KETTLEWELL
CIRCUIT: DAY RIDE - 143
MILES
This ride requires an
early start, 5.45am, to
get through Leeds before
any traffic builds up. In
Kettlewell we go up over
Park Rash into Coverdale.
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 - Grassington -
Conistone - Kettlewell -
Park Rash - Coverdale
Bridge [71 miles] - West
Scrafton - East Witton -
Jervaulx Abbey -
Ellingstring - Masham -
West Tanfield - Wath -
Hutton Conyers - Sharow -
Skelton - Boroughbridge -
Whixley - Cattal -
Tadcaster - Sherburn -
Ferrybridge - Pontefract
- Purston - Nostell -
Wintersett - Royston.
In 2002 from
Boroughbridge we headed
over to York and across
to Sutton on Derwent -
Cawood - Royston which
gave a total of 170
miles. |
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LEAVENING
CIRCUIT: DAY RIDE - 135
MILES
ROUTE: Royston -
Nostell - Pontefract -
South Milford - Cawood -
Naburn - Dunnington -
Gate Helmsley - Sand
Hutton - Bossall - Crambe
- Kirkham Abbey - Westow
- Leavening - Thixendale
- Huggate - Millington -
Kilnwick Percy - Warter -
Nunburnholme - Burnby -
Hayton - Bielby - Seaton
Ross - Foggathorpe -
Spaldington - Howden -
Boothferry - Newland -
Carlton Towers - Great
Heck - Womersley -
Darrington - East
Hardwick - Wragby -
Nostell - Wintersett -
Royston. |
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HOUGH
ON THE HILL CIRCUIT: DAY
RIDE - 150 MILES
ROUTE: Royston -
Blyth - Barnby Moor -
Green Mile Road - Ordsall
- Stokeham - Dunham
Bridge - Collingham -
Stapleford - Beckingham -
Fenton - Brandon - Hough
On The Hill - Frieston -
Caythorpe [halfway] -
Brant Broughton -
Stapleford - Norton
Disney - Swinderby -
North Scarle - Spalford -
Dunham Bridge - Stokeham
- Retford - Bawtry -
Doncaster - Hooton
Pagnell - Brierley -
Royston. |
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WHITE
HORSE: DAY RIDE - 140
MILES
ROUTE: Royston -
Nostell - Pontefract -
Tadcaster [supermarket] -
Cattal - Whixley - Little
Ouseburn [tap in
churchyard] - Aldwark
Bridge - Aldwark -
Flawith - Tholthorpe -
Raskelf - Husthwaite -
Coxwold - Kilburn - White
Horse climb - Sutton Bank
[60 miles] turn off
towards Hawnby - up
through Hawnby village
and join B1257 - down
into Rievaulx - Helmsley
- Oswaldkirk - Brandsby -
Sutton on the Forest -
Bumper Castle - Acomb -
Askham Bryan - Catterton
- Tadcaster - Sherbun -
Ferrybridge - Pontefract
- Nostell - Royston. |
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CARROCK
FELL: WEEKEND RIDE - 125
& 136 MILES
This weekend ride
included an overnight
stay at Carrock Fell
Youth Hostel (which is
now closed). 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 and took over 10
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 -
Hellifield - Ingleton -
Kirkby Lonsdale - Kendal
- Windermere - Grasmere -
Threlkeld - Mungrisdale -
Carrock Fell.
DAY 2 ROUTE: Carrock Fell
- Troutbeck - Glenridding
- Kirkstone Pass -
Windermere - Staveley -
Burneside - Kendal -
Sedburgh - Garsdale -
Hawes - Fleet Moss -
Buckden - Kettlewell -
Conistone - Grassington -
Appletreewick - Bolton
Bridge - back road down
to Otley - Leeds [using
cycle lanes] - Wakefield
- Royston. |
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WHITBY:
WEEKEND RIDE - 130 &
110 MILES
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 - Cattal -
Whixley - Little Ouseburn
- Aldwark Bridge -
Aldwark - Flawith -
Tholthorpe - Raskelf -
Husthwaite - Coxwold -
Kilburn - White Horse
climb - Sutton Bank [60
miles] turn off towards
Hawnby - up through
Hawnby village - Chop
Gate - Ingleby Greenhow -
Battersby - Kildale -
Westerdale - Castleton -
Moorsholm - Liverton -
Loftus - Dalehouse -
Scaling Dam - 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 - Great
Barugh - Barton Le Street
- Castle Howard - Bossall
- Sand Hutton - Gate
Helmsley - Dunnington -
Naburn - Cawood - Thorpe
Willoughby - Gateforth -
Birkin - Beal -
Darrington - East
Hardwick - Nostell -
Royston.
Mileage: 110 miles |
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HORNSEA
AND THE WOLDS - 150 MILES
Royston
- Snaith - Howden - North
Cave - Beverley - Hornsea
- Beverley - South Dalton
- North Dalton - Huggate
- Millington - Kilnwick
Percy - Pocklington -
Sutton on Derwent - Selby
- Pontefract - Royston. |
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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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LONGEST
DAY RIDES EACH YEAR
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| YEAR |
RIDE |
MILES |
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 |
Rosedale
Chimney
Bridlington
Hornsea
White Horse
Hough on the Hill
Rosedale Chimney
Hough on the Hill
Hough on the Hill
Kettlewell, Park Rash
Kettlewell, Park Rash
Hough on the Hill
Kettlewell, Park Rash
Hough on the Hill
Hornsea
Hornsea
Hornsea |
163
160
150
130
161
150
160
150
143
170
150
150
150
150
141
150 |
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