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On most Sundays between spring and winter
I usually complete a ride of at least 100
miles. Here are a few of my favourite day
and weekend rides. All completed on a
touring bike with saddlebag/topbag and
mudguards. All rides start from Royston,
Barnsley, South Yorkshire. I have
included information for the availability
of supermarkets, village stores and
toilets where possible. Sorry but there
are no certifcates issued for any of
these rides, only the personal
satisfaction of completing them.
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KETTLEWELL CIRCUIT:
DAY RIDE
This ride requires an early start,
5.45am, to get through Leeds before any
traffic builds up. With the terrain
(1in4s and Park Rash) and the distance
covered we are usually back by 7 to
7.30pm. We don't stop at any cafes. We
have a 15 minute break at the beck at the
top of Coverdale and a break to fill up
with fluid at Masham and Boroughbridge.
ROUTE: Royston -
Wakefield - Leeds - Otley - back road up
to Bolton Bridge - Bolton Abbey - Barden
Tower - back road up to Appletreewick -
Hebden [toilets] - Grassington -
Conistone - Kettlewell [toilets, village
store] - Park Rash - Coverdale Bridge [71
miles] - West Scrafton - East Witton -
Jervaulx Abbey [tea room, not stopped
here yet] - Ellingstring - Masham
[toilets, supermarket] - West Tanfield -
Wath - Hutton Conyers - Sharow - Skelton
- Boroughbridge [99 miles, toilets,
supermarket] - Whixley - Cattal -
Tadcaster [supermarket] - Sherburn -
Ferrybridge - Pontefract - Purston -
Nostell - Wintersett - Royston.
Mileage: Around 142 miles
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LEAVENING CIRCUIT:
DAY RIDE
The only cafe stop we have on this run is
at Boothferry, but usually we have filled
up with fluid from the supermarket in
Howden and so ride straight through. We
stop to eat at Kirkham Abbey for 15
minutes. All other eating and drinking is
done while riding.
ROUTE: Royston - Nostell
- Pontefract - South Milford - Cawood -
Naburn - Dunnington [village store] -
Gate Helmsley - Sand Hutton - Bossall -
Crambe - Kirkham Abbey [cold drinks are
available from the Abbey] - Westow -
Leavening - Thixendale [village store] -
Huggate - Millington [tea room] -
Kilnwick Percy - Warter - Nunburnholme -
Burnby - Hayton - Bielby - Seaton Ross -
Foggathorpe - Spaldington - Howden
[toilets, supermarket] - Boothferry
[cafe] - Newland - Carlton Towers - Great
Heck - Womersley - Darrington - East
Hardwick - Wragby - Nostell - Wintersett
- Royston.
Mileage: Around 130 miles (120 if from
Seaton Ross we go back via Selby and
Darrington)
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HOUGH ON THE HILL
CIRCUIT: DAY RIDE
No cafe stops included, but we do fill up
fluids at Caythorpe and have a 15 minute
break on the seat by the cemetery on the
edge of the village.
ROUTE: Royston - Blyth -
Barnby Moor - Green Mile Road - Ordsall -
Stokeham - Dunham Bridge - Collingham -
Stapleford - Beckingham - Fenton -
Brandon - Hough On The Hill - Frieston -
Caythorpe [halfway, village store] -
Brant Broughton - Stapleford - Norton
Disney - Swinderby - North Scarle -
Spalford - Dunham Bridge - Stokeham -
Retford - Bawtry - Doncaster - Hooton
Pagnell - Brierley - Royston.
Mileage: Around 150 miles
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WHITE HORSE: DAY
RIDE
No cafe stops, just the fluid refilled at
various places en route. And the chip
shop at Helmsley where we get a chip
butty and sit on the bench by the bridge
on the way out.
