2020 Jan Winter Club Ride – Ripponden Ripper – Sat 25 Jan **9am**
Distance: 42 miles
Elevation: 3,000ft ish
Moving time: Approx 3.5 hours – 4 hours // Total Time approx 4 – 4.5 Hours.(very approximate dependent on rider pace and general stops – allows for brief stops/traffic.)
Start: 09:00 at St Mary’s Flower Park, Prestwich
Post Ride: Prestwich?
loop taking in a challenging climb up Grains Road then though Denshaw and on to Boothswood Reservoir to the furthest point at Ripponden. Sharp left then climb, climb, climb up to Blackstone Edge Reservoir. All that climbing will be rewarded by the long flowing run down into Littleborough and the relativley flat run through Rochdale & Bury, ending up back in Prestwich.
#NAVIGATION#
If you have a GPS device, please download the route so that you can follow it.
Polite request to not ride off of the front if you either do not have the route or you have not studied it.
## SAFETY & RIDE UPDATES ##
Here’s a link to some important information/safety stuff about our rides, please have a read before attending our rides. https://allezprestwich.co.uk/ride-information-safety-tips/
Also, please visit the website, Facebook or Twitter channels periodically, and especially the day of the ride, to ensure nothing has changed. We sometimes have to make weather enforced changes to start times or in extremes may even have to cancel rides.
