7 riders for the Sunday clubrun - a nice mix of regulars plus guest-star appearances. Classic route down through Pock and Market Weighton then up the Hudson Way to Kiplingcotes. Blue skies and mellow colours - we keep saying how lucky we are, week after week. Middleton, Nunburnholme, Warter, Huggate, Millington. Met ScottishJon who had just missed us in York. We'd covered 52 hilly miles, with only about 20 of flat to go.
Great ride, thanks Chaps.
Northern Wolds next week. See you in The Square.
Rob
Weekend Roundup, 5th/6th
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sunday ride
I must answer, because:
My wife had to do in the morning some work so I couldn´t come for the clubride, but in the afternoon I could go for a ride. And as I looked at the weather, my legs get already nervous...
Anyway, I started somewhere about 2:15pm and drove almost the same tour you guys did!!! Only that I went at first to Bishope Wilton (this time the right climb at worsendale road!). Very very nice road and I did it in a new record time: 10min! Never did it sooo fast (because it was my first time;))
Then to Huggate, Warter, Nunburnholme, Melbourne to home. The weather was wonderful.
I will try to come next weekend...
At all 77km and 460m of climbing in a very moderate tempo!
My wife had to do in the morning some work so I couldn´t come for the clubride, but in the afternoon I could go for a ride. And as I looked at the weather, my legs get already nervous...
Anyway, I started somewhere about 2:15pm and drove almost the same tour you guys did!!! Only that I went at first to Bishope Wilton (this time the right climb at worsendale road!). Very very nice road and I did it in a new record time: 10min! Never did it sooo fast (because it was my first time;))
Then to Huggate, Warter, Nunburnholme, Melbourne to home. The weather was wonderful.
I will try to come next weekend...
At all 77km and 460m of climbing in a very moderate tempo!
A kind of weekend-and-a half report; did the inaugural 2011/12 season training ride (reported elsewhere) in Saturday's gloom. Sunday was far too pleasant for character-building riding, so I spent most of it painting the spare room - cue Chopper accent:- "This is Phil. He spent the best day of the weekend off his t*ts on paint fumes, he sleeps with a pallette knife and once he painted his own head with gloss white - through incompetence. Spot on, Phil!" Today was again inspiringly miserable so I shuffled my work to allow three hours or so doing the Brandsby - Oswaldkirk - Malton triangle; a regular route at this time of year back when Gary Brown was around. "Another one in the bank", as he'd have said. And fabulous autumn colours - although the roads were so greasy I was getting wheelspin on some of the climbs. Beware, if you're out there over the next few days.
Club runs sound idyllic - unfortunately I knew I had a clash of children's parties so I took the opportunity of an early exit on Friday afternoon to ride a similar route via Pock, Warter and Millington. Riding up the ToB hill out of Pock towards Warter with the low sun behind me the colours were fantastic. The flipside was, slimy autumn cr*d all over most of the roads, but nothing the mudguards and winter tyres couldn't handle.
I'll take as much mild November as I can get - just noticed the BBC has a Monthly Outlook section from which:
I'll take as much mild November as I can get - just noticed the BBC has a Monthly Outlook section from which:
Folk from the Met wrote:Southerly winds will mean unusually mild temperatures for this time of year, though given the cloud it certainly won't feel tropical! With the exception of Northern Ireland on Thursday morning we are unlikely to see frosty nights this week so that could be viewed as a bonus by many.