[Closed] STW Ride - Cragg Quarry - Saturday 1st May

Might see about that depending on work.

Oooooo... I'll apply for a pass out.

Ohhhhh i'll see if I can get the driver will bring me
Caz xx

Balls! Camping in settle that weekend.

Is it worth a 6hr round trip from oop North?

I should be able to make it but I'll be cycling over from lboro so I'll join you all up at the quarry

Would love to but if I'm on Surrey hills duty that weekend 8)

i shall be there 😀 is there a link over to lee quarry or a way over there? looking forward to this a lot 😀

Sounds good. Might muster a posse from Darwen.

Think I've just secured a pass. You sure you want to ride UP the MTL 😯

some of us might push a little!

gutted, away that weekend. you doing another ❓

Sounds great....may also meet everyone up there as I'll be coming over from Rochdale. Having said that beers at The Buck afterwards sounds good!

Was up there today and met a good bunch of lads. Managed a couple of loops and it's fantastic. The trail works you hard and keeps you on your toes - going to try and get up there at least twice a week.

Albino - i'll be heading over Rooley Moor as i live nr Tesco! 😆

Sounds good. I wouldn't mind coming over to check it out if I'm free on the day..

You sure you want to ride UP the MTL

There's nothing like a gentle climb to start the day......and that's nothing like a gentle climb!

Those that want to race up there are just as welcome as those who want to amble along on foot. We'll all get up there and it's definitely worth the effort.

I must admit the one and only time I've ridden up that way it was my breakfast that was coming up. What a great way to start a 47 mile ride 😳

Hope to tag along and see how it should be ridden! 😉

Cheers Paul

The number of 30-minutes-from-Manc, summer evening playtime, feature laden trail centres just doubled ...winner!

Sounds like fun, count me in.

Iain

how long is it??
will try and make it
sick of working bloody weekends!!!

Sort of as long as you want really, the quarry is only about 1.2 miles long so I would assume a lap of the trails can't be more than 3 miles. The ride (push) up to the quarry is probably about 2 miles.

The Cragg Quarry loop is supposed to be 4.5km (2.8 miles). However we kept putting extra turns in and deviated from the originally planned line to make best use of the shape of the ground, so it could be a bit longer!

mmmmmm, possibly

i fancy it but may ride up from rammy , probably up fecit brow if any body fancies it

Think I'll be up for it Ed as long as my missus doesn't drop our baby early and may come with my old man and my pal Rich.

Will be a good chance to meet you before the Skills course we have booked on the 20th of May with you.

Will have to dust the cobwebs off the old iron pig as iv'e not used it for 3 weeks due to DIY commitments 😐

Baz

think i'll be up for this; it'll be my 42nd birthday weekend treat ride! which bike though- stiffee or bouncy 6"er?

Stiffee for sure. It's almost all smooth hardpack up there.

xherbivorex - hehe it will be my 32nd birthday ride as well. we will have to bring cake 🙂

Oh yes. Please bring cake.

And hip flasks.

xherbivorex - hehe it will be my 32nd birthday ride as well. we will have to bring cake

And there was me thinking you looked around the 40ish bracket 😈

And hip flasks.

mine'll have ginger beer in it...

Trekster:
Is it worth a 6hr round trip from oop North?

Also is it worth a 6hr round trip from daahn saarf?

Can't make the 1st, so I took a sneaky trip up there last night to check it out.
Jees' that's one hell of a climb from the Buck!!!
Worth it though - the quarry's an absolute scream.

It's a bit addictive... "just one more drop", just one more berm", "just a bit more", "This bit was good last lap - I'll just do it again", "just one more time through that drop", "I'll stop and rest in a bit".

Really quite entertaining 😀
It just keeps egging you on faster and faster until you inevitably loose it and it spits you off so you can take a breather.

Warning though. The pub was shut when we got down about 9:30 😥

How do you get to Cragg Quarry from Lee Quarry? Is it possible at the moment and how long/how far is it between the two?

Nuts, I've got to go to a wedding on the first. Not far from me though, I'll have to get down there. Another time.

I shall grace the occasion with my presnce but more importantly my cakes - can you hear the vegan xherbivores delight?
No idea of climb but I suspect I will walk.
Leaving from Chorley if anyone requires a lift

I'd be keen to come along to this. Would be good to meet some local riders...

johnnie, i plan on attempting to make a veganised millionaire's shortbread for this...

Trekster:
Is it worth a 6hr round trip from oop North?

Also is it worth a 6hr round trip from daahn saarf?

It is if you make a weekend of it and ride Lee Quarry on the Sunday. I could link you some accommodation if you're interested.

is there a viable route from lee quarry?

i think Tony L they said they were going to try to get a viable route in the 'future' from lee quarry to cragg quarry..

i was thinking for may 1st?

is there a viable route from lee quarry?

Might be more viable going across/down from Cragg to Lee and back to car along the road...

...I did try this last week and quickly ended up axle deep on what looked a good dry bit so rode down Rooley Moor Road and back instead 😉
Paul

I couldn't possibly endorse this but this is probably the best route short of the bog fest on the tops.

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Took the Ibis Tranny for a ride round Cragg today. It's just about the most flowy trail in the UK. So much fun, and the great thing is that when you've ridden it once, you can just go round again.

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The link route will be going ahead sometime this year. It will go from the top of Le Quarry over the moor and up to Rooley Moor Road (Mary Townely Loop). In itself it will make a great descent in to the top of Lee Quarry.

Did 3 laps of it today. Great fun, and uses the terrain in the Quarry very well. It pissed it down on me all the way round though 🙁

I linked it back to Lee Quarry with a cheeky path over the moors from RMR.

