Leeds to Scarborough Saturday September 24: The Yorkshire Adventure

[nickyboy]

As the Leeds Station situation is a tiny bit complicated what with North Exits, South Exits, ticket barriers, Pick up/Drop off etc etc I've annotated the Station map to help those arriving by train. This will all be in the ride notes but just in case you can't follow my ramblings.....

It's very important you follow the instructions about not putting your ticket into the ticket barrier machine at the North exit. It will swallow your ticket and then you will have to find your way outside the station to get to the South Exit meet up point and it's not easy

 

[ColinJ]

I've always used the normal (North) exit. I didn't even realise that there IS a different exit. It's a good job you made a point of clarifying that or I would have gone straight out of the other exit from habit!

 

[si_c]

As the Leeds Station situation is a tiny bit complicated what with North Exits, South Exits, ticket barriers, Pick up/Drop off etc etc I've annotated the Station map to help those arriving by train. This will all be in the ride notes but just in case you can't follow my ramblings.....

It's very important you follow the instructions about not putting your ticket into the ticket barrier machine at the North exit. It will swallow your ticket and then you will have to find your way outside the station to get to the South Exit meet up point and it's not easy

I appreciate this may just be me being annoying, but would it perhaps not be easier to rearrange the meeting point to outside wetherspoons at the station, this would solve these issues, albeit with a minor rerouting of the start. Tell me to STFU though if I'm wrong

 

[nickyboy]

I appreciate this may just be me being annoying, but would it perhaps not be easier to rearrange the meeting point to outside wetherspoons at the station, this would solve these issues, albeit with a minor rerouting of the start. Tell me to STFU though if I'm wrong

When you take the North Exit you have no option but to follow the one way system adding about a mile of urban cycling so it's a non starter

Really the ticket barrier thing is easy. Providing you remember. So yeah, STFU

 

[si_c]

When you take the North Exit you have no option but to follow the one way system adding about a mile of urban cycling so it's a non starter

Really the ticket barrier thing is easy. Providing you remember. So yeah, STFU

Duly S'ingTFU

 

[ColinJ]

I took my bike through Leeds once on the way down to the Midlands. I had nearly an hour to kill so I decided to nip out and visit a bike shop in the city centre. The ticket barrier staff let me out without me having to put my ticket in the machine.

I found the bike shop and spent 20 minutes buying a few bits and pieces, and then set off back to the station, which I thought would only take me a few minutes. WRONG! I got totally confused by the one-way system and ended up in a mad panic trying to find my way back. I ended up back at the station with less than 5 minutes to spare.

So, I would certainly second that STFU ... I'm not going to budge from the station without a guide to help me escape from the city!

(I found that the best way to cycle out of Leeds was to catch a train to Garforth and cycle from there instead!)

 

[Venod]

If you forget all the warnings and inadvertantly put your ticket in the machine never to be seen again and find yourself outside Wetherspoons without a ticket to get back on the station, this is a good route to get to the south side without negotiating the one way system, there are a few steps to negotiate.


http://walkit.com/themed-walk/leeds...eds-station-circular-between-river-and-canal/

 

[mythste]

Is Mrs @mythste still going? Mrs doughnut was asking today. We've not booked any accommodation yet, but probably will this weekend. I will probably get a lift from her to Leeds, and she will drive onto Scarborough so should be there about lunchtime or early afternoon.

Unfortunately we've gone through a bit of a "conscious uncoupling" But thanks for the thought!

I'm not going to be making it to this one, I've got two weeks off work around those dates and I'm going to go and find myself on a tour of wales. Couldn't afford the air fare to go and find some Tibetan monk to give me head a wobble, but I hear Wales is basically the same.

 

[doughnut]

Sorry to hear about that @mythste - hope the tour through Wales goes ok and hope we'll meet on a ride soon. All the best to you.

Been watching your other tour related threads with much interest, as maybe next year I will be touring on the odd long weekend.

 

[middleagecyclist]

Hi. About to book train tickets. What time are we away from Leeds station please? Ta

 

[nickyboy]

Hi. About to book train tickets. What time are we away from Leeds station please? Ta

0900 depart. I'm going to get the 0757 from Manchester Piccadilly, gets in at 0846

Edit to add.....just enough time to stroll to Maccy Ds and get Sausage & Egg Mc Muffin

 

[middleagecyclist]

0900 depart. I'm going to get the 0757 from Manchester Piccadilly, gets in at 0846

Just booked same train. Coach B seat 28. See you then!

 

[nickyboy]

Just booked same train. Coach B seat 28. See you then!

I think there will be several of us on this train. I'm actually getting on at Stalybridge

 

[si_c]

Just booked my tickets from Liverpool. On the 7.12 TPT, which gets in at 08.40, so it seems slightly earlier than the Manchester train. Booked on the 20.50 return from Scarborough.

 

[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.

Looking back through the thread...

Towton isn't an "official" stop but no problem at all for you to wait for us there. I can't see us getting there much before 1030 as the first few miles out of Leeds will be slow. In the unlikely event that we are ahead of schedule we won't wait but I'm sure you can have some fun catching us up before we get to the Cawood coffee stop which is about 9 miles after Towton