FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - suggestions for 2011 please

[Landslide]

Hmm, I may need to conduct further research...

 

[Mr Bunbury]

they both leave about 6.30, which always struck me as a bit odd. I do mean to go on the Manchester one, though.

The two times I've been out from Manchester, they've finished in the wee hours. The evening start did however allow them to stop halfway with plenty of drinking time remaining

 

[Aperitif]

name me one of our destinations that doesn't have beer at the end of it!

Southend? A miserable murdering cellarman or two...

 

[marinyork]

Hmm, I may need to conduct further research...

Or you could have asked someone else.

 

[dellzeqq]

there's no substitute for personal reseach......

 

[Landslide]

Or you could have asked someone else.

Or not needed to be back in Sheffield at a time that precluded hitting the boozer. I know, bloody inconsiderate of me...

 

[marinyork]

There are some strong candidates here - York to Scarborough (or even Sheffield to Scarborough) makes railway sense. I'm intrigued by the different perspective on Leeds to Blackpool/Morecambe offered by MSeries and Marin.

There's not really. MSeries is a fairly exceptional rider and I'm not. I've thought quite seriously about riding up to the Lakes by a similar route and driven/rode/walked long bits round there and I do think it'd be quite a hard ride. Then again a lot of the people on FNRttc are pretty fast. I'm not against the idea, Longers wrote up a piece about when he cycled to the Lake District and back overnight, sounded wonderful, but hard. There are however plenty of CC riders from around Leeds who'll also tell you what they think but none of them seem to have congregated in this thread.

 

[Mr Bunbury]

If the idea of York-Scarborough has legs but the A64 is worrying, options would be:

Option Number 1 Leave York on the A166, stay on it for 25km then turn left onto B road at Fridaythorpe. The 166 isn't as bad as the 64, it's had hardly any traffic when I've ridden it at night.

Option Number 2 Same but turn left at Stamford Bridge. A lot less A road time but I'd have to ride the minor roads in question at night to tell you whether this was advisable.

Option Number 3 Take the Elvington road out of York like we did this time, left at Sutton on Derwent, cross the A1079 and take the B road to through Pocklington to Driffield and another B road up to Scarborough. It's 10km longer than the other routes but still only 80km, with a possible halfway stop in Pock.

 

[marinyork]

I think that's all very unnecessary. Heworth, Stockton on the Forest, Upper Helmsley, Sand Hutton and so on there are some great minor roads going up to Malton without going anywhere near the A64 and/or you can head back down whenever you like. The A166 still has a few nutters on it in anycase.

 

[dellzeqq]

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just a thought. I don't know the area, and it might be very vulnerable to the weather, but

a) pub in Melbourne. Remember that we were invited back
decent length
c) nice views in the morning - or so I would have thought. Somebody will now tell me that Filey has less charm than a cat's arse

on the minus side - the end is up and down and up and down

feel free to pour scorn on it

 

[marinyork]

No, the coast is pretty cool, well Flamborough is as well and it'd be light by then (probably). The only flaw in that route is that it doesn't go through Stockton-on-the-forest which you have to visit as it is one of the few linear villages.

 

[ChrisM]

+1 London to Hastings would be nice run!! or London to Herne Bay.. whitstable run just a little further down the coast! or of course, Maldon and thenback to Chelmsford for trains home

 

[blockend]

The east coast main line is the route for a quick escape out the smoke. Both the York and Leeds/Wakefield branches take about the same as a No19 bus to Battersea. People, and not just mad people, actually commute from ecml stations to KingsX on a daily basis.

Newark probably takes the same time as Surbiton from the West End. Skeggy's connections aren't bad, ditto Cleethorpes and Scarborough. Up from the Yorkshire coast the line hugs the North Sea, meaning a trip west on the narrow bits or a loop. In fact a circle offers some of the best country if you can live with the compromise, giving the loveliness of the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Wolds and the North Yorks Moors and back to Babylon in time for lunch.

 

[blockend]

Somebody will now tell me that Filey has less charm than a cat's arse

Filey is fine, though a trip to nearby Flamborough Head is compulsory I'da thought. You can see that marvellous bird-squirrel chimera the puffin in action and pick ammonites out the rock face.

 

[Arch]

No, the coast is pretty cool, well Flamborough is as well and it'd be light by then (probably). The only flaw in that route is that it doesn't go through Stockton-on-the-forest which you have to visit as it is one of the few linear villages.

For which read long and dull, with potholes, and usually a headwind both ways... I usually think not going through Stockon is an advantage.

Dell, that route seems to miss Melbourne, didn't you want to go there? It would be better to go through there anyway, as it takes you to Allerthorpe and a shorter hop on the A1079 to get to Pock via the road that runs past the gliding club.

Pocklington is a nice little town, although I've never been roaming round it in the small hours. You might well find a place to open for you, there are a couple of cafes.

I was wondering about York-Hull, but extending the distance by going north to take in the edge of the Wolds. Or maybe get south of the Ouse near Howden and head east before cutting back up to Hull crossing the Humber bridge from south to north (no idea if this fits in the distance, as you have to go a little way south to cross the Trent.)