Who's coming along on Saturday then?

I'll be up for it, I live on booth road so i'll go down cat steps and cart on up Rooley Moor Road as per stumpyjons route.

Its a great view over cowpe that way as well

That route up behind the pub on the PBW will be a massive push for us mere mortals

That route up behind the pub on the PBW will be a massive push for us mere mortals

It's a big hill but we have mountain bikes.....which can easily be push bikes 🙂

My 12 year old is coming and he'll be pushing so no one will be lonely at the back.

i should be there, and i'll be pushing up. without any shame too.

i'm def there, gonna be at Lee quarry from 9am then make may way to the pub 😀

My 12 year old is coming and he'll be pushing so no one will be lonely at the back.

Thanks Ed, that really isn't helping, Nial's already a better rider than I'm ever likely to be 😆

Everyone else, I'll be at the back, looking at the view (probably my breakfast).

I had a ride up there today to gps the route out so I can make some maps and signage (another tough day at work!). Its dry and fast at the moment and its getting better all the time with a bit of use. Hill going up from the Buck is steeper than I remember it I had to push 😳 it was fun on the way back down though. Ranger Bill has had a lot of the ruts filled in on the hill so its much more usable than it was a couple of months back.

Once we get Cragg and Lee linked its going to make an excellent few hours riding.

Met the landlord from the Buck today he's going to come out on the ride with us on Saturday.

Don't forget Brownbacks racing at Lee Quarry 30th May still time to enter!

www.brownbacksracing.co.uk 😉

online entry here

http://www.xcracer.com/raceentry/index.php?series_id=15

best venue, low cost "just for fun" racing, great prizes, raising money for local good causes

no licence required (just a bike and a helmet, see the rules for the rest)

enter and join the fun (or even help us run it!)

Likely.

Brownbacks - interesting to read that in the rules, nudity leads to disqualification. Shame.

Me and 3 mates will be there.

Had a good ride up there last night with some of the volunteer Rangers and a couple of others. It took us about half an hour to get up the Mary Towneley from the Buck Inn, with a mixture of riding, pushing and chatting. To get back down took about 8.5 seconds! Nice Timothy Taylors Landlord in the pub after as well.

Should be a jolly day on Saturday and it looks like we'll have a good sized group along from far and wide.

Which is the best way to go? stay on Cowpe rd or go on the top of leach footpath?

Am still expecting to join in from the pub car park.

If I can get my a** out of bed early enough I'll have dabble at Lee Q before...
...maybe.

Cheers
Paul

see u all tomorrow

should be good!

Looking forward to it tomorrow, the ride and meeting some of my fellow forum users. just bought a new helmet and gloves, hopefully i won't be christening the helmet.

Brownbacks - interesting to read that in the rules, nudity leads to disqualification. Shame.

we stole that from the HTN rulebook, we figured there must be a reason for it!

Which is the best way to go? stay on Cowpe rd or go on the top of leach footpath?

The path to Top of Leach is the Pennine Bridleway. Follow that up and to the left and you go through the quarry.

Went up today, got utterly soaked, but enjoyed it. Only managed one lap though, so, so wet..

sacked off playing in lee quarry this evening so i'll be all set for tomorrow morning. looking forward to this quite a bit.

Anybody going tomorrow want a random selection of MBUK's that are cluttering up the place? Mostly recent ones.

I've got some Good news and bad news.

Bad news is that I can't make the ride today:-(

good news is that my missus gave birth to a baby boy at 3:45 this morning!!

He is a couple of week early but I don't care 'cos I'm the proudest man in the world.

Hope you all have a good ride.

Will do and you enjoy the first few days of parent hood 😀

Well that was superb, the new trails really flow well. Fantastic berms, short climbs, really steep drops, all pretty smooth. What an excellent set of trails and a nice bunch of people to ride them with to boot. All topped off with a lovelly pint of Timothy Taylor Landlord, onion & steak baguette and a plate of chips in the Buck Inn at Cowpe. And I got home before the 1 cm hail stones started coming down, don't think some of the others were so lucky. For those of you asking about the route up to the quarry, here's a map. The blue route is the legal bridleway (but is a b*gger of a climb), the red is a cheeky route using a few hundred yards of footpath although people ride it fairly regularly.

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Been a cracking day and ride thanks to ed-o and tony 🙂

yep thats was a fun day out, even managed to beat the showers home. here's my
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You did well to get back before the hail.

Hebden trails were quiet today Ed, can you do that more often ;o)

AdrianW - Member
yep thats was a fun day out, even managed to beat the showers home. here's my
day out

Any photo's of the place. I would like to see what it looks like.

Have a look on the Diggers Diary in the blogs section for photos.

Some photos here on my blog update as well as a link to more photos of the day.

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Good to see you all there and see you up there or at Lee Quarry or Gisburn.....we've got so many cool places to ride 🙂

Top day, great trails, special thanks to the trail crew, its a gem

Gutted I arrived late but good to hear you all enjoyed the beer, I was sorely tempted but glad I got my priorities right & stayed up there. Trail is fantastic, flows great and gets better with every circuit - see what you mean by addictive now, I had a ball! Huge thanks and appreciation to all involved in the project, you've played a blinder! Up there till 6ish & got away with just a few spots of rain although the wind got up later. Be up there again very soon methinks... Hope to cross paths again.
ps: sincere apologies to the guy who's eye I nearly took out with my lighter. I found it after doin another lap!

Thanks to the organisers! Was great to meet a few STWers on the hill.

It is a cracking venue to get a workout and some flow. Mainly the former in my case!

Hope to meet up again...
...cheers Paul
2010 Silver Stumpy.