wiggydiggy
Legendary Member
Leeds was my commute, and I still like cycling there from home but it can get a bit dull doing the same route. I haven't cycled on the Leeds/Liverpool canal for a while so I thought I'd do a strange North/East trip to Leeds. Came back on the CityConnect cycle route which is as awful as ever lol
This is Woodhall Woods in Calverly, it really wasn't suitable for my bike (one local had a good laugh as I rattled by!) but it was very pretty and a hidden gem. Not all of Bradford is a poohole apparently!
I did take more of the LL Canal but they havent come out, this is almost in the city centre. Theres a big housing estate just been built behind me, perfect for a stroll down the canal into Leeds.
Bridge Inn in Kirkstall. A Kirkstall Brewary pub the beer garden I am in regularly floods and they have built some quite impressive defenses against it. The bottom bar is also now open, I need to go back to try their sunday roasts.
An ugly pretty picture, the dual carriageway is one of the most badly driven roads in Britain but I did like the sunset. A little further on 2 horse and traps were been driven(?) badly and holding up traffic. Bit of speed saw me past with some local humour being shouted at me!
Low Moor Munitions 1916 Explosion Memorial. The site is now landfill but there is at least these reminders for us.
It goes dark quickly! I left Leeds in daylight and it was pitch by the time I got home. Very quiet ride on the greenway home.
About a 45 mile round trip, I'd got up late and nearly didn't go out but glad I did.
This is Woodhall Woods in Calverly, it really wasn't suitable for my bike (one local had a good laugh as I rattled by!) but it was very pretty and a hidden gem. Not all of Bradford is a poohole apparently!
I did take more of the LL Canal but they havent come out, this is almost in the city centre. Theres a big housing estate just been built behind me, perfect for a stroll down the canal into Leeds.
Bridge Inn in Kirkstall. A Kirkstall Brewary pub the beer garden I am in regularly floods and they have built some quite impressive defenses against it. The bottom bar is also now open, I need to go back to try their sunday roasts.
An ugly pretty picture, the dual carriageway is one of the most badly driven roads in Britain but I did like the sunset. A little further on 2 horse and traps were been driven(?) badly and holding up traffic. Bit of speed saw me past with some local humour being shouted at me!
Low Moor Munitions 1916 Explosion Memorial. The site is now landfill but there is at least these reminders for us.
It goes dark quickly! I left Leeds in daylight and it was pitch by the time I got home. Very quiet ride on the greenway home.
About a 45 mile round trip, I'd got up late and nearly didn't go out but glad I did.
