****Club Runs****
Chaingangs
Tuesdays & Thursdays (in British Summer Time)
New Meeting Places!!! There is a set circuit - Tuesdays: meet on A49 after junction with M56 to leave at 6.30 p.m.; Thursdays: meet at Daresbury village intake lane to leave at 6.30 p.m. If in doubt about where we're meeting, email DARREN with a telephone number and I'll call to explain it! The route runs clockwise one day and anti-clockwise on the other, always the same route on the same day. We're usually back in Warrington for 7.30 / 7.45 and it's roughly 26 miles. There are shortcuts on these routes if you get dropped, so you can pick up the chain gang again to finish off, - don't worry, lots of the lads know the shortcuts!
Saturdays (January/February)
Meet at Bridge Foot Memorial at 1.00 p.m. for a chain gang session. Roughly, the route comprises neutral zone on the A50 up to Poplars Truck Stop, at which the chain gang starts, proceeds along the A50 through Knutsford and on to Holmes Chapel. Short of Holmes Chapel, a right turn down Pennys Lane leads to Northwich and then a calmed, neutral zone to the Slow & Easy Pub. From Northwich the route returns via Great Budworth to finish at the motorway island at Stretton. This is roughly 35 miles and takes approximately 1.5 to 1.75 hours.
Club Runs
Wednesdays (all year round)
A number of riders meet at
Weaverham Bridge (North of Frodsham) at 11.00 a.m. and amble through the lanes
to the Eureka Cafe at Two Mills, The Wirral. At approximately 1.00 pm they meander
back through the lanes to Warrington, arriving around 4.00 p.m., with a mileage
of usually 60 miles.
Sundays (all year round)
Fast pace ride :Meet again at Bridge Foot Memorial at 9.00 a.m. for the Club Run. The route depends on the weather forecast and numbers, but this year on average we have had 14 riders out, with half turning back to be back in Warrington for about 1.00 p.m. The rest head for a cafe stop around lunch time and set their sights to be back in Warrington for around 4.00 p.m. In Winter it's around 80 miles and in Summer tops 100+ and is back later.
Medium pace ride : Meet at the destinations between 12 _ 12.30pm. See below for details of runs.
MAY: 3rd Allostock: Grasslands Nursery
MAY 10th Anderton: Stanley Arms
MAY 17th Dunham: Red House Farm
MAY 24th Sandiway: Blakemere Craft Centre
MAY 31st Cranage: Cafe Spinney
JUNE 7th Goostrey: The Crown
JUNE 14th Dones Green: Let's Eat Cafe
JUNE 21st Rivington: Village Green Tearooms
JUNE 28th Dunham: Lavender Farm
JULY 5th Cranage: Cafe Spinney
JULY 12th GT Budworth: Ice Cream Farm
JULY 19th Delamere: Station Cafe
JULY 26th Dunham: Redhouse Farm
AUGUST 2nd Sandiway: Blakemere Craft Centre
AUGUST 9th Knutsford: Booths Supermarket
AUGUST 16th Dones Green: Lets Eat Cafe
AUGUST 23rd Goostrey: The Crown Pub
SEPTEMBER 6th Dunham: Lavender Farm
SEPTEMBER 13th Cranage: Cafe Spinney
SEPTEMBER 20th Anderton: Stanley Arms
SEPTEMBER 27th Knutsford: Booths Supermarket