Your ride today....

[roubaixtuesday]

Glen Tanar exploration including the fording of the eponymous water

 

[roubaixtuesday]

This weekends cycling shenanigans.
Out of the door Saturday morning at a complete and utter ungodly hour to cycle 9 miles to Meopham for the Oasts & Coasts 300km Audax.
Basically, an anti-clockwise route around the Sussex/Kent borders and coast. A fabulous but sometimes arduous route. Some brilliant roads, lanes and paths giving the legs, mind, body and spirit a thorough workout. The first half of the ride offering rolling terrain with a few thigh busting climbs thrown in for good measure. A slight respite of traversing the flat Romney Marshes before hitting the climbs again. Capel Le Ferne in Folkestone never gets easier, but a drop into Dover along the coastal path offering wonderful views sure makes up the the hard work, only for another big climb to hit you, up and around Dover Castle to St Margaret's Bay. The going after that does get easier, dropping down to Kent's east coast, rolling along up to and around the north Kent coast with a final gentle climb back over the downs to the finish.

I did set my own Audax time limit to get back to base of 10.30pm.. I missed it by one minute. I think I can live with that.
A ride back to home after tea and pizza and I finished with a smidgen under 210 miles.

Imperial Century #352 over all
Double Imperial # 11

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Respect !

 

[Spiderweb]

Out at 1.40pm after my dog walk. Beautiful weather in North Yorkshire, nearly 20° and sunny. Just over 53 miles with an average of 14.3 mph. Fab ride!

 

[ianrauk]

There's some absolutely brilliant ride reports in this thread, Fab reporting from @Rickshaw Phil . Well chuffed you are still in the 100M monthly challenge and to @HLaB also, and everyone else posting their rides. One of my favourite threads on the forum.

 

[ianrauk]

It looks nice. I wish our randonneuring (Audax) routes were anywhere near as interesting. Do you get extra points for spotting migrants coming ashore?

I wish I had as I would have helped them ashore. Offering them some of the fabulous home made flapjack I had in my back pocket and welcomed them to the UK for hopefully a better life.

 

[Donger]

To which building do the impressive gates lead?

That be Newburgh Priory ..... just to the South of Coxwold.

 

[Spiderweb]

A roasting 24° in North Yorkshire so out on my best bike for a change. 30 miles with an average of 16.6 mph.

 

[PeteXXX]

Just a cheeky 5 miles around the block to call into the farm shop for some local honey 🍯

I'd love to have got a few more miles in but I had chores to complete 😔

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Exploration from Braemar to Derry Lodge and beyond, about 36km.

Wonderful scenery.

 

[blackrat]

I wish I had as I would have helped them ashore. Offering them some of the fabulous home made flapjack I had in my back pocket and welcomed them to the UK for hopefully a better life.

I added a reply to this, I wonder what happened to it. Dark forces at work? Come out and explain yourself!

 

[Jenkins]

Another long(ish) ride out for beer & lunch followed by a train ride home. It's surprising what a mostly tail wind does for the average speed

 

[Donger]

One last ride before packing the car and heading back home from Yorkshire. After yesterday's climbing I opted for a nice, flat, "achey legs" recovery ride in the Vale of York using a couple of bridges over the busy A19. I've always liked crossing rivers, so my target today was to cross both the Ouse and the Swale before turning for home. Firstly I set off for Aldwark Bridge on the River Ouse. The first sign I saw for the place made me do a double-take as I thought it said "Aardvark Bridge". In my advancing years I seem to be stuck with a read-only memory, so the village will forever be "Aardvark" to me. The bridge is a toll one,and single lane with queues of traffic waiting patiently at either end. I was pleased to see that bikes go free. I continued on to a bench ouside the village curch of Little Ouseburn to consult the map and decide on my next move. Before re-crossing the Ouse, I followed a track down to the river bank and had a nice chat with a couple who had just landed their canoe.

Once back across, I headed off to Myton on Swale via Aardvark/Aldwark ...

.... and Flawith. The bridge over the Swale at Myton is an interesting one, being on a public bridleway approached by a rough track and turning into a greenway on the other bank.

This must be within a mile or so of the confluence of the Swale and the Ouse, and the Swale is looking really tranquil at this point.

I headed back via Tholthorpe:

... on the way passing an old airfield that seems to have been turned into a rather nice house:

I then hit a familiar road at Raskelf and re-traced my way to the holiday home via Raskelf and Easingwold. It was really quite hot out there this afternoon/evening and I arrived "home" in a bit of a lather after 28.5 very enjoyable but warm miles. Fortunately we had some Stella Artois in the fridge. That's it for this mini break now. A total of 63.8 miles squeezed in between car outings in the Dales and the North York Moors. Lovely. No Strava, just my stone age "Flat Nav" route tracker for you:

(The two main towns on the map are Thirsk and York).