Windermere Ferry Closure April 15th - May 24th 2024
The Windermere Ferry will be closed for about 5 weeks for it's 5 year service. If you are planning to organise a KDCS ride that includes a ferry crossing please take this into account.
Discounted books of ferry tickets can be purchased from Kendal County Hall on Busher Walk LA9 4RQ. tel:01539713066 for details.
Cycle Touring Festival (CTF) 3rd-5th
May 2024.
This year’s Cycle Touring Festival is an in-person event at John Ruskin School in Coniston, Cumbria. Check this link for latest updates on talks and sessions. There will be a Wheel Building session run by Ghyllside Cycles (email sales@ghyllside.co.uk if you’re interested in this one)
Tickets need to be bought in advance. No tickets will be available on the door as the organisers need to give final numbers to the venue in advance. Please note that tickets are non-refundable.
- Weekend tickets: £100. Includes 2 nights of camping, dinner on Saturday night, self service tea/coffee throughout the weekend and entry to all talks/events.
- Saturday day ticket: £50. Includes entry to all talks/events on Saturday including the evening, dinner on Saturday night and self service tea/coffee.
- Sunday day ticket: £35. Includes entry to all talks/events on Sunday and self service tea/coffee.
York Cycle Rally 21-24 June 2024
NEW FOR 2024: The Rally is being joined by two other great events, the Retro Bike Show and National Clarion CC Summer Meeting and Grasstrack Racing, to create the inaugural York Cycle Festival 2024!
Early
bird booking for three nights is available now.
What is the York Cycle Rally? Famous since 1945 as the annual ‘gathering of
the cycling clans’, the York Rally draws cycle tourists and Audax riders; club
cyclists and racers; vintage, veteran and retro cycle riders and experts;
grasstrack and cyclocross racers; cycle campers and bikepackers; HPV, adaptive
and recumbent riders; everyday cyclists and many more. It’s a grand,
traditional and refreshingly non-commercial celebration of cycling in a
family-friendly atmosphere, with camping on site.
Eden
Valley Cycling UK (EVCUK), Charity Challenge Ride.
On Sunday 15th September 2024 EVCUK intend running a series of 'Challenge Rides' based on Langwathby Village Hall. Routes will be 50 km,100 km, and 160 km so suitable for a range of cyclists. Ebikes are welcome and the event is open to families. Entrants may ride the routes by themselves (GPS files will be available), in groups of friends or with a guide from EVCUK. The event is in aid of the Eden Valley Hospice £15 entry, £10 goes to the Hospice and £5 towards running cost. Refreshments before, during and after the event provided at Langwathby Village Hall free of charge. You can register your interest for details by emailing evchallenge24@gmail.com with your name and probable choice of distance.