Category Archives: cycling

Late Novem­ber, so both sun and wind in the face head­ing south-west out of the city, but the coun­tryside sharp and clear — still green in many of the hedgerows, but trees shades of brown, if not nearly bare already. … Con­tinue read­ing →

No apo­lo­gies for once again going on about how amaz­ing the York­shire Wolds are.  Even a short ride tak­ing in Mil­ling­ton, Hug­gate, Thix­end­ale and Bird­sall reveals so many of the char­ac­ter­istic fea­tures — the nar­row dry val­leys, the sheep pas­ture, … Con­tinue read­ing →

What bet­ter way to spend the  morn­ing of the Royal Wed­ding but on a cir­cuit­ous bicycle ride, tak­ing in New­ton on Ouse, Toller­ton, Huby and Stil­ling­ton  before a lengthy pause at the Black­smiths Arms at Far­ling­ton.   A few spots … Con­tinue read­ing →

At the end of a sunny and quite warm week the oppor­tun­ity to get out on the Orbit — must be nearly a year since that bike hit the road.  The slightly undu­lat­ing coun­try around York doesn’t really merit 21 … Con­tinue read­ing →

Joined a group of Fri­day cyc­lists at the Milen­nium Bridge.  Pre­dict­ably mostly retired folk.  Maybe 2/3rds sport­ing some Lycra.  Mine was the only Bromp­ton.  One bloke wondered how I’d cope. In fact all very leis­urely. Some of the lanes which … Con­tinue read­ing →