SRAN
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Is that Old Spice?
A fabulous day was had by all on the Saturday club ride with 6 riders in the AIR (Airedale Intermediate Riders) and 3 in the SRAN (Saturday Ride at Nine), proudly representing the club in their TI Raleigh-inspired kits on our weekly Saturday ride. This week, we headed Eastwards from our usual start point in…
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Keelham
This Saturday the two groups for the club ride went in different directions. The SRAN group headed to Keelham, west of Bradford between Haworth and Halifax. Planning this route had told us it was hilly this way, hence the AIR group choosing a slightly flatter ride to Burton Leonard. The SRAN group of three took an easy…
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Mad cyclist and (other) Englishmen go to cross a bridge
This was the first P&R of the year, a circular route from Goole taking in a crossing of the Iconic Humber Bridge. 6 met at a car park in Goole at 9.0am, on a windy, cloudy, cool Saturday morning (the BBC weather man lied). Hamish was already warm, having already ridden 40 miles as he had cycled to Goole having left home at…
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Drinking Coca Cola with Lo Lo Lo Lo Lola
After last week’s low turnout we were back up to a larger group this week, for a flatter ride out to Selby. We eventually got up to eight riders once we met Jay and Jonathan in Barwick-in Elmet (Dave L turned back at Shadwell). A SRAN group consisting of five riders formed leaving Chris, Jonathan…
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The Tale of the Hares and the Tortoises (aka nipping to Scarborough for Fish and Chips)
This weekend the AOCC annual 100 mile chip shop ride to Scarborough took place. Twelve riders set out to complete the ride (Nathan planned to turn back at Stamford Bridge). A handful of bleary eyed AIR riders met at 7.30am in Rawdon the plan was to collect the others along the way. The weather was…
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River Deep, Mountain High
This week nine riders hauled themselves out of bed on an unseasonably cold Saturday morning, our destination, the Factory Cafe in Barnoldswick. After a quick discussion and confirmation that both groups were doing the same route, Ian and I set off with the SRAN group with the intention of returning back from the cafe with…
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T’cap Formentor – a – like
Have we just found North Yorkshire’s answer to the famous Cap Formentor lighthouse ride on Mallorca? Four miles of silky smooth tarmac on a nearly traffic free dead end road – only it’s to the Scar House Reservoir in Nidderdale rather than a lighthouse on a Mediterranean island. There’s no cafe at the end but…
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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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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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