205 miles in a day (Tommy Godwin Challenge) - the Progress thread

[Pale Rider]

Looks like he's hammering up the old A1 towards Northallerton.

He will need to track north west a bit soon.

The B roads passing through Catterick look a reasonable bet.

 

[ianrauk]

Tracker is showing 200.45 miles

(ok with the under-read he'll have passed 200 a while ago, but anyway)

He's still someway to go to Richmond then...a long day in the saddle.

 

[mcshroom]

Staying east of the A1's a good idea, the other side is hillier. Most audaxes I've done round there head for Scorton and then West to Brompton on Swale. Does mean you finish with a hill though.

 

[Pale Rider]

Staying east of the A1's a good idea, the other side is hillier. Most audaxes I've done round there head for Scorton and then West to Brompton on Swale. Does mean you finish with a hill though.

Ah, I can see these routes are not just thrown together.

Short of dropping down from the north, the road into Richmond that Steve will take is the least steep.

Even I managed it, although I used the raised path and stopped for a breather at a park bench on the way up.

 

[Pale Rider]

Having said all that, he's stayed on the old A1 north of Northallerton, which all but rules out the Scorton/Brompton route.

I think the plan may be to turn left in a few miles, track through the Cowton villages, and join the A road which enters Richmond from the North East.

The last bit will be level and down hill in parts.

Should make for a quick finish, even after 200+ miles.

 

[DCLane]

Not far off Richmond, 217 miles in and at 19.7mph

 

[mcshroom]

Having said all that, he's stayed on the old A1 north of Northallerton, which all but rules out the Scorton/Brompton route.

I think the plan may be to turn left in a few miles, track through the Cowton villages, and join the A road which enters Richmond from the North East.

The last bit will be level and down hill in parts.

Should make for a quick finish, even after 200+ miles.

Barton and Scotch corner, he must be feeling good to throw in the extra Teesdale loop. That being said, the routes through Skeeby or Melsonby are both fun

 

[Pale Rider]

or Melsonby are both fun

Just to add a bit of colour, Steve will pass the former Post Office in Melsonby in which Robin Garbutt, the postmaster, did in his wife.

Garbutt claimed she was the victim of armed robbers.

The whole tale, set in a picturesque North Yorkshire village, was like a cross between Heartbeat and Midsomer Murders.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/news/8982435.Postmaster_jailed_over_wife_murder/

 

[mcshroom]

Just to be clear, the 'like' is for the trivia not what Mr Garbutt did.

 

[mcshroom]

He seems to have stopped in Barton. I wonder if he's decided he's done enough for the day?

 

[Pale Rider]

He seems to have stopped in Barton. I wonder if he's decided he's done enough for the day?

I know he's only a few miles from Richmond, but there are all-night services at Barton, so maybe he's got the serious munchies.

 

[mcshroom]

I was thinking the same, but he's got a support car behind him at the moment, and he's stopped in the village rather than the truck stop. Could also be a puncture.

 

[Pale Rider]

I was thinking the same, but he's got a support car behind him at the moment, and he's stopped in the village rather than the truck stop. Could also be a puncture.

Unless Barton is the stop and we were told 'Richmond' as the nearest town.

 

[mcshroom]

Still waiting for the Strava track, but the team are saying 227 miles over on YACF

 

[mcshroom]

https://www.strava.com/activities/242445777

366km! In January!