by craigdabrown
Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:38 am
Well, Storm Brian didn’t turn out to be quite as bad as predicted on Saturday and five of us – Claire, Julia, Alistair, Jonny and myself - took a chance on a K-Ride paced trip into the Wolds. It was Jonny’s first ride with the Club but he didn’t seem daunted by the conditions or our plan. In fact, he was actually going to join Stuart on the A-Ride to Thornton-le-Dale.
We enjoyed a flattering tailwind on the first section and were soon approaching North Grimston via Stockton, Bossall and Kirkham. Alistair decided to head for Malton at that point and the four of us took a right-turn before the main road for a nice, slightly off-road, climb up Luddith Road which brought us out onto the climb from Birdsall. Julia had to be back early and headed straight for the top when we took a left for Thixendale.
The next part was the only time we were properly exposed to the wind all day, having to pedal all the way down the descent and battle the wind a bit on the climb back out and up to Huggate. The three of us were in need of some food after that and headed down through Millington Pastures and the welcoming fire of the Rambler’s Rest cafe.
Standard route back via Meltonby, Yapham and Fangfoss, we came across DaveC and IanH just after Stamford Bridge. Dave had hit a patch of diesel at Northgate Lane and gone for a slide but seemed none the worse for the experience and led us on the last bit back to York.
Thanks to everyone for good company on a fine route devised by Claire, we pretty-much avoided the wind for the whole day and managed 66 miles and over 3,000 feet of climbing when we thought we might not get out at all. Great to have Jonny along on his first Clifton Ride and I hope that work schedules and his studies permit him to make it out again soon.
We enjoyed a flattering tailwind on the first section and were soon approaching North Grimston via Stockton, Bossall and Kirkham. Alistair decided to head for Malton at that point and the four of us took a right-turn before the main road for a nice, slightly off-road, climb up Luddith Road which brought us out onto the climb from Birdsall. Julia had to be back early and headed straight for the top when we took a left for Thixendale.
The next part was the only time we were properly exposed to the wind all day, having to pedal all the way down the descent and battle the wind a bit on the climb back out and up to Huggate. The three of us were in need of some food after that and headed down through Millington Pastures and the welcoming fire of the Rambler’s Rest cafe.
Standard route back via Meltonby, Yapham and Fangfoss, we came across DaveC and IanH just after Stamford Bridge. Dave had hit a patch of diesel at Northgate Lane and gone for a slide but seemed none the worse for the experience and led us on the last bit back to York.
Thanks to everyone for good company on a fine route devised by Claire, we pretty-much avoided the wind for the whole day and managed 66 miles and over 3,000 feet of climbing when we thought we might not get out at all. Great to have Jonny along on his first Clifton Ride and I hope that work schedules and his studies permit him to make it out again soon.
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