Anyone who was out on the first ice cream run this year on May 16th will no doubt remember the horrible “improvement” to the path through Peace Park. Paul Mills took a couple members of town council out for a bike ride there and now we have reports of a proper improvement, so Monday’s ride will include a ride to see for ourselves!

Date: Monday, June 8th
Time: 6:30
Meeting Location: parking lot behind Dutch Oven
Ride Leader: Maria Siemiaszko

This week’s ride will start at the industrial park on Willmott Street. We will east on Highway #2 to Gully Rd..  The top of Gully Rd. is the high point of this ride and from then on it is down hill. The Gully Rd. Hill can seem daunting but a low gear and a slow pace will beat it. There is an optional hill climb near the end of this ride (Hill 60). We will all meet up again at Workman Rd, before we head back to the car park.

Start time: 6:30pm
Start location: Parking lot industrial park east end. Willmott and Dodge streets.
Route Map:Printable route map with elevations 
Difficulty: Level 2 (+ a smidgen)
Ride Leader: Allan Dennis

On Tuesday June 2, 2015 a very near and dear friend of the NHCC, Jill Dolores Mills, danced her last waltz. Those who have been with the NHCC since it’s inception know Jill as the constant, quiet supporter behind her husband Paul Mills (founding member and tireless supporter). We had hoped that Jill would be around for many more seasons, supporting our Presqu’ile Picnic rides and being there whenever help was needed but apparently the universe has greater plans for Jill.

We extend our condolences to Paul Mills both as a Club and as a friend. Visitation will take place at MacCoubrey Funeral Home, 30 King Street East, Cobourg, ON, on Saturday, June 6 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Funeral service will be held on Sunday, June 7 at 1:00 p.m. in the MacCoubrey Funeral Home chapel. Those who wish to make a donation in her name, please do so at Cycle Transitions, (by cheque) c/o 452A King St. E., Cobourg, ON K9A 1M6

View the notice here

Please note that bicycle parking will be available, but it’s appreciated if you would leave a comment letting us know you will arrive by bicycle so that adequate parking is arranged.

Doesn’t matter if you missed it on Thursday, we’ll do it again on Sunday. We are taking the Waterfront Trail all the way to Newcastle and back again. These “out and back” rides are great if you don’t know how far you want to go because you can just turn around at any given time. If you do the whole route from the Town Hall, it’s 57 km but add another 22km to that if you cycle over to the start point from Cobourg.

Start time: 10:00am
Start location: Port Hope Town Hall parking lot
Level of difficulty: Level 3 and Level 4 (mostly)
Route Map: 57k printable route map here or view it on Ride with GPS

Starting in Cobourg? Leave a comment to let others know so you can ride over as a group at 9:30am.

Nice and easy route, and hopefully some reasonable weather for Thursday. Waterfront Trail all the way to Newcastle! It’s not terribly hilly, though there is a little up-hill-ish feeling on the way back. If you want to shorten the distance, just turn around at any point and come back because the route back is the same as the route there. This of course, makes it suitable for multiple levels. It’s 57 km if you leave from Port Hope Town Hall, but add another 22km to that if you cycle over to the start point from Cobourg.

Start time: 10:00am
Start location: Port Hope Town Hall parking lot
Level of difficulty: Level 3 and Level 4 (mostly)
Route Map: 57k printable route map here or view it on Ride with GPS

If you are planning to bike over from Cobourg, leave a comment to let others know so people can meet in the Canadian Tire parking lot at 9:30am (it takes 20-25 minutes to bike to Port Hope). While you’re at it, why not leave a comment to let people know which group you would like to ride with (Level 3 or 4)?

If you can’t make Mike’s wonderful ride in the evening (or want to get in all the riding that you can!), come for a spin along the Waterfront Trail early in the afternoon. It’ll be a 2 hour ride east out of Cobourg – 1 hour out and then turn back. How far and fast we go will depend on who’s out so it’s good to know who will be coming. we may even split into groups if there are several like minded people riding at different levels.

Date: Wednesday, June 3rd
Time: 12:30
Location: Donegan Park
Map: none needed – we’ll follow the Waterfront Trail east
Ride Coordinator: Maria Siemiaszko

Please indicate which level you think you’d like to ride at.

As we all know, two of our founding members, our current president Anita Macklin and past president Randy Albon will be getting married at Victoria Hall this Friday, June 5th. Another of our founding members, Paul Mills is organizing a group photograph of the happy couple and as many NHCC members as possible right after the nuptials. Paul has asked Brenda Nutter to take the photograph. Brenda is one of our members, and for those who aren’t aware of this, a very accomplished and renowned photographer who has travelled the world taking stunning photographs.

For anyone who is able to, please come to Victoria Hall, wear your jersey and bring your bike (if you can), and a big smile! We’ll form an honour guard as the newlyweds emerge from Victoria Hall. Paul will arrange for the bikes to be watched during the ceremony if you’d like to go into the Old Bailey to witness the ceremony.

Date: Friday, June 5th
Place: Victoria Hall
Time: 3:45 – assemble in front of Victoria Hall (wedding is at 4:00)
Please come to honour a couple who have done so much for this terrific club!

Sunday’s weather certainly hasn’t been  ideal riding weather and Monday’s looks a little iffy so we’ll postpone our ride until Tuesday. This won’t be any ordinary Level 1 ride! There’s a good possibility of invited dignitaries, live music at our ice cream stop at Dairy Dreams, lively discussion of local cycling issues, and more! Don’t miss this special ride – no matter what level you usually ride at, come for a short spin around town and learn what’s going on!

Date: TUESDAY, June 2nd
Time: 6:30
Meeting Location: parking lot behind Dutch Oven
Ride Leader: Maria Siemiaszko

We’ll be pulling into Dairy Dreams at 7:30 so if you can’t make the ride, feel free to join up with us for ice cream and ???

We will do last week’s route in reverse. We will also do Skye Valley (it is worth the short detour)
20km with a few hills
This ride starts at the Arena on Furnace Street and will then head out into the countryside, There’s a few hills in this ride but we are going to take it sloooooow and learn some strategies to get up those hills. Don’t let it scare you—that’s what those smaller chain rings are for!  The scenery outside of town is worth it.
Start Time: 6:30pm
Start Location: Arena on Furnace Street
Ride Difficulty: Level 2
Sunset: 8:46 (Lights required on bikes at 8:16pm)
Route Map: Printable route map with elevations
Ride leader: Mike McLellan