IaninSheffield
Veteran
- Location
- Sheffield, UK
Prologue
(A belated report from a single centre ‘tour’)
This year’s annual ‘tour’ with my good friend and cycling buddy Paul was his choice and inspired following a few days he spent in Skipton with his wife. This vibrant little market town in North Yorkshire offers plenty of choice in accommodation, a good range of eating and drinking options, and surrounded and linked by hills and valleys in all directions, a fantastic hinterland for cycling. Since we weren’t going to be touring, I was looking forward to making the most of my most recent indulgence and hoping it would ease the journeys up and down the Yorkshire Dales.
Sabbath Aspire
With a scant 70 miles to travel an early start was not needed, so a midday departure would allow for a leisurely drive up. Having generously offered to drive up Paul arrived on time, immediately announcing we would need to travel back to his place to pick up his cycling shoes! Forgetting something will doubtless become an increasingly likely feature of our annual trips as ageing claims more of our dwindling reserves of cerebral matter.
The added miles and an ‘interesting’ detour around the backstreets of Bradford following a coffee stop meant that we arrived in Skipton perfectly just after four. It was almost as though the travel gods had purposefully and sensibly glitched our journey to effect a timely arrival.
The B&B was handily situated almost in the town centre, though hopefully tucked in a corner far enough away from any late night revellers, which indeed it proved to be.
Our evening's repast was taken, as has become custom on at least one evening, courtesy of Wetherspoon's - simple fare which filled a gap, enjoyed with a good beer or two.
Tomorrow the cycling begins.
(A belated report from a single centre ‘tour’)
This year’s annual ‘tour’ with my good friend and cycling buddy Paul was his choice and inspired following a few days he spent in Skipton with his wife. This vibrant little market town in North Yorkshire offers plenty of choice in accommodation, a good range of eating and drinking options, and surrounded and linked by hills and valleys in all directions, a fantastic hinterland for cycling. Since we weren’t going to be touring, I was looking forward to making the most of my most recent indulgence and hoping it would ease the journeys up and down the Yorkshire Dales.
Sabbath Aspire
With a scant 70 miles to travel an early start was not needed, so a midday departure would allow for a leisurely drive up. Having generously offered to drive up Paul arrived on time, immediately announcing we would need to travel back to his place to pick up his cycling shoes! Forgetting something will doubtless become an increasingly likely feature of our annual trips as ageing claims more of our dwindling reserves of cerebral matter.
The added miles and an ‘interesting’ detour around the backstreets of Bradford following a coffee stop meant that we arrived in Skipton perfectly just after four. It was almost as though the travel gods had purposefully and sensibly glitched our journey to effect a timely arrival.
The B&B was handily situated almost in the town centre, though hopefully tucked in a corner far enough away from any late night revellers, which indeed it proved to be.
Our evening's repast was taken, as has become custom on at least one evening, courtesy of Wetherspoon's - simple fare which filled a gap, enjoyed with a good beer or two.
Tomorrow the cycling begins.