by craigdabrown
Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:51 am
8 (GrahamR, MarkB, GrahamT, IanW, NeilS, Dr. Joe, IanH, and myself) in the Square on Saturday for an Inters ride to Millington via Middleton-on-the-Wolds.
We’d plagiarised a route from the Sunday gang and a strong tailwind on the outward leg, through Pocklington, Londesborough and Market Weighton, maybe gave a slightly optimistic indication regarding post-Christmas fitness levels as we certainly noticed it when we turned back into the wind and headed for Millington via Nunburnholme and Kilnwick Percy. A few minor mechanicals on that stretch when Neil’s crank arm came loose and GrahamR and I both punctured.
The Rambler’s Rest cafe was as popular and welcoming as ever and Dr. Joe used his bedside manner to charm some elderly ladies, who’d finished their lunch and were sitting chatting, into giving up their table.
Usual route home, we split into a couple of smaller groups so the guys who'd additional miles after York could press on and be home for a reasonable time. A punchy, 70 miles for me, with some great banter throughout the day and really nice to tackle sections that we don't often ride.
We’d plagiarised a route from the Sunday gang and a strong tailwind on the outward leg, through Pocklington, Londesborough and Market Weighton, maybe gave a slightly optimistic indication regarding post-Christmas fitness levels as we certainly noticed it when we turned back into the wind and headed for Millington via Nunburnholme and Kilnwick Percy. A few minor mechanicals on that stretch when Neil’s crank arm came loose and GrahamR and I both punctured.
The Rambler’s Rest cafe was as popular and welcoming as ever and Dr. Joe used his bedside manner to charm some elderly ladies, who’d finished their lunch and were sitting chatting, into giving up their table.
Usual route home, we split into a couple of smaller groups so the guys who'd additional miles after York could press on and be home for a reasonable time. A punchy, 70 miles for me, with some great banter throughout the day and really nice to tackle sections that we don't often ride.