All riders are responsible for their own safety. Though we do carry basic first aid equipment The Raven Inn does not accept responsibility for any damage or harm caused to/by riders partaking in organised group rides. It is assumed that all riders have an acceptable level of road awareness. Helmets, though not compulsory by law, are recommended. A well maintained bike is essential.
🚴The Raven Riders 🚵♀️
For anyone that fancies tagging along on a planned ride starting and finishing at The Raven you've come to the right place. You'll find details of any planned rides here, click the links to find out more for any particular one that you're interested in.
There's no age restristrictions and rides are more of a social event rather than beating PR's or getting King/Queen of the hill awards. Some rides will be very easy, stretch your legs type, others will require a bit more stamina. Rides will be on different terrain, not purely on or off road and should suit every ability. Road awareness is a must as roads are unavoidable on most routes but we'll try to keep off the busy ones. Helmets are strongly recommended.
On longer routes there'll be coffee stops/breaks planned in. Electric bikes welcome (just wait for us at the top of the hills). Routes will be planned and shared on Strava - GPX files will be made available for each one.
Come along on the next one and meet some new people, get outside and enjoy the views while turning those pedals. Join the STRAVA GROUP to keep up to date with any planned rides.
🚴♀️ Raven Ride - 7 🚴
Sunday 15th Sept, starting at 11am from The Raven.
A relatively flat and circular 30 mile route on the Trans Pennine Trail at Lymm and over the railway to Sankey Park, stopping at The Maltings for a coffee (or beer).
🚴♀️ Raven Ride - 6 🚴
Saturday 10th August 2024, starting at 11am from The Raven.
A ride up to Haigh Hall at Wigan along the canals and up the Wigan flight of locks. Coffee and cake stop at the cafe just near the hall. Back through the plantations and home via the canal.
🚴♀️ Raven Ride - 5 🚴
SUNDAY 2nd June 2024, starting at 11am from The Raven.
A ride down to Runcorn via the Ship Canal and Trans Pennine Trail and back through Sankey Valley Park to Winnick. 20% road, the rest will be track/off road with a pub stop at the Ferry Tavern (fiddlers ferry). Mostly flat, a few climbs but nothing like the last one.
🚴♀️ Raven Ride - 4 🚴
SUNDAY 12th May 2024, starting at 11am from The Raven.
No off-road or track for this one, just roads (and a small bridge to cross). Will be suitable for road, gravel, mountain and electric bikes. It's a 30 mile(ish) loop but there are some climbs, coffee stop at Tatton Park.
A few variantions on the return route so we're not pedalling over the same ground but, as with the previous one, there's only so many crossing places over the ship canal so we'll be over Wharburton twice.
NOTE: this is on Sunday, I'd copied the previous stuff and forgot to change the day 🤡.
🚴♀️ Raven Ride - 3 🚴
Saturday 30th March 2024, starting at 11am from The Raven.
No off-road or track for this one, just roads. Will be suitable for road, gravel, mountain and electric bikes. It's a 20 mile(ish) loop but there are some climbs, coffee stop at Dunham Massey. Hopefully the weather will be better than the last one! Ride will go ahead as planned unless we have biblical floods and Noah sails past The Raven on his Ark. This is England after all, rain sort of comes with the territory.
🚴♀️ Raven Ride - 2 🚴
Going ahead as planned, it might be a damp one though (40% chance of 🌧)!
It's been quite a while since the last one so this one is a little shorter at 13.5 miles. Ride contains a lot of track/rough roads so skinny wheels not recommended. It will suit gravel/MTB/anything with wider tyres and suspension if you want more comfort. As usual electric bikes welcome, start and finish at the Raven. The ride should take around 60-90 minutes. Ride planned for Saturday - 02.03.2024 (weather permitting).