vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Having avoided going out yesterday in horrible weather I ventured out out for what was planned as a 24 mile out and back to York from Wetherby evolved into a 33.5 mile out and back ride taking in roads and villages that I'd not explored before so Tockwith, Cattal and Kirk Hammerton received a visit on the outward leg.
The Ouse had bust its banks, no surprise there, and the oft flooded Kings Arms was receiving lots of attention from locals and tourists looking at it from the Bridge on Low Ousegate.
A nice relaxing return leg punctuated by a brief photo stop to capture the Holgate Windmill peering over the rooftops in Acomb saw me get through thirty three miles in two and a half hours of pedalling time.
The Kings Arms. It has a board mounted inside which has each flood level mark on it. The furniture is demountable and when there's the threat of a
flood it is taken upstairs to join the beer which I believe is permanently kept upstair out of harms way. The railings are normally just above waist height.
Panorama looking downstream.
Canada geese scavenging food scraps that have blown down the alley from the takeaway food emporia up the slope.
Holgate Windmill. It's perched on a roundabout in the middle of a housing estate.
The Ouse had bust its banks, no surprise there, and the oft flooded Kings Arms was receiving lots of attention from locals and tourists looking at it from the Bridge on Low Ousegate.
A nice relaxing return leg punctuated by a brief photo stop to capture the Holgate Windmill peering over the rooftops in Acomb saw me get through thirty three miles in two and a half hours of pedalling time.
The Kings Arms. It has a board mounted inside which has each flood level mark on it. The furniture is demountable and when there's the threat of a
flood it is taken upstairs to join the beer which I believe is permanently kept upstair out of harms way. The railings are normally just above waist height.
Panorama looking downstream.
Canada geese scavenging food scraps that have blown down the alley from the takeaway food emporia up the slope.
Holgate Windmill. It's perched on a roundabout in the middle of a housing estate.
for the 1st time in goodness knows how long, for a 2 part ride.
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) via Snailbeach and Stiperstones village. Next I headed down to The Bridges and Ratlinghope before climbing onto the Long Mynd and up to Pole Bank. Finally I headed back down the Burway to Church Stretton and back via Acton Burnell and Condover.
I know I have fair skin and red hair but this is not fair! 
then down the Goyt valley up to the cat and fiddle, down to Macclesfield forest and back via Jodrell Bank. Fantastic weather, my legs are killing me though
