Friday 20th June. Pickering - Rosedale Abbey - Pickering (35 miles)
Group:- Maggie, Sue, Ann, Stewart, Bob, Roy, Steve, John H, John R.
Leaving Pickering on the busy A170 the group being led by Stewart, turned left into the lanes to Marton, a small village with well maintained grass verges and stone cottages.
Crossing the River Seven the group continued, crossing the A170 into Keldholme the start of the climb to Rosedale Moor at 1377ft.
After ten miles the group stopped for refreshments in another picturesque village, Hutton-le-Hole. A quick look round the local craft industries, candle maker, wood turning, decorative furniture painting etc, before setting of again. The climbing having started back in Keldholme continued on through Hutton-le-Hole for the next eight miles.
It was not long before the group started to split up on the more steeper sections. Bob and Ann then Sue and John R started to distance the rest, as the road opened up onto the remote Low Blakey Moor, part of the North Yorkshire Moors. On a nice day, one cannot imagine what it would be like on a wet and windy day.
From my view I could just see Bob, Ann and John R in the distance, with Sue out on her own, as we wound our way across the Moor towards The Lion Inn at 1300ft. Regrouping at the Inn their was just one more mile of climbing to the highest point on the ride at 1377ft.
From here it was almost all down hill to the lunch stop at Rosedale Abbey, to meet up with Paul, Sue and Pat having done a less hillier route.
With the sun beating down lunch was had in the tea garden, almost at the foot of Rosedale Chimney one of steepest climbs in the UK.
Paul, Sue and Pat left first retracing their wheel tracks back to Pickering, while the rest decided a trip up the Chimney had to be done.
Leaving the village the climb starts almost immediately, with large blue sign saying unsuitable for lorries and caravans (Max Gradient 1 in 3).
Six made it to the top, but no one managed to ride to the top without stopping, after the first hairpin it was easier to park your bike and walk.
Back in the valley and back on route, the group stayed together along the undulating road, passing through Cropton and Wrelton before joining the A170 again. Avoiding the A170, Stewart found a side road that cut out most of the A170 for the final run into Pickering. (Route by Stewart Grant)
Group:- Maggie, Sue, Ann, Stewart, Bob, Roy, Steve, John H, John R.
Leaving Pickering on the busy A170 the group being led by Stewart, turned left into the lanes to Marton, a small village with well maintained grass verges and stone cottages.
Crossing the River Seven the group continued, crossing the A170 into Keldholme the start of the climb to Rosedale Moor at 1377ft.
After ten miles the group stopped for refreshments in another picturesque village, Hutton-le-Hole. A quick look round the local craft industries, candle maker, wood turning, decorative furniture painting etc, before setting of again. The climbing having started back in Keldholme continued on through Hutton-le-Hole for the next eight miles.
It was not long before the group started to split up on the more steeper sections. Bob and Ann then Sue and John R started to distance the rest, as the road opened up onto the remote Low Blakey Moor, part of the North Yorkshire Moors. On a nice day, one cannot imagine what it would be like on a wet and windy day.
From my view I could just see Bob, Ann and John R in the distance, with Sue out on her own, as we wound our way across the Moor towards The Lion Inn at 1300ft. Regrouping at the Inn their was just one more mile of climbing to the highest point on the ride at 1377ft.
From here it was almost all down hill to the lunch stop at Rosedale Abbey, to meet up with Paul, Sue and Pat having done a less hillier route.
With the sun beating down lunch was had in the tea garden, almost at the foot of Rosedale Chimney one of steepest climbs in the UK.
Paul, Sue and Pat left first retracing their wheel tracks back to Pickering, while the rest decided a trip up the Chimney had to be done.
Leaving the village the climb starts almost immediately, with large blue sign saying unsuitable for lorries and caravans (Max Gradient 1 in 3).
Six made it to the top, but no one managed to ride to the top without stopping, after the first hairpin it was easier to park your bike and walk.
Back in the valley and back on route, the group stayed together along the undulating road, passing through Cropton and Wrelton before joining the A170 again. Avoiding the A170, Stewart found a side road that cut out most of the A170 for the final run into Pickering. (Route by Stewart Grant)