nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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- You want hills? We got hills
It's on again
Leeds to Scarborough
We start at Leeds railway station 0900. Two route choices
Flatter...about 85 miles and, for those that have done it, about the same climbing as the Manchester -Llandudno flatter route
Hiller....not sure yet but will be a bit further, about 90 miles and incorporates a couple of hills
It's a slightly fiddly route to get out of the city, then we head through Temple Newsam park and out into nice quiet country lanes to Cawood where we have a coffee/cake stop. From there it becomes very flat indeed to Malton where we have a late lunch stop
There is a rolling section then as we skirt around the Howardian Hills (missing the very steep Wolds all together) after which we have a flat run towards Scarborough.
The ride finishes with a route that takes us from South Bay to North Bay along the promenade like the Tour de Yorkshire. We finish at a really great fish and chip shop
After the fish and chips folk are welcome to head home, come for a few beers before heading off or stop over and make a night of it. Scarborough has decent train connections back to Leeds & Manchester, also to York from where you can get just about anywhere
As before I will run an "Expressions of Interest" list
I won't finalise routes yet. I'm looking for a better route out of the city and working on a hilly variant. Happy to have any comments on last year's route from participants via PM
One comment from me. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, please don't put you're name down for this ride if you are not willing to turn up with some means to navigate the route. That can be a GPS, a map, whatever. But please don't rely on turning up and hoping to follow others. We will slowly split into smaller groups and you may find yourself unable to see another rider in front
Expressions of Interest
@ColinJ
@I like Skol
@Littgull
@Oldfentiger
@Crackle
@Freds Dad
@Kestevan
@Julia9054 +1
@EasyPeez
@rich p
@Moodyman
@si_c
@wanda2010
@doughnut +1
@Rickshaw Phil
@Buck +1
Route Files
Note these are PROVISIONAL at this stage but give a good idea of the proposed routes
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/21518464 Flatter
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/21567538 Hiller
Both routes are the same to Malton, the late lunch stop. After that the flatter route is 28 miles with 850ft of climbing. The hillier route is 34 miles with 2,100ft of climbing.
Taking the hillier route the participants will be pushing on to get to the fish and chips at same time as those on the flatter route so be prepared to split into smaller groups
Leeds to Scarborough
We start at Leeds railway station 0900. Two route choices
Flatter...about 85 miles and, for those that have done it, about the same climbing as the Manchester -Llandudno flatter route
Hiller....not sure yet but will be a bit further, about 90 miles and incorporates a couple of hills
It's a slightly fiddly route to get out of the city, then we head through Temple Newsam park and out into nice quiet country lanes to Cawood where we have a coffee/cake stop. From there it becomes very flat indeed to Malton where we have a late lunch stop
There is a rolling section then as we skirt around the Howardian Hills (missing the very steep Wolds all together) after which we have a flat run towards Scarborough.
The ride finishes with a route that takes us from South Bay to North Bay along the promenade like the Tour de Yorkshire. We finish at a really great fish and chip shop
After the fish and chips folk are welcome to head home, come for a few beers before heading off or stop over and make a night of it. Scarborough has decent train connections back to Leeds & Manchester, also to York from where you can get just about anywhere
As before I will run an "Expressions of Interest" list
I won't finalise routes yet. I'm looking for a better route out of the city and working on a hilly variant. Happy to have any comments on last year's route from participants via PM
One comment from me. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, please don't put you're name down for this ride if you are not willing to turn up with some means to navigate the route. That can be a GPS, a map, whatever. But please don't rely on turning up and hoping to follow others. We will slowly split into smaller groups and you may find yourself unable to see another rider in front
Expressions of Interest
@ColinJ
@I like Skol
@Littgull
@Oldfentiger
@Crackle
@Freds Dad
@Kestevan
@Julia9054 +1
@EasyPeez
@rich p
@Moodyman
@si_c
@wanda2010
@doughnut +1
@Rickshaw Phil
@Buck +1
Route Files
Note these are PROVISIONAL at this stage but give a good idea of the proposed routes
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/21518464 Flatter
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/21567538 Hiller
Both routes are the same to Malton, the late lunch stop. After that the flatter route is 28 miles with 850ft of climbing. The hillier route is 34 miles with 2,100ft of climbing.
Taking the hillier route the participants will be pushing on to get to the fish and chips at same time as those on the flatter route so be prepared to split into smaller groups
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