis-key something and by mistake hack into the NATO defence system and launch a Trident missile you will have to make allowances

]]> ae0e60404bf6b6854d3508af9df49c50 Jim Curtis became a registered member https://busstopbikers.co.uk/activity/p/146/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 16:56:18 +0100 0