Evening Folks,

I’m sure you have all spotted the date error on the Sunday Ride-Out post. Sorry about that, but it’s obviously this coming Sunday 25th.

See you on Sunday!

Barry

“Hidden Secrets of Morecambe Bay”

Roy Beniston is taking us to Glasson Lock on the west coast near Lancaster LA2 0BY.

• 9.00am for 9.30am Start – Asda Lorry Park with full tanks & empty bladders please.
• A59 out of Harrogate toward Skipton.
• Right turn onto B6160 for Bolton Abbey.
• Left at Linton [by-passing Grassington] to join B6265.
• Take right at Gracoe for Hetton, Winterburn, Carlton, Airton & Otterburn.
• Take a right to join A65 at Hellifield & onto Long Preston.
• Take sharp left onto B6478 onto Tosside then to Slaidburn for a coffee stop. BB7 3ES

• Continue on B6478 & at Newton take a right toward Dunlop Bridge & Trough of Bowland.
• After Marshaw, take a left towards Street & Scorton.
• At Long Lane take right fork onto Trough Road.
• Continue onto Chipping Road.
• Over M6 then over A6 at “Crossroads”.
• Continue and take left at A588 junction.
• Then immediate right onto B5290 to Glasson Dock.
• Lunch stop, alfresco dining, at the Lockeepers Rest with free bike parking (toilets over the road 40p charge) or the Quayside Cafe and other options if you prefer indoors.

[Return Journey]       [68 miles]

• Leave on B52990 then turn right onto A588.
• Branch left at Cockerham onto B5972.
• At traffic lights turn right onto A6.
• At Shell Petrol Station [Fuel stop if required] take immediate left onto New Lane.
• Take next right onto Duckette Lane, then branch left onto May Lane.
• Head towards Cloughton.
• After Cloughton take a right onto Brock Lane then right onto White Lane.
• Left onto Bleasdale Road and continue onto Oakenclough Road.
• Left onto Fiddlers Lane then right onto Collins Hill Lane.
• Cont onto Chipping then Clitheroe.
• Take main thro. traffic route through Clitheroe.
• Turn left at the Petrol Station and head for Chatburn.
• Cross over the roundabout and onto Chatburn.
• On main street take a right to Rimington
• Cross over the A59 heading still for Rimington. 
• Cont. thro. Rimington on Rimington Lane.
• Turn left onto A682 for Gisburn.
• At Gisburn turn right onto A59.
• Continue on A59 to Skipton & Harrogate.
• Destination Stop at the “Curious Cow” on A59.

Total Mileage 138 miles

Leader: Roy Beniston, TEC Barry Ring

Hi all,

Just a reminder that there is a meeting at Bilton this evening. Unfortunately, they cannot put food on so you may want a bite before you come. There are still snacks and drinks available at the bar. We will just have a social meeting with a chance to catch up and have a natter.

Barry is leading a ride-in meeting at Ripon Marketplace, see Barry’s post for exact details.

Paul

For June’s Mid-Week ride we’re heading for the North York Moors.

We’ll meet at Morrisons Boroughbridge YO51 9UR at 09.15 for a 09.30 depart, heading via Thornton Bridge, Brafferton, Ampleforth, Hovingham, & Butterwick to NY500 Cafe, Malton Road, Pickering, YO18 8EA where we’ll break for coffee.

After our break we’re north via Pickering to Egton Bridge, then west on some high moorland roads to the Yorkshire Cycle Hub,  Fryup Gill Farm, Great Fryup, YO21 2AP where we’ll take lunch.

Yorkshire Cycle Hub and Eskdale

Following lunch, we’re heading back to Boroughbridge, via Westerdale, Chop Gate, Hawnby, Kilburn, the Sessays & Thornton Bridge. 

Andrew will lead this 121 miler, hope that you can join us.

As Summer continues apace, join us for our June Club Meeting and evening Ride-In starting at Ripon Market Place HG4 1BW (free bike parking).

Gather at 6.00pm to set off at 6.15 pm. Some coffee shops in the market place are still open at 5.30pm so get an early coffee in. About an hour’s ride will then get us to Bilton Cricket Club HG1 3DQ in time for our meeting start at 7.30pm.

For about an hour, the ride will take us eastwards towards Boroughbridge and further on with a play on the lanes around the Ouseburns, southwards close to Wetherby, Spofforth, south of Harrogate and on to the Cricket Club. No pressure to keep up, route deviations will be marked.

