Fancy a ride to the Seaside?
0900 at Pete's Bench (the roundabout with the funny florist thingy at the town end of Stockton Lane).
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Long Ride on Wednesday?
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What a ride! Nigel could only be out for a few hours which just left me and Heather to tackle a classic route. Out via Dalby, Hackness. Big breakers at the sea side with spray coming over onto Marine Drive. Nice cafe. Then back via Raincliffe Woods, Sherburn and a traverse of the Wolds. Nagging NW wind all day felt like it never gave us a hand. 106 miles with lots of hills and even the flatter lanes were somewhat agricultural. 16mph for the out-of-cafe section (
) and even the great Heather was "in bits" for the last 10 miles. (I'd been suffering since Sherburn). We were so battered that a rotund gentleman on a big Dutch bike with panniers dropped us on Stockton Lane. He saw us coming in his wing mirrors (yes, he had a huge pair like a 1960s moped 
) and just rode away. I started laughing, but stopped when I found out how much laughing hurt..... Yep, we got our money's worth on Wednesday.
What a ride! Nigel could only be out for a few hours which just left me and Heather to tackle a classic route. Out via Dalby, Hackness. Big breakers at the sea side with spray coming over onto Marine Drive. Nice cafe. Then back via Raincliffe Woods, Sherburn and a traverse of the Wolds. Nagging NW wind all day felt like it never gave us a hand. 106 miles with lots of hills and even the flatter lanes were somewhat agricultural. 16mph for the out-of-cafe section (
) and even the great Heather was "in bits" for the last 10 miles. (I'd been suffering since Sherburn). We were so battered that a rotund gentleman on a big Dutch bike with panniers dropped us on Stockton Lane. He saw us coming in his wing mirrors (yes, he had a huge pair like a 1960s moped ) and just rode away. I started laughing, but stopped when I found out how much laughing hurt..... Yep, we got our money's worth on Wednesday.