Must have been summer/autumn of 1992.
Lived in Manchester doing a teacher training course after my degree and rode 3 times a week....
Ended up so fit that I considered the off-road route from Stockport to my parents place in Barnsley via the Dark Peak - about 50 miles of off-roading....
And I did it, after a beautiful Rusholme Curry... - can't remember the exact route but it took in Hayfield, Jacobs Ladder, Mam Tor, Edale, Hope, and Ladybower.
I think it took me 5 hours.... On a fully rigid bike (RC30s!!) with 1.5" hardpacks, and I did all the descents, ON the bike.
These days, I wouldn't even get halfway!