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Is the The Mary Townley Loop worth doing?
Is there a local club which posts route suggestions?
Cheers
Do it. Then you'll have done it. Like a rite of passage...
It's not very technical but there are some decently pretty bits to reward the long grinds and slog. I can imagine that it's interminable pain on a claggy day but we had the last day of summer and it was ace.
[url= http://www.todmordenalbum.co.uk/sport_leisure/cycling_club_1893.htm ]The Todmorden Cycle Club[/url]... last seen in 1893. Maybe you'd like to revive it? 😉
On the basis it's pissing with rain and interminable pain is inevitable, any other route suggestions!?
This is a Todmorden SOS!
Also, any good pubs?
You are unlikely to be beaten up in the Polished Knob (opposite the market) and there's probably a band on right now. Up Water Street (if you stand opposite the Town Hall with the roundabout to your left it's the little cobbled road behind you) there is the Three Monkeys which is diverse beers from little breweries downstairs and an excellent Thai upstairs.
Routes? My current 'cross fave is from Mankinholes to Hebden over London Road, out of Hebden on the Keighley Road and down the Haworth Old Road, right at the bottom of the hill up a nice sharp track then flying down towards Hebden until you hit gravel - if you go left you end up in Hebden, right and you climb back towards Widdop coming out near the Mary Townley. You can do a few miles of it back into Hebden or Tod. Max 20 miles and only takes a couple of hours though, not an all dayer.
We're probably going out on Sunday morning and you'd be welcome to join us but I have to be in Hebden by 11.30 for work 🙁
Cheers Clover.
I may well join you on Sunday morning. I'll see how tomorrow goes!
Hope you're having fun as promised rain has not shown up. I turned up at work with an interesting 'freckle' pattern from the bit of the Mary Townley splatterfest which is my off-road alternative fun route.
It was awesome.
Great stuff! Did you do the MT loop after all?
I reckon we pretty much did the route you suggested, so thanks for the tip!
This morning's ride was good fun, but slightly less picturesque, with visibility of about 10m on the tops.
I can see the appeal of living in or near Todmorden if classic cross country is your thing.
I ended up here by accident and I'd never been off-road on a bike until I got here so I'm not sure what it is except enjoyable.
Glad you like the route. I planned a couple more alternatives to choose from for this morning's pre-work ride then I saw the tops and had a second breakfast... Hopefully days off - tomorrow and Tuesday - will be better.