ABC Towns and Villages

[Aravis]

I've made good progress on the "second word" variant. It's working well and proving to be quite fun, and as with the original I find myself
on roads I'd previously by-passed. At the start of September I picked up B and C:

And last Saturday advanced to F:

 

[Alex321]

Four in one rainy ride today (mostly after dark).

All done in the correct order
https://www.strava.com/activities/6054097036

Dyffryn

East Aberthaw

Fonmon

Gileston

 

[Mike_P]

Completed the 7th letter version as far as achievable today - had to play an extra bye with J Q X and Z skipped.

Husthwaite,Knaresborough https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/post-6514684

Earswick, Fulford, Holgate https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/post-6515482

Micklefield, Arthington https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-1966#post-6523309

Coneythorpe, Scarthingwell https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-1966#post-6525290

Patrick Brompton, Finghall https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-1969#post-6530302

Clapham Green, Fewston, Plumpton https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/post-6535703

Bramhope https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-1973#post-6542588

Pilmoor, Baldersby, Tollerton https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-1974#post-6543400

Lofthouse https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-1977#post-6555471

Hopgrove, Osbaldwick https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-1978#post-6557348

Whixley https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-1980#post-6562675

 

[BoldonLad]

 

[Aravis]

At last, some progress today on the second word variant:

There's a nice I not far away, and I have a plan for J.

 

[Alex321]

I got stuck after H (haven't actually posted it, but I've been through Hensol several times since my last post in this thread, and here is a photo to prove it). But there is nowhere near here for "I", "J" or "K". I'm only going to get any of those by taking my bike somewhere and riding there, not by starting and ending at home.

I could actually get I and K by taking the bike over to Swansea and riding around part of the Gower peninsula (Ilston and Killay). I know Killay quite well, I often dance there with Sweyns'ey Morris, and I have driven through Ilston once. Still no J within reasonable reach.

 

[Aravis]

I could actually get I and K by taking the bike over to Swansea and riding around part of the Gower peninsula (Ilston and Killay). I know Killay quite well, I often dance there with Sweyns'ey Morris, and I have driven through Ilston once. Still no J within reasonable reach.

If you can get to Swansea, what about this?

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6...4!1sOqwqhE5CLUwD3LbfCda64A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

 

[Alex321]

If you can get to Swansea, what about this?

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https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6...4!1sOqwqhE5CLUwD3LbfCda64A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Duh!. Never thought of that, and I drive past it every time I head for central Swansea or out towards Mumbles.

I'll have to find a way to get time to take my bike out that way.

 

[BoldonLad]

Penshaw, near Sunderland, Tyne & Wear

 

[BoldonLad]

Q - Quaking Houses. An ex-mining village in County Durham. Giving the Coal Mining, history of the place, I thought the name might be due to past mining subsidence, but, according to Wikipedia, it is more likely because of a Quaker presence, in the past.

 

[BoldonLad]

R - Rickleton, a village on the southern edge of Washington, Tyne-Wear.

 

[BoldonLad]

S. Stanley, County Durham

 

[BoldonLad]

T. Tanfield, County Durham, of Tanfield Railway fame(?)

 

[BoldonLad]

U. Usworth Village, Washington, Tyne-Wear.

Struggling to find a "V" !.

 

[Chromatic]

Well @Spinney, I finally got around to it after all this time, I did I ages ago. Here’s a J, Joys Green in the forest.

I will confess to this being a drive and park then ride, with a lot more driving than riding but I did pootle about for a little bit and also did a church.