25/12/2007 by Simeon Orme.

Once you get pass the age of 40 it always surprise me what my relations buy me for Christmas, this year I end up with new RSF sweat shirt which I will wear with some pride, I hope you all enjoy opening  your presents today and wish you all a Merry Christmas and hope to see large turnout for the South Lakes Group Walk on Boxing Day starting at 10.00am at the car park near Eaves Wood, Silverdale.

I also looking for ideals to improve the South Lakes Group of websites, so please let have your ideals, if you have any useful information would like to share with RSF members and visitors to this site why not e-mail me it, this can advise on anything to do with off-road cycling, could be address of good cafe you stop at or Bed & Bread you stop at or even article on your cycling holiday, etc…

Also in the coming year I would like to develop the news section of the site so if you putting on cycling event or have  some cycling news which will interest RSF members and visitors to the websites do please e-mail to me so that I can posted up on the news section of the site.

Also at this time of the year all four Area Secretaries are looking ideals for each of the four groups events programme, you help my volunteering to lead ride, or organize a camping or youth hostel weekend or just let your Area Secretary know what you want to do next year! If you live in North Wales Area I know Stuart Evans would like some members to help by leading some North Wales Group rides next year so if you think you can help please ring your area secretary.

I am also looking for member willing to organize Bank Holiday weekend camps and maybe set up a camping group for the RSF if you interest please contact one of the area secretaries or Peter Kenner the RSF General Secretary.

If you reading this post and do not live near RSF local group why not start one up, I know that Mr K. our General Secretary currently looking for member or someone willing to start a local group in Yorkshire if you think you can help please contact him as soon as possible.

But please remember the more you put into our club the more you get out of it, so please try get out on one of the local RSF group rides in 2008 and if you not member why not join the RSF in 2008 and increase the membership of the club.

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14/12/2007 by Simeon Orme.

I know good way of loosing weight after the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations and yes it work for me has I have lost about  stone in weight and got a lot fitter over the past year, you just have to ask my friends in the South Lakes Group and yes one of the best ways of loosing weight is going out with your local cycling club each weekend, its surprising how many calories you burn over 25 to 30 mile ride even after including the visits to local cafes on route. So why not give it ago come out on one of the South Lakes Group rides or Lancashire Group rides or North Peak & South Pennine Group rides in the coming year, you never know you may in enjoy it and see areas of the countryside that you never see from a car window.

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13/12/2007 by Simeon Orme.

Did you see photo of Fred and Pat Lloyd on page 45, also did read the comments made by Sharon Clifford the RSF Assistant Secretary on traveling to France by European Bike Express and also sad read about death another RSF member Sheila King who had been member of the RSF for many years.

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12/12/2007 by Simeon Orme.

The following are the scheduled access days for 2008 subject only to urgent pre operational training requirements

2007 

24th to 31st December

2008

1st January, 5th to 6th January, 2nd to 3rd February, 1st to 2nd March, 22 to 23rd March, 3rd to 4th May, 24th to 25th May, 5th to 6th July, 12th to 13th July, 2nd to 3rd August, 23rd to 24th August, 4th to 5th October, 1st to 2nd November and 24th to 31st December.

2009

1st January.

For further information on weekly public access opportunities on Warcop please call the Freephone Information Line on 0800-7835

Area Victor Dry Training Area is subject to CROW and public access  available at all times (This is area around Murton Pike, Murton Fell and Murton Heards).

Access to routes in the Danger Area every Sunday afternoon after 1pm.

I do have number of leaflets available to members on Access Opportunities to Warcop Training Area if you want copy just send me e-mail with your name and address so that I send you a copy.

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12/12/2007 by Simeon Orme.

I saw on the lunch time news that Sustrans has won the 50 million pounds for its conect2 project, so on behalf members of the South Lakes, Lancashire, North Peak & South Pennine and North Wales Groups of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship I would like send our congratulations to Sustrans on winning the 50 million pounds and know most our members will be looking forward to cycling along one of these new cycle paths in the future.

It also prove a point when the cycling community works together we  can achieve great things so why not join the RSF today and help  the RSF become the biggest off-road cycle touring club in the UK, it only cost you £12.00 for one year’s membership or £48.00 for five years membership.

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12/12/2007 by Simeon Orme.

Richard Harries the current Public Relations and Advertising Officer for the Rough-Stuff Fellowship will be stepping down from this position at the Annual General Meeting at Easter.

If you are member of the RSF and have some experience in public relations  or think you do better than Richard please contact Steve Griffith the chairman of the RSF on 028-346-5215 as soon as possible.

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12/12/2007 by Simeon Orme.

If you reading this post you must be member of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship, do have cycling friends who would like to join the RSF, why not ask your local area group secretary for few new business card size application forms to handout to your mates or other cyclists you meet on your travels, if every member just got one person to join the RSF, we would have over thousand members.

If you don’t go out with a local RSF Group why not send Peter Kenner the RSF General Secretary a e-mail with your name and address so he can send you few of these new application forms so that you can hand them out to your friends.

Why you may ask is it important to recruit new members? The more cyclists and mountain bikers join the RSF the more our voice will listen to my local and national government departments. Also the RSF is about only national cycling club in the UK which is interest in developing network of local groups for the off-road cyclists and mountain bikers which put on local events for members.

If you reading this post and you not a member, shame on you its about time you join, click this link and fill out the application form and send it off to the new membership secretary tomorrow with your membership fee.

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10/12/2007 by Simeon Orme.

Tuesday 11th December 2007

David Allison, who last season gave us a splendid illustrated talk on the Settle to Carlisle Railway, is our quest speaker again at tomorrow evening’s social at the Hala Centre starting at 7.30 pm.

This time he will be presenting a programme entitled ” Transport delights of the Isle of Man”. This should be well worth attending. Those of us who walked the entire length of Isle of Man coastal route a few years ago will remember the amazing variety of forms of public transport available in the island. We sampled many of these as we traveled from and back to Ramsey each day to do different sections of the walk.

Everyone welcome tomorrow night.

The talk will be accompanied by our Christmas Jacob’s Join.

Mike Hutchinson

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07/12/2007 by Simeon Orme.

Yes the site does have forum which does have nine members and they have made 44 posts on the forum so I would please ask you if have any news about cycling in your area why not let other members know about it or just want to have good moan about something please join them by posting something on it!

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07/12/2007 by Simeon Orme.

Has its been pointed out to me this week in two e-mails its time to vote for the Sustran’s Connect 2 Project, you can do this at the People’s 50 Million website.

Why should I vote for connect 2, well if reading this blog or if you are Rough-Stuff Fellowship member you must be interest in seeing the off-road network being expanded in the UK and with the 50 million pounds Sustran’s is aiming connect 79 communities with each other by improving the cycle path network.

In the Lancaster and Morecambe area where I have seen some of the benefits extra money makes to the cycle path network, so please vote for the connect 2 project.

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