Leeds to Scarborough Saturday September 24: The Yorkshire Adventure

[nickyboy]

Put me down as interested for now. Will have to confirm closer to the time. Definitely up for a @nickyboy extravaganza

Coolio....you're on the Expressions of Interest. There's 33 on there now, so even with the usual 50% attrition rate we should have a nice number riding

 

[tommaguzzi]

OK NIcky I have just reserved a b and b for September 24th. Just 33 quid.
I might ride up to Leeds from Sheff early morning on 24th but anyway I am committing to to go now.

 

[nickyboy]

OK NIcky I have just reserved a b and b for September 24th. Just 33 quid.
I might ride up to Leeds from Sheff early morning on 24th but anyway I am committing to to go now.

Sounds like a good price, which one have you booked? Travelodge is still ridiculous pricing so I'll be going B&B too

 

[tommaguzzi]

The douglas guest house

 

[nickyboy]

Accommodation booked. The Beaches Guest House. A bit more than the Douglas but it was recommended

Apparently, in addition to the Jazz Festival there is also motorcycle racing at Oliver's Mount. This is why accommodation isn't cheap

http://www.oliversmountracing.com/e...eve-henshaw-international-gold-cup-road-races

 

[ColinJ]

Apparently, in addition to the Jazz Festival there is also motorcycle racing at Oliver's Mount. This is why accommodation isn't cheap

http://www.oliversmountracing.com/e...eve-henshaw-international-gold-cup-road-races

Oh, well I definitely won't bother nipping up there on this ride then!

 

[si_c]

OK, so whilst slightly cramping my plans to ride back to Leeds on Sunday, Mrs C is now joining me on Saturday for food and beers, and we're planning to travel back on Monday.

 

[ColinJ]

We have a good summer and autumn of forum riding coming up ... I am currently multi-tasking, keeping up with this thread, the one for the York-Humber ride, my Settle ride, and working on 2 rides I am organising in Scotland, another in the Forest of Bowland, and I have also persuaded @Ajay to consider a rerun of his South Lakes ride from 2012 ... Fun, fun, fun!

 

[Kestevan]

Looks like Mrs Kes and Kes Jnr are going to the seaside
I'll be driving back afterwards ( more accurately I'll be driven back, so I can have a swift pint or two). If anyone wants a lift back to the huddersfield area let me know and I'll see what we can arrange.

 

[nickyboy]

Looks like Mrs Kes and Kes Jnr are going to the seaside
I'll be driving back afterwards ( more accurately I'll be driven back, so I can have a swift pint or two). If anyone wants a lift back to the huddersfield area let me know and I'll see what we can arrange.

Good stuff!

A quick heads up regarding advance train tickets.........

They will open up for the relevant weekend in about 10 days I think. I'm away then so may not be able to remind everyone so put it in the diary.

An important aspect is that it may well be advisable to split the tickets (say, Scarborough-York, then York-Wherever) as it seems to save quite a bit. Have a play around and anyone who gets a good split deal please post on the thread

 

[tommaguzzi]

Do you have a route yet Nick. I'm thinking of riding up from Sheff early morning and meeting you on the way and don't fancy battling into Leeds city centre.

 

[growingvegetables]

I'm thinking of riding up from Sheff early morning and meeting you on the way ....

If you are thinking of coming up the TPT, coming off at Woodlesford and riding up Bullerthorpe Lane would be an easy way to connect.

 

[nickyboy]

Do you have a route yet Nick. I'm thinking of riding up from Sheff early morning and meeting you on the way and don't fancy battling into Leeds city centre.

Here's the route. Bear in mind that this is NOT necessarily the final version. I need to do a full recce and the final 20 miles or so may be changed slightly subject to feedback from @busdennis

When the route is in final form I will make a big fanfare and release it to all

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13665401

I'm also playing around with a slightly hiller version that you may be interested in. The first 50 miles are exactly the same as the one above but it then disappears off into the North Yorshire Moors. I will offer this as an alternative if folk want something a bit more challenging

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13704931

I'm planning on doing a hilly ride on Sunday so I will probably take the flat route on Saturday

 

[tommaguzzi]

Thanks Nick. It looks like I will be meeting up with you at Towton about 17 miles into your ride. That's 55 for me. So once you have a depart time sorted I will start mine early enough to meet you there. I will probably be riding a blue 1970's Peugeot which I rescued from a skip.

 

[nickyboy]

Thanks Nick. It looks like I will be meeting up with you at Towton about 17 miles into your ride. That's 55 for me. So once you have a depart time sorted I will start mine early enough to meet you there. I will probably be riding a blue 1970's Peugeot which I rescued from a skip.

17 miles to Towton so I'm guessing about 1030 based on a 0900 start from Leeds Station. It depends how fiddly it is to get out of Leeds. All those road crossings and traffic lights hammer the avg speed.I'll have a better idea once I've done the recce which will be some time July/August.