Harrogate Advanced Bikes

For this this Sunday’s Ride-Out meeting at the Lorry Park next to ASDA on Dragon Road, Harrogate HG1 5DE. Arrive from 9.00am. A ride briefing to commence at 9.15am and ready for a prompt 9.30am set off. Fuel of course is available from ASDA next door.

Heading out on the Skipton Road and then northwards along the A61 towards Ripley we’re on route through Sawley, Grantley, Kirkby Malzeard, Grewelthorpe, Masham…….through Swaledale  to Reeth and stopping for a morning break at the Kearton Country Hotel Cafe in Thwaite DL11 6DR. Plenty of parking at the rear of the building. 

After a cuppa and a bite northwards again on the B6270 across Birkdale Common all the way to Nateby nipping onto the A685 westwards past turnings for Ravenstonedale and Newbiggin-on-Lune with a right turn to Brownber and an immediate smart left to Kelleth, Raisbeck and on to Orton for our lunch stop at the Orton Scar Cafe, Silveryard CA10 3RQ.

After a great lunch (tried it Thursday) southwards on the B6260 to Westmorland Services (Tebay) on the A685 for a fuel top up.  

Both person and vehicle fuelled up, heading south on the A685 and the B6257 to Sedbergh. Westwards on the delightful A684 through Garsdale leaving the main road along Bellow Hill through Hardraw then joining the B6160 south after Bainbridge towards Kettlewell, Grassington and finishing the ride at Stump Cross Caverns, maybe with a final cuppa and a slice of cake!

Ride Leader Barry Ring 07 847 786 608

TEC Roy Beniston 07 539 690 274

Mileage 135, weather forecast pretty good, views superb.

Please get in touch if you would like a GPX file of the route. barry.ring@gmail.com

Lastly as we have made booking at each venue, it would be very helpful if you could text me, please, if you intend joining the Ride-Out.

Barry

Here’s a message from, now sunny, Belgium. I hope many club members got out on the Wednesday Ride-Out, here’s another chance for a Ride-In to our HAB meeting this Monday evening. It’s a re-run of last months ride-in as only two, bless you Derek Saunders, and myself turned up.

Meet up at 6.00pm with a set off at 6.15pm. It’s a great ride from Otley Garden Centre on Pool Road LS21 1DY over Beamish Beacon past Bolton Abbey and cut across country to Stump Cross Caverns and back to Harrogate in time for our meeting starting 7.30pm at Bilton Cricket Club. If you want to join us at the tea shop on the way to Bolton Abbey BD23 6HB we can pick you up there. The A59 is now open of course so be there at the tea room from 6.30pm please.

It’s a social meeting at this time of the year and if you’ve been on a motorcycle trip or to the ABR Festival please share your experiences with the rest of us. A buffet will be served of course after any club news. Looking forward to seeing you all on Monday evening.

Ride 40 miles-80 mins. GPX available.

Ride leader Barry Ring 07847 786 608 barrya.ring@gmail.com

Ripley- Trough of Bowland – Dent – Hawes – Ripley

Meeting up, fully fuelled, at the Boars Head in Ripley for our social ride, 9.00am for a 9.30am start. The morning’s run takes us through Pateley Bridge, Grassington and on to Settle for breakfast.

After loading up with two oat biscuits and a smoothie, we’re setting off again to Slaidburn, through High Bentham, Kirkby Lonsdale and Barbon and then stopping in Dent for lunch. After lunch on the road again to Hawes, Leyburn, Masham and Grewelthorpe back to Ripley.

Ride leader is Trevor Cooper and Mike Holroyde is our tail-end Charlie. The route is somewhere around 130 miles. It will be a very pleasant ride and should be enjoyed by all who join us.

https://plan.tomtom.com/route/view/6cdfcecc-4087-4030-9239-38008f81b323

Trevor Cooper  07525 130 234

A run along the reservoirs and rivers of the eastern dales, mostly on good flowing roads.  Meet at the Curious Cow, Killinghall HG3 2AP from 9.00am for a 9:30am start.  Heading south to Leathley, up past the Lindley reservoir and Bewerley to Pateley Bridge.  Then along Gouthwaite and Leighton reservoirs to Border House Teas in Masham Market Square HG4 4DZ for T&P stop. We’ll be arriving at about 10:50am if anyone wants to join us there. 

We then head to Richmond via Newton-le-Willows, up Swaledale through Reeth and over Buttertubs to Hawes Market Square for lunch. Many options including the Manor Garth Cafe and the chippie. Petrol stop in Hawes, 82 miles from the start. 

After lunch it’s back to Ripley following the Ure down through Redmire, Middleham, Masham (again) and Kirby Malzeard to Ripley. 
Total journey 130 miles, about 4 hours excluding stops. Should be back in Ripley for an ice cream by 3:30pm.

Ride leader John Honey 07770 342255 TEC Ranjit David 07584 330217
Google maps routes for the three stages enclosed. The route is not set in stone and as we are not using Sat Nav and there may be some slight deviation 🙂 

See you at The Curious Cow.

