Saturday Rides
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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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More dropouts than the England football team get before a friendly…
Only two out this morning on a damp Saturday where it barely got light. We headed out to Bolton Abbey and decided to stop at the Abbey Tea Room. The forecast was for heavy rain later on and so pushing further into the Dales seemed like a bad idea. The roads were wet and pretty…
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Oliver’s Pantry is here to stay…
On an unexpectedly sunny Saturday morning, eight riders met up for a 60(ish) mile ride to Ripon. Two groups were formed and after a brief photo opportunity at Armscliffe Crag we parted ways. Four rode at SRAN pace and four at an AIR pace. At the cafe stop (Oliver’s pantry in Ripon) the two groups…
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Who ordered the small Christmas Pudding….? (The AOCC Christmas Ride Out)
Four riders met up for the AOCC Christmas Dinner ride, it was wet and cold but the conversation made the ride enjoyable and we soon warmed up (special thanks goes to Kim “Watts” Threadgall Spence for the free training consultancy). The decision was made to miss out the traditional freewheel competition and to get to…
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Okay campers, rise and shine and don’t forget your booties ’cause its coooold out there today
Only three made it out today. The temperature as I left the house was -6 and it felt bitterly cold as I made my way up the hill to the meeting point at Rawdon. I was pleased to see Ian was already there and Alan arrived shortly after so the ride was on. The original…
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25/11/2023 – Johnny Hates Jazz (and other revelations in Askham Richard)
On a bitterly cold but sunny November morning six intrepid riders set out for this week’s ride. The intended destination was York but after an impromptu meeting chaired by Chris the decision was made to change the cafe stop to Askham Richard due to one of the group needing to be back at 2.30pm. The…
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