Hello & welcome to our blog.
We are (currently) a group of 7 ex-footballers who have now taken to riding our bikes around the many hills around the Southern Pennines.
We do actually still have a game of football weekly, playing for Springhead FC Veterans in sunny Oldham, (hence our name).
In May this year, we completed a Coast to Coast cycle ride, from Ayr on Scotland's west coast, across to Berwick upon Tweed on England's east coast, racking up 175 miles in three days.
Tomorrow (Sunday 11th August 2013) I have a nice little route planned for the boys: