Nether Kellet to Grange (and back) on 16 June 2024

This ride was a variation of last week’s ride when only the leader turned up for the start! This occurred due to a couple of things, first of all, it coincided with the club holiday when a lot of Sunday ride participants were away, and of course, the old enemy, the rain!

This week, no holiday, no rain, result, a good number of participants arrived for the 9.15 start. The starting point was Nether Kellet, the participants splitting into 2 groups, leaving around 5 minutes apart. Over Kellet, Capernwray, Borwick, Priest Hutton were easily conquered and after a brief ride along the A road, we arrived in Burton. We rode on very quiet roads through Holme, Ackenthwaite, Woodhouse and Hincaster, before arriving at Sizergh Castle, meeting up with a fellow rider who had ridden there independently.

After a nice, lengthy, refreshment break and chat ,we departed, saying farewell to a few riders who had other plans for the afternoon. We took the very steep up and down route to Levens with the electrically powered bikes leading the way. Past Levens, onto Witherslack and Lindale where we split to take our choice of different routes into Grange.

Various sources of refreshment were enjoyed before we decided to leave ‘sunny’ Grange, exiting along the promenade following the railway line. Via Meathop, Gilpin Bridge and Sampool we returned to bypass Levens and onto the ‘flats’ towards Dallam. We rode through the Deer Park, Slack Head and Silverdale, declining a further stop at Leighton Moss and making our way home.

An excellent ride with mixed, coldish weather, but NO rain and long periods of sunshine. 59 miles and almost 3000’ of ascent.

Anyone who is interested in joining us can find information about our regular club rides on Thursday and Sunday on the Rides Diary.