Preston u3a Cycling Group🚴

                                Hurst Grange Cafe in October 2025

Group Leader: Ken Youde

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We operate a sedate cycling group where lycra is not de rigeur! Yes we may go upto 16 miles on our jaunts but we take our time and proceed at the rate of the slowest cyclist. We always arrange our routes to visit a café where we partake of coffee/tea/cake/ice cream/fish and chips/etc. - basically, anything they have to offer!
We ask that you have cycled before but emphasise we are 'recreational' cyclists not budding professionals! A bicycle rack for your car would be a bonus as we sometimes venture further afield having done all the routes from our base at St. Cuthbert's.

This group is now getting full. Please email me if you would like to join.

If you are interested in joining this group and suggesting ideas for cycling routes, to contact the Group Leader Ken Youde, click here. 

The group meets on the third Wednesday of the month through spring/summer/autumn. If the weather is looking inclement on the morning of the ride, check out the WhatsApp page to see if it is still going ahead.

Before attending any cycling group meeting you must read the "Participant Risk Assessment" - click here. All riders MUST wear a helmet and preferably some kind of fluorescent top.

Our 2026 season:

If you could volunteer to lead a ride that would be great.

Ride Schedule 2026:

Wednesday 18th March: Norman, Pat & Ken

Wednesday 15th April: cancelled

Wednesday 20th May: Mike Ripley

Wednesday 17th June: Margaret Long

Wednesday 15th July: Karen Hope

Wednesday 19th August: 

Wednesday 16th September: Pat Lyon

Wednesday 21st October:

Wednesday 18th November

Wednesday 16th December: Christmas meal

Next Ride:

Ride Leader: Mike Ripley

Day/Date: Wednesday 20th May 2026.

Meeting point: Wyre Estuary Country Park. FY5 5LR.

Parking: free close to the Wyreside Cafe and public toilets block.

Ready to leave at: 1pm.

Route: the route follows the coast through Fleetwood to Cleveleys where we head inland back to the Wyre Estuary Coastal Path.

Refreshments: KB Kafe on Cleveleys promenade after 10.8 miles.

Mileage: almost 16 miles.

Notes: Almost flat. Care needed near the beginning of the ride on one short section of 1/4 mile where the path runs along the top of the embankment. Otherwise very easy ride on roads, cycle paths and The Promenade.

Want to go?: respond to Mike via our WhatsApp group message board so he can compile a list of participants..

Weather: if the weather is unsuitable Mike will WhatsApp the group beforehand.