Ride leader Barry Ring. Looking for a Tail-End-Charlie, so have a go if you haven’t tried it before.

No speaker this month so enjoy the evening on the ride and any club news and a chat with your colleagues at Bilton Cricket Club.

Hoping to see you all on Monday evening.

Meeting at Dragon Road Lorry park in Harrogate next to ASDA (HG1 5DE) with fuel available there. Arrive from 9.00am with a prompt getaway planned for 9.30am after a ride briefing.

Join Richard Stembrowicz for a ride around the Dales. Riding on familiar roads taking us west on the A59, turning north on the B6265 up through Cracoe, Threshfield and left onto the B6160 towards Kettlewell. Before we get to Kettlewell a stop at Kinsey Park Cafe (BD23 5PS) for a morning break. Get your breakfast or just a coffee.

Setting off again heading north again towards Kettlewell, Buckden and West Burton, making a couple of left turns and across the A684 turning right, passing Aysgarth Falls and on towards Carperby. Carrying along this minor road to Newbiggin and on to Reeth for lunch at The King’s Arms for a light bite or Sunday roast. For parking you will need to fit in somewhere, but we are planning an early lunch at 12.30 so it should be quieter at that time.

After lunch, setting off southwards across Grinton Moor going over the army ranges towards Leyburn. Then its the A6108 all the way back to Ripon, left at the Clock Tower, joining the bypass southwards towards Harrogate on the A61 and finishing our ride at Ripley (HG3 3AX).

Approximately 100 miles so we shouldn’t need a fuel stop.

Ride Leader Richard, TEC Barry.

Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday.

Richard.

A summer’s evening Ride-In starting at the Route 59 Cafe on the Skipton Road near Bolton Bridge. Gather at 6.00pm to set off at 6.15 pm. (Sorry the cafe will be closed at that time). About 50 minutes ride will get us to Bilton Cricket Club in time for the meeting. The ride will take us up Beamsley Hill and over the bridge between the Fewston and Swinsty reservoirs.

The weather forecast for tomorrow is sunny so I hope you can make it. Extra Iron-Butt points for anyone who went on the Scotland trip and makes the evening ride!

Buffet food available after the AGM business is concluded.

Barry leading the ride. Contact me if you want the GPX route file.

barrya.ring@gmail.com

Just a reminder to say that this months meeting has been re-scheduled to Monday 15th May due to the Coronation Bank Holiday.

We will be holding the AGM and then time for a chat and the usual buffet afterwards.

Paul

I started on bikes when I was 17 – a Honda CG125, then a RE Interceptor made the same year I was born. I took it to France for a year when I left school and it was stolen on my return to England. So student life meant an old CB360 (!) before that was written off and I was bikeless for several years until 1996 when I got an early Hinckley Trident 900 swapping that for a Sprint ST in 1999. As a recent father biking became very much a part time activity and the main use was for visiting clients. In 2010 I started a business and biking took off with a succession of Triumph Tigers; a 955, 800, 1200, 900 before switching to a Ducati Multistrada V4s in early 2022.

I ride all over the UK and have made several trips to Europe, the most memorable being a solo trip to conference in Prague. 14 days on a Tiger seemed more sensible than a flight there and back

I did get Rospa training but didn’t sit the exam – Covid intervened. Then I went through the Bikemaster training with Rapid Training and finish off Level 3 in June and moved to Ripon in late 22 and decided to join a club with like interests in being the best biker one can be.

So, the brief biking history;

I became hooked on motorcycles as a 13/14 year old, hammering my mate’s C90 mot failure up and down a private road in Pool. As soon as I was old enough I bought an old Honda CB125, slapped on some L plates and hit the open road (no cbt back in those days). After extensive training (provided by my mate Martin one Saturday morning), I headed off to Harrogate for my first round the block test. I say first because I didn’t realise there was a narrow ginnel between the houses. I thought I was safely away from the examiner’s beady eyes along the back straight behind the terrace, until he unexpectedly stepped out and slapped his clipboard for the emergency stop. Suffice to say, the speedway style rear wheel slide didn’t impress him much. I was ready for him on the second attempt however and passed with flying colours (in both directions).

If I haven’t missed any out, 42 years later I’m now on my 18th bike and thought it was about time I learned to ride it properly. Favourite so far, Honda CBR1000f Hurricane back in the 90s. The bike which was a bit different and wish I had kept, absolutely mint Kawasaki GT550 shaft drive.

Favourite quote, which is credited to Mark Twain I think;

“ It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”