roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Glen Tanar exploration including the fording of the eponymous water
Your ride today....
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roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Respect !
Spiderweb
Not So Special One
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Out at 1.40pm after my dog walk. Beautiful weather in North Yorkshire, nearly 20° and sunny. Just over 53 miles with an average of 14.3 mph. Fab ride!
There's some absolutely brilliant ride reports in this thread, Fab reporting from @Rickshaw Phil . Well chuffed you are still in the 100M monthly challenge and to @HLaB also, and everyone else posting their rides. One of my favourite threads on the forum.
I wish I had as I would have helped them ashore. Offering them some of the fabulous home made flapjack I had in my back pocket and welcomed them to the UK for hopefully a better life.
Donger
Convoi Exceptionnel
- Location
- Quedgeley, Glos.
That be Newburgh Priory ..... just to the South of Coxwold.
Spiderweb
Not So Special One
- Location
- North Yorkshire
A roasting 24° in North Yorkshire so out on my best bike for a change. 30 miles with an average of 16.6 mph.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Exploration from Braemar to Derry Lodge and beyond, about 36km.
Wonderful scenery.
Wonderful scenery.
I added a reply to this, I wonder what happened to it. Dark forces at work? Come out and explain yourself!
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Another long(ish) ride out for beer & lunch followed by a train ride home. It's surprising what a mostly tail wind does for the average speed
Donger
Convoi Exceptionnel
- Location
- Quedgeley, Glos.
One last ride before packing the car and heading back home from Yorkshire. After yesterday's climbing I opted for a nice, flat, "achey legs" recovery ride in the Vale of York using a couple of bridges over the busy A19. I've always liked crossing rivers, so my target today was to cross both the Ouse and the Swale before turning for home. Firstly I set off for Aldwark Bridge on the River Ouse. The first sign I saw for the place made me do a double-take as I thought it said "Aardvark Bridge". In my advancing years I seem to be stuck with a read-only memory, so the village will forever be "Aardvark" to me. The bridge is a toll one,and single lane with queues of traffic waiting patiently at either end. I was pleased to see that bikes go free. I continued on to a bench ouside the village curch of Little Ouseburn to consult the map and decide on my next move. Before re-crossing the Ouse, I followed a track down to the river bank and had a nice chat with a couple who had just landed their canoe.
Once back across, I headed off to Myton on Swale via Aardvark/Aldwark ...
.... and Flawith. The bridge over the Swale at Myton is an interesting one, being on a public bridleway approached by a rough track and turning into a greenway on the other bank.
This must be within a mile or so of the confluence of the Swale and the Ouse, and the Swale is looking really tranquil at this point.
I headed back via Tholthorpe:
... on the way passing an old airfield that seems to have been turned into a rather nice house:
I then hit a familiar road at Raskelf and re-traced my way to the holiday home via Raskelf and Easingwold. It was really quite hot out there this afternoon/evening and I arrived "home" in a bit of a lather after 28.5 very enjoyable but warm miles. Fortunately we had some Stella Artois in the fridge. That's it for this mini break now. A total of 63.8 miles squeezed in between car outings in the Dales and the North York Moors. Lovely. No Strava, just my stone age "Flat Nav" route tracker for you:
(The two main towns on the map are Thirsk and York).
Once back across, I headed off to Myton on Swale via Aardvark/Aldwark ...
.... and Flawith. The bridge over the Swale at Myton is an interesting one, being on a public bridleway approached by a rough track and turning into a greenway on the other bank.
This must be within a mile or so of the confluence of the Swale and the Ouse, and the Swale is looking really tranquil at this point.
I headed back via Tholthorpe:
... on the way passing an old airfield that seems to have been turned into a rather nice house:
I then hit a familiar road at Raskelf and re-traced my way to the holiday home via Raskelf and Easingwold. It was really quite hot out there this afternoon/evening and I arrived "home" in a bit of a lather after 28.5 very enjoyable but warm miles. Fortunately we had some Stella Artois in the fridge. That's it for this mini break now. A total of 63.8 miles squeezed in between car outings in the Dales and the North York Moors. Lovely. No Strava, just my stone age "Flat Nav" route tracker for you:
(The two main towns on the map are Thirsk and York).
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Glow worm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Near Newmarket
Rolled off the ferry at Hoek Van Holland from Harwich at silly oclock on Sunday morning. Then headed south towards Belgium and rode along the border for a couple of days before arriving at Maastricht this afternoon.
Near Spijkeneese on Sunday.
Leaving my panniers behind in Belgium while crossing back into the Netherlands! This, one of the many Belgian exclaves of Baarle.
Earlier today, back into Belgium from NL in a beatiful nature reserve. Bosland, a land full of bosses, sounds awful but it was very pleasant.
Then, 35 miles or so alongside some canal or other (my research is meticulous). Easy effortless riding mostly,aside from a nagging headwind that I’ve battled with since leaving Cambridgeshire on Saturday.
After riding through another stunning Belgian nature reserve, my route spat me out at the river Maas/ Meuse, with a distant view of Maastricht, my destination where my wife was waiting for me for a couple of days of holiday.
Safe space in the hotel for the bike for the next couple of nights before I head off to the German/ Belgian border for a couple of days before pointing the bike back in East Anglia‘s direction and heading slowly home. Being able to wheel it through the reception of a reasonably nice hotel to its safe parking spot is the mark of a civilised country 😀.
Near Spijkeneese on Sunday.
Leaving my panniers behind in Belgium while crossing back into the Netherlands! This, one of the many Belgian exclaves of Baarle.
Earlier today, back into Belgium from NL in a beatiful nature reserve. Bosland, a land full of bosses, sounds awful but it was very pleasant.
Then, 35 miles or so alongside some canal or other (my research is meticulous). Easy effortless riding mostly,aside from a nagging headwind that I’ve battled with since leaving Cambridgeshire on Saturday.
After riding through another stunning Belgian nature reserve, my route spat me out at the river Maas/ Meuse, with a distant view of Maastricht, my destination where my wife was waiting for me for a couple of days of holiday.
Safe space in the hotel for the bike for the next couple of nights before I head off to the German/ Belgian border for a couple of days before pointing the bike back in East Anglia‘s direction and heading slowly home. Being able to wheel it through the reception of a reasonably nice hotel to its safe parking spot is the mark of a civilised country 😀.
VinSumRox
Senior Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders
I did enjoy it. The hill wasn't as bad as I thought it might be, steep section at the start then not too bad after that. I was surprised how many people got off and walked near the start of the hill.
VinSumRox
Senior Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Decent short 35km ride this evening in the lovely weather with a pal.
