AIR
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A Ride of many parts (but no photos)
6 left a cold Rawdon on Saturday morningheading for Skipton, should have been 8 but Nick & Jonathan being delayed due to a mechanical before setting off !! messaging to say they would meet us en route. A cold and breezy route through Ilkley, up over Cocking Lane climb, which warmed us all up, then via…
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Ian’s Adventures in Wonderland
On a glorious sunny but cold morning, nine Airedale members met up in Rawdon with a plan to head to Paceline Cycles in Cross Hills. Hamish, Dan and Nathan formed a SRAN group and set off at a rapid pace. The remaining six riders set off on a slightly less hilly route at a more…
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Pretty in Pink
7 left Rawdon at 9.0, Dave on a shorter ride only going as far as Bolton Bridge the rest heading for Kilnsey Lakes Café in mild but overcast conditions, the day being brightened by the arrival of Dom, in his bright Pink Rapha Jacket. The route heading up the valley through Bolton Bridge, Burnsall and…
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RETURN TO ‘BUFFERS’
6 set off from a cold and misty Rawdon for ‘Buffers’ Cafe , now ‘Back o the hill farm cafe’, the spiritual home of Airedale Olympic. It was a shorter ride as most were helping out on Sunday at the club’s Reliability Ride. As the temperature dropped and the mist persisted, we headed out of…
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“You know it’s going to be expensive when your sandwich arrives with a flag in it.”
Six riders met up this morning for a ride out to Doyly’s Cafe at Bolton Percy. We set off at a decent pace with everyone feeling surprisingly good until we realised we had a strong tailwind and consequently a 30 mile return leg with a 20 mile an hour headwind. Despite the apprehension of the…
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Like licking snot off a tortoise….
Nine riders met up this morning in Rawdon for a steady ride to Burnsall, destination the WharfeView Tea Room. It was particularly good to welcome back Jay and Dave on a Saturday ride and great to see Dan riding well after his recent collision with a motorist. Weather conditions were a bit cold, a bit…
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The Fab Four ride out to Lotherton Hall
Just a short club ride today to Lotherton Hall, enjoyed by a combined AIR + SRAN group. Patches of ice on the higher ground and back roads meant we avoided the Eccup reservoir road and headed direct to Shadwell and then followed the route around the ELOR cycle path, via Barwick and Aberford to Lotherton Hall.…
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February Club Ride Destinations
The destinations for the Saturday morning club rides in the month of February have now been planned at the January meeting. The objectives are to keep the distances quite short for this time of year, have a diversity of directions and try some new cafes. The destinations are: 3 February – Bolton Percy (Doyleys cafe)…
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The Boston Big Boy® Tea Party
This week’s AIR ride took eight riders to Tim’s Cafe at Thorpe Arch Industrial Estate. The ride out was fairly uneventful, conversation included future cycling plans, future bike purchases and speculation on future invasive procedures for Dom. The highlight of the ride to the cafe was seeing a horse in Airedale colours (a potential additional…
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Carry on glamping!
Ten riders met up at Rawdon with the plan to ride out to Harrogate and visit Bamber and Brown cafe for the first time. Three SRAN riders set off leaving seven AIR riders to follow at a slightly more civilised pace. The weather was cold but sunny and spirits were high as we all reflected…
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