SUNDAY 15th OCTOBER - The route and meet details
 

folks,
edit so far it's this lot....

Captain Nemo
Mac608
Billy
Apophes
Mudge32
Tim - with YMCA wet gear
Tim's Brother
600+
may be Jenni ????
BLACKFIRE
Black Rider
Quiff ????
Me.
Meet up times
anyone wanting to meet at squires in sherburn let me know and ill escort you to skipton, wed need to set off from there about 815am


SKIPTON - off at 9.30
ripon Mc Ds arrive 10.30 ish get brecky iff reqd
leyburn approx 12 noon
Hawes about 1pm

from then on anyones quess

courtesy of el boc, thanks matey.........

The Catherine Wheel:

We start it in Skipton for the Lancy Lads and Lasses, and meet at a cafe on the A59 just outside of Town, before Bolton Bridge. Then, we ride along the A59 towards Harrogate, before a left turn at Blubberhouses for Greenhow (Miner's Arms).

Turn right at Greenhow, heading for Pateley, then through Pateley & left onto the B6265 for Ripon.

Swivel through Ripon and to MacD's on the A61. Meet the Leeds Lot and any northern/eastern chaps/esses.

Ripon to Masham on the A6108, then Masham to Leyburn . Get to Leyburn and then onto Hawes on A684. Lunch at Hawes, meet a few more and then on to Chapel Le Dale on the B6255.

Left at Ribblehead Viaduct (Chapel le Dale) on the B6479, going to Settle via Horton in Ribblesdale, where the Lancs Lads can sod off if reqd!

We then follow the signs out of Settle for Kirby Malham, reaching it and turning right for Airton. At Airton you take a left for Winterburn and Hetton, and thence onto Grassinton on the B6265.

Follow the road past Grassington and onto Stump Cross Caverns -and that's the big circle done. Ripon-ites (ie Bad Boys of Bedale) then go on home via Pateley, the Leeds Lot turn right at Greenhow and back home via Otley.

google map links for the especially keen..........


Skipton to blubberhouses
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...,0.462799&om=1

11 miles



blubberhouses to greenhow
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...,0.462799&om=1

9 miles



greenhow to ripon
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...,0.401688&om=1



mc donalds ¾mile south out of ripon on A61 toward leeds
15 miles



ripon to leyburn
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...UTF8&z=10&om=1

20 miles





leyburn to settle
lancs lot split off at ribblehead
stop at hawes
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...,0.803375&om=1

38 miles



settle to airton
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...,0.200844&om=1

7 miles



airton to hetton
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...UTF8&om=1&z=13

4 miles



hetton to stump cross caverns
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...UTF8&z=11&om=1

11 miles



My Mobile 0773 0449489
anyone wants more info or more importantly to tell us to wait cos your lost call me no probs.

Nice one, will meet you 10:30 @ McDonalds Ripon. :wink:

Same here :D

if weather and wife ok

ripon 10:30
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Yep, weather being fine all that (Can't help being a sissy!! :wink: )

Count me in.

Anyone know the name / location in more detail of the cafe at the start point in Skipton please?

Just keep going down the A59, don't turn into Skipton. it is about 4 miles past on the right hand side with a service station alongside. Bacon and egg Barms are recommended

Thanks Tim 8)

Sorry to muck up your head count Cpt Nemo, but I can't make it after all. It's my birthday today and I was supposed to be going out for a meal & a few drinks tomorrow to celebrate, but I've had to put it off until Saturday night, and I won't be in any state to ride a bike on Sunday. :( I was looking forward to this one too, sorry mate...

Happy birthday for today.