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21st July 2024 ride to Clapham (Page two)
- Page one - Ride report -
Copyright 2004 to 2024 D. Simeon Orme
The view looking from the Old Road towards the Forest of Bowland.
Copyright 2004 to 2024 D. Simeon Orme
The view looking back on the climb up the Old Road.
Copyright 2004 to 2024 D. Simeon Orme
The view looking along Dumb Tom’s Lane
Copyright 2004 to 2024 D. Simeon Orme
The cake photo at Bridge House Farm Tearooms.
Ride report by Simeon Orme
I noticed that John Gilbert was leading the local CTC Section ride and yes I am showing my age referring to
Cycling-UK as the Cyclist Touring Club but when join it was known as the CTC. They meeting up at Halton
Station and when turn up I may be youngest at 59 and three days from turning sixty.
I first when out with Lancaster CTC section after on the third ride to Ingleton after reformed in the early 1980s
when I was still at secondary school with rest of my family and my brother Duncan may won the prize for
being the youngest rider on that ride being seven and know that my parents quite proud of him, has got new
bike for next Sunday’s ride.
It came fixture in the Orme family diary that when cycling with Lancaster CTC for next ten years it was family
section based around four families.
So going on CTC ride is like old love affair where you fond memories of past rides but if you not been out with
a group for few years, thing do change for the better or not, I do think there does need to be alot work locally to
encourage the next generation to get away from spending there day in front of PC and go out cycling, it may
help when cycle path gets extended further up the Lune Valley which may encourage more families go
exploring on bikes on a Sunday.
Once you leave the cycle path at Bull Beck, like we did on this ride and join the A683 for three mile ride up the
Lune Valley to junction of the B6480 most family cycling groups would be put off using this route due to speed
motor traffic using this route to get to Yorkshire Dales National Park, things only improve when you turn off the
B6480 in Wray to enjoy the delights of the Bridge House Farm Tearooms in Wray.
Once you get this little bit ride done from Halton Station to Wray, for next few hours you on quite lanes with
not much motor traffic.
After enjoying the delights of the tearoom, our leader led the group up the Hindburn valley to Mill Houses,
where followed Russells Lane and after about mile we turn on to the Old Moor Road and soon following Cross
Road up to Mewith Lane which we stay on for next several miles until there regrouping stop at the cross roads
at Dubgarth Hill.
Once everyone had caught up, we followed the road down through Clapham Moor to Clapham Station and then
on to Clapham, where different lunch options where taken and with me brain wash at young age to take pack
lunch with me on ride, I sat on bench at side of Old Road enjoying the view of the hills and maybe mountains of
the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The group regroup again for the climb up the Old Road, at summit of the climb we followed the lane through
Cold Cotes and crossing back over the A65 near Whinney Mire Farm, then our route took us through Langber
then along Dumb Tom’s Lane and after about three miles on quite lanes, we rejoin the B6480 near Wennington,
the ride broke up in Wray with riders heading different directions for home or enjoying delights of the Bridge
House Farm Tearoom again.