The Lancashire Group, your local group of the RSF the off-road cycle touring club for cyclists who love off-road leisure cycling in Northern England

Welcome to our website, we are a local group of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship which enjoys off-road leisure cycling in the Lancashire, Yorkshire Dales and Pennine areas of Northern England. We also enjoy going on tours, long weekends away in other parts of the UK, meeting up with other local groups of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship for youth hostel & camping weekends and also going to national club events like the Autumn Meet and the Easter Meet.

The Rough-Stuff Fellowship is off-road cycle touring club, founded in 1955 with the aim of banding together those cyclists who traverse rougher and quieter routes as part of their pastime, to add to their enjoyment and appreciation of the countryside. You can find more information about the national club in our about the Rough-Stuff Fellowship Section.

We cater for riders with a wide range of abilities and ages, we meet on the second Thursday of month and the last Sunday of the Month, also our family group ' The Cafe Crawlers' meet most Saturdays through out the year, you can click here to read some past ride reports of the Group, you can click here to look at some of photos that members of the group taken of the group over past year and click the forthcoming events page to checkout where we are going next! You can also read monthly update posted on the members and site blog about future plans for the group. You also have chat with other group members on the forum for more information about the group contact Brian Parkinson on 01254-772983.

Tuesday rides to Dover Cycling Fellowship

Members are invited to join us on the ride to the Dover Cycling Fellowship on most Tuesdays. Meet at Ken Glaze's house, 8 Springmount Drive, Hilldale, near Parbold, WN8 7AP. SD493123. Tea or coffee from 9-30am, leaving at 10-00am for the almost flat15 mile ride to Lydiate through the quiet lanes of the West Lancashire Plain. Bring a packed lunch or purchase it on the way at Town Green. There is a fifty pence charge for the DCF meeting, which includes as much tea or coffee as you can drink! For more details please ring Brian on 01254 772983.

The Newsletter

You now can keep update on what’s happening on the site and news from the South Lakes Group, Lancashire Group and North Peak & South Pennine Group by clicking here to subscribe to the site’s free weekly newsletter which e-mail to you each week, you can read past newsletters at this link.

Members Benefits on products and services

You could save hundred pounds each year from being member of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship, so why not checkout what offer to members here and also check out the special deals for members from Spa Cycles of Harrogate and Wheely Good Bicycles of Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley.

Recommend a friend to join the Rough-Stuff Fellowship

Members can now download a Recommend a friend application form at this link which you can handout to your friends who would like to join the club.

Read about what the Press said about us

You can read about what the folk at Singletrack Magazine said about the North Peak and South Pennine Group when they came out on ride with the Group. You can also read about what the Cumbria Magazine said about the South Lakes Group when they day out with them a few years ago.

Northern Tracks and Bridleways website

On the Northern Tracks and Bridleways website you find a collection of useful bits of information of interest to the off-road cyclist in various sections on the site.

Members Photo Gallery

You can click here to checkout members photo gallery of members cycling holidays and other cycling photos.

The Local Groups Forum

Why not check out our forum if want to ask question or have moan about something or just chat with others visitors to site. Please note you do not need to be member of the RSF to register to use the forum.

The Seasonal greeting page

If would like leave seasonal greeting on this page please e-mail them to the webmaster.

The Members Area

To use Members Area, visitors to the site must be members of the RSF and register to use this area.

The Members and Site Blog

It should noted by visitors to the site that opinions that are express on the Members and Site Blog are not those of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship Limited, you do have right to agree or disagree with comments made in the post by leaving rely in the comments box at bottom of each post.

The Cyclist’s Cafe Guide

Going to right cafe on a ride, can make or break ride so click here to see site’s Cyclist’s Cafe Guide.

About the Site

The site is part of ‘Where’s the Brew Stop? The off-road cycle touring website’ which promote the benefits of being member of the South Lakes, Lancashire, Yorkshire Dales and North Peak & South Pennine Groups of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship. Its also should be noted that this site is not owned by the Rough-Stuff Fellowship Limited and is independently manage my the webmaster and the area secretary of the Lancashire Group. The running costs of the site are met through advertising on the site and by the webmaster. Opinions express on this site are not always those of members and directors of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship Ltd.

The Site was last updated on the 01 September 2010, for latest site updates checkout the what’s new page.