ROUTE: Royston - Nostell
- Pontefract - Tadcaster [supermarket] -
Cattal - Whixley - Little Ouseburn [tap
in churchyard] - Aldwark Bridge - Aldwark
- Flawith - Tholthorpe - Raskelf -
Husthwaite [tap in churchyard] - Coxwold
[toilets, tap] - Kilburn [cafe, toilets]
- White Horse climb - Sutton Bank [60
miles, cafe, toilets] turn off towards
Hawnby - up through Hawnby village and
join B1257 - down into Rievaulx -
Helmsley [toilets, chip shop] -
Oswaldkirk - Brandsby - Sutton on the
Forest - Bumper Castle - Acomb - Askham
Bryan - Catterton - Tadcaster
[supermarket] - Sherbun [village store] -
Ferrybridge - Pontefract - Nostell -
Royston.
Mileage: Around 140 miles
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CARROCK FELL:
WEEKEND RIDE
This weekend ride included an overnight
stay at Carrock Fell Youth Hostel. The
touring bikes and saddlebag used weighed
37.5lbs. It was 125 miles up and 136
miles back. The return leg taking in the
Lake District and Yorkshire Dales can
take over 11 hours of riding. On one
occasion we set off back from Carrock
Fell at 8.30am in heavy rain and into a
head wind. We had 3 punctures, and
arrived home in Royston at 10.45pm.
DAY 1 ROUTE: Royston - Bradford
- Gargrave [toilets] - Hellifield -
Ingleton - Kirkby Lonsdale - Kendal -
Windermere [toilets] - Grasmere -
Threlkeld - Mungrisdale - Carrock Fell.
Mileage: 125 miles
DAY 2 ROUTE: Carrock Fell -
Troutbeck - Glenridding - Kirkstone Pass
- Windermere [toilets] - Staveley -
Burneside - Kendal [toilets] - Sedburgh
[village store] - Garsdale - Hawes
[toilets, chip shop, village store] -
Fleet Moss - Buckden [toilets] -
Kettlewell [toilets, village store] -
Conistone - Grassington - Appletreewick -
Bolton Bridge - back road down to Otley -
Leeds [using cycle lanes] - Wakefield -
Royston.
Mileage: 136 miles
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WHITBY: WEEKEND RIDE
This weekend ride takes in
an overnight stay at Whitby Youth Hostel.
Going up takes 10 hours (including
stops), while the return takes around 8
hours, on touring bikes with saddlebags
and mudguards.
DAY 1 ROUTE: Royston - Nostell
- Pontefract - Tadcaster [supermarket] -
Cattal - Whixley - Little Ouseburn [tap
in churchyard] - Aldwark Bridge - Aldwark
- Flawith - Tholthorpe - Raskelf -
Husthwaite [tap in churchyard] - Coxwold
[toilets, tap] - Kilburn [cafe, toilets]
- White Horse climb - Sutton Bank [60
miles, cafe, toilets] turn off towards
Hawnby - up through Hawnby village - Chop
Gate [toilets] - Ingleby Greenhow -
Battersby - Kildale - Westerdale -
Castleton - Moorsholm - Liverton - Loftus
- Dalehouse - Scaling Dam [toilets] -
Danby - Ainthorpe - Lealholm Side -
Stonegate - Sandsend - Whitby.
Mileage: 128 miles
DAY 2 ROUTE:
Whitby - Sneatonthorpe - Littlebeck -
Beck Hole - Goathland - Egton Bridge -
Delves - Rosedale Abbey - Rosedale
Chimney - Hutton Le Hole [toilets] -
Great Barugh - Barton Le Street - Castle
Howard - Bossall - Sand Hutton - Gate
Helmsley - Dunnington [village store] -
Naburn - Cawood - Thorpe Willoughby -
Gateforth - Birkin - Beal - Darrington -
East Hardwick - Nostell - Royston.
Mileage: 110 miles
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OTHER RIDES
I have ridden to Grasmere
and back in a day many times when
training for the 12 hour. I have also
cycled down to Cardiff in one day several
times, and sometimes back the next day. |
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