{"id":1574,"date":"2021-10-23T13:57:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T13:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2021-10-23T16:40:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T16:40:46","slug":"brownlee-track-23-oct-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/brownlee-track-23-oct-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Brownlee Track – 23 Oct 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We really ought to be lobbying our local council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calderdale benefits from the Brooksbank circuit; Wakefield enjoys BCKAT; and Leeds is home to the fantastic Brownlee track. All three are widely used. Alas, all Kirklees has to offer are circular running tracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If only our own track sessions could take place on a purpose built cycling track, and Trekkers could get the same satisfaction that the six tandems derived from this morning\u2019s session at the Brownlee circuit. And to have access to such a resource without having to load our trailers and drive. Bliss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s hoping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today\u2019s participants lined up across the track (Minus Barney and guide dog Tessa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barney and Tessa (just so they don\u2019t miss out)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Father and daughter Stephen and Sophie pose by their recently acquired Orbit <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Judith and Elisa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barney leads new stoker Josh through induction <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Keith and Jules about to demonstrate that our Large Pilot – Medium Stoker sized bike comes in handy <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We really ought to be lobbying our local council. Calderdale benefits from the Brooksbank circuit; Wakefield enjoys BCKAT; and Leeds is home to the fantastic Brownlee track. All three are widely used. Alas, all Kirklees has to offer are circular running tracks. If only our own track sessions could take place on a purpose built … Continue reading “Brownlee Track – 23 Oct 21”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1574"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574\/revisions\/1577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}