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Many thanks to Mark for organising this! Everyone who did it will know it was a really hard day with the wind but very satisfying in a masocistic way. And now I'm going to bed. At 9pm

And many thanks to Mark's small band of helpers; Liz, Milly, Holly and Steph (I didn't see Jacob, but he may have been around....)

The toughest stretch was that steep pitch on Buttertubs up to the view point with the wind whipping straight down the gully (and Steve half-wheeling me!), how many watts did your Sturmy-Archer hub thingy read Arthur?

Have to have a look. At the time I was in too much pain. I did notice it was 30 rpm though! Today my knees hurt.

Thanks Mark and team for a thoroughly enjoyable audax. My only suggestion would be next year to hold it in mid December as the weather seems to be better then!

Yes, many thanks to Mark and the team - it was a great ride! The long descents were fantastic

Tan Hill Audax, that'll be a doddle, after all, this year I've done the Etape Du Dales, Dales Grimpeur and even cycled to Alnwick in one day - how wrong can you be. Strong winds, driving rain and cold mist on the hill tops - typical August Audax weather , boy did I find it tough.

Still, Mark and family many thanks for all the effort, much appreciated, and that soup after 130 hard miles was wonderful.

Arthur - at the time I was in too much pain - was that when you were dancing away on the pedals into the mist like a spring rabbit on the toughest upward bits. That wasn't pain, if you'd seen the sad wet sorry mess a mile back down the road grinding away on a 34x23, that was real pain

PS sorry I couldn't give you a lift back from Shipton, with a bike in I can only get two adults in (shall have to get one of those MPV jobbies). Still you got to York before we did anyway.

Riding back was fine. I had nice dry clothes on and had been well fed at the Village Hall. Made me feel virtuous anyway