Admin's 40th birthday ride - York environs 15 November

[Arch]

Ok, now the ToB is out of the way...

I gather from Craigwend yesterday that we have a localish birthday coming up which needs to be celebrated with a ride and cake. Possibly also beer.

So, we need a ride date. Preferably a Sunday so that Spandex can join us. If we are to celebrate the birthday, the birthday boy needs to be able to come along too.

Route ideas? If cake is the thing, The Balloon Tree Cafe is a good bet, on the way to Stamford Bridge. Pocklington also has sources, but I'll have to check on Sundays, as much of Pock is closed on Sundays. I hear Millington also has a cafe. There's Castle Howard, if hills are deemed worth it. South of the Hull Road is a bit of a cafe desert, but there are pubs.... Of course, there are always plenty of places to get cake in York, if it came to it. Or we head west, to the bright lights of Tadcaster, or south to the bustling metropolis that is Selby.

I guess we may need to think about a shorter ride than some of our summer ones, with the nights drawing in (as much for those who then need to get home, as much as for the ride itself), and check seasonal cafe opening... And a shorter ride might appeal to less keen partners.

Anyway, who's up for it, and when can you make it? You can never start planning too soon.

 

[postman]

Don't tell me about it.I'll just keep an eye out.
Cos i don't want the Health Fairy to hear about this.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET ON ONE OF THESE RIDES.

 

[HelenD123]

Arch - I can confirm that the cafe in Pocklington we went to yesterday is also open on a Sunday. They have seating upstairs so we wouldn't need to perch on the wall again! Your favourite German snack bar only opens 10-2 on a Sunday.

I'm due to become an auntie some time in October so may need to change my plans at the last minute but am free at the moment.

 

[marinyork]

South of Hull Road - I say whatever that pub at Elvington is called.

 

[velocidad]

i'm in

 

[zacklaws]

I,m free the 4th and the 25th. Working the night of the 3rd but plenty of caffeine should sort that problem out next morning.

To give us some idea for planning purposes:-

4th October, Sunrise 0708 BST Sunset 1832 BST Dusk 1905 BST

11th October, Sunrise 0721 BST Sunset 1815 BST Dusk 1848 BST

25th October Sunrise 0647 GMT Sunset 1643 GMT Dusk 1718 GMT

At some point in the month the clocks must change.

 

[Soltydog]

At some point in the month the clocks must change.

According to my diary it's the 25th Oct when the clocks change, just so happens that's the only free Sunday I have in October too , So i'm in if it's the 25th

 

[galaxy1]

Yep,I'll almost certainly be there.

 

[Arch]

South of Hull Road - I say whatever that pub at Elvington is called.

The Grey Horse, yes we stopped there last time I led a ride that way....

Thanks for cafe info Helen, I thought it was like that, but wasn't quite sure about that deli. I must say, if someone set up a cafe in Elvington, Seaton Ross or Melbourne, they could be onto a winner, they'd have a monopoly.

 

[craigwend]

Ok, now the ToB is out of the way...
I gather from Craigwend yesterday that we have a localish birthday coming up which needs to be celebrated with a ride and cake. Possibly also beer.

Erm don't we need to check with the (ADMIN) 'person concerned' who may or may not be 40 to see if he (or she) can make it ?????????

or at least before they edit this post!

 

[Arch]

Erm don't we need to check with the (ADMIN) 'person concerned' who may or may not be 40 to see if he (or she) can make it ?????????

or at least before they edit this post!

I've alerted the Birthday Boy in the thread he's started on the subject....

 

[Shaun]

I've copied all your posts here and twiddled with them a bit to take out the October references as it's looking like November now.

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[Arch]

... we could shift the birthday ride back into November to get as many as possible along, might mean a lottery with the weather and maybe a shorter ride for the light, but hey ho ...

 

[Arch]

Oh, hang on. I'm dithering about whether to go to Cycle 09 and if I do, it'll have to be the 11th.... I suppose you could just all go without me...

Admin, everyone, how are you fixed in November?

 

[velocidad]

i could do november.