A
gentle ride round the dale as the sun set – and up the first climb of
the weekend – many more to come – gave us a bit of a understanding of
how severe some of the North York Moors hills really are.
Saturday
morning saw 6 folk head over to the coast – Whitby and surrounding
area, for a beach filled day of exploring. Another 14 headed off toward
Cropton Forrest via Wheeldale Moor – with two massive climbs at Egton
Bridge before the day had really got under way. From Cropton, some
people opted to visit Pickering and take the North York Moors railway
back to Goathland – with another steep hill or two back to Glaisdale;
others had a sunny lunch stop in the quaint village of Hutton-Le-Hole or
nearby Cropton pub & brewery – with a beer festival kindly arranged
for Mr Rose.
The afternoon saw three
routes back to Glaisdale, via places like Rosedale Abbey (descending
the famous Rosedale Chimney), Blakey Ridge and a lovely valet called
“Fryup Dale”. We all met up for an evening meal in the Arncliffe Arms –
and people planned various rides and activities on Sunday to suit their
own timescales for returning. Jamie and I did a superb off-road route
across the moors on shooting tracks and an old railway track on cross
bikes.
The
above picture is Bank House Farm across Glaisdale – and it genuinely
looked like this – (possibly a little less green on trees) when we
arrived and stayed like this all weekend!
Below a few pictures to show you some of the fun which was had!
Jo MacDonald
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Lunch on the grass at Hutton-Le-Hole!
Mark Bazeley heading down into Fryup Dale!
The view heading down into Fryup Dale
More views of Fryup Dale
Farndale from the disused train track on Sunday’s ride
The amazing disused railway on Sunday to Hutton-Le-Hole.