John

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It’s HAB monthly meeting time again. Summer is well and truly here so hopefully you can make the Monday Ride-In to Bilton Cricket Club and if not, join the social meet starting at 7.30pm.

Meeting for the Ride-In at Otley Garden Centre, Pool Road, LS21 1DY, just after the football ground on the left riding into town. 6.00pm for a prompt 6.15pm set off after a pre-ride briefing. This one is “all the right roads, not necessarily in the right order” type of rides!

From the garden centre into Otley, with a right turn across the river on Bridge Street, heading out of Otley on Weston Lane towards Askwith, Denton, Middleton and right, up Hardings Lane, over Beamsley Hill towards Bolton Abbey. Up past the Abbey and a right turn for Barden and onto the B6265 towards Greenhow. A right turn after Stump Cross Caverns past Thruscross Reservoir to Blubberhouses. Left on to the A59 all the way into Harrogate and onto Bilton Cricket Club. Follow the leader so no need to store all that information, but it gives you an idea of the route. We will of course use the turn marking system, so no one should get lost (if you are new to HAB you can read Ride-Out guidelines on our website and of course IAM RoadSmart website too).

Only 40 Miles and about 80 minutes. Getting to BCC around 7.30pm. Ride Leader Barry Ring. GPX file available-email barry.ring@gmail.com.

Meet The Boar’s Head, Ripley HG3 3AY from 9.00am for a prompt 9.30am am start.

From Ripley the route heads east towards Staveley and Minskip to pick up the B6265 on the outskirts of Boroughbridge > Aldwark Bridge (now open again thank goodness) > Tollerton > Huby > B1363 heading north to Brandsby > continue north to Ampleforth.

Coffee Stop:  Abbey Tea Rooms, Ampleforth, YO62 4EN.

From Coffee Stop head east to Nunnington > north through Harome and on to east side of Helmsley > turn right at filling station towards Carlton > on to Bransdale and the ‘Bransdale loop’ > on to Gillamoor before turning northbound to Farndale > High Blakey > minor road to the right to go south towards Rosedale Abbey.

Lunch Stop: Coach House Inn, Rosedale Abbey YO18 8SD.

After lunch – continue southbound > Hutton-le-Hole > across A170 > continue, broadly southbound to Slingsby > turn R on B1257 to Hovingham > turn L west to Coulton > Brandsby > Crake > Easingwold > continue west to Raskelf > Brafferton > turn R towards Cundall to turn L immediately after Thornton’s Bridge > route ends at Morrisons, Boroughbridge YO51 9UR.

Route length: 121 miles.

Leader: David Haywood; TEC: TBA.

Route details for adding directly to Sat Nav or creating .gpx file:

https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/social/route/9240147?mode=share

Meet at Ripley outside of main car park at 09:00 to leave at 09:30 with full tanks–Ride Leader–Paul Holmes, TEC–John Honey.

The first section of the ride takes you East to Scotton, Little Ouseburn, Easingwold, Slingsby and past Flamingo Land to our morning coffee stop at NY500 Cafe, Malton Road, Pickering, YO188EA.

After coffee, we head to Pickering and head on the A170 towards towards Kirkbymoorside. Before Kirkbymoorside we start to head northeast towards Hutton Le Hole, Rosedale Chimney and over the North Yorkshire Moors. Before getting to the A171 we head towards Stokesley passing through Commondale, Kirkdale and Battersby. At Stokesley we ride through Stokesley market place and head to Hutton Rudby. West Lees to our lunch stop at The Rusty Bike Café, Swainby DL6 3EW.

After lunch we will head back towards Stokesley east on the A172 before turning off for Great Busby, Kirkby and Great Broughton. From Great Broughton we head on the B1257 to Helmsley. From Helmsley we head on the A170 where we pick up the B1257 to Ampleforth, Wass, Coxwold, Husthwaite, Raskelf, Bafferton, Thornton Bridge to the finish at Morrisons, Wetherby Road, Boroughbridge, York YO51 9UR (approx. finish 16:00).

The route is approximately 139 miles. For those requiring fuel stops there are plenty of opportunities throughout the route. Details of the route are available using the following links:

Ripley to NY500 – 45 miles:

 Ripley Castle, Ripley, Harrogate to NY500 – Google Maps

NY500 to Rusty Bike – 45 miles:

 NY500 to The Rusty Bike Cafe – Google Maps

Rusty Bike to Morrisons Boroughbridge – 49 miles:

The Rusty Bike Cafe to Morrisons – Google Maps

The nice weather continues tomorrow so make the most of a fine Summer evening.  Join us for our May 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 one in. Just over an hour’s ride will then get us to Bilton Cricket Club HG1 3DQ in time for our meeting start at 7.30pm. 

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 evening, so enjoy the Ride-In, share any club news, give us the low-down on the Scotland Borders Trip and a chat with your colleagues at Bilton Cricket Club.

Hoping to see you all on Monday. Sandwich Buffet available mid-evening.

David Haywood has individually emailed HAB members booked on the Borders trip but in the interest of sharing the information with all members, maybe for future reference and planning a similar trip yourself here is the details for all.

Hi Everyone,

Routes now sorted with brief details and myRoute links below. As the first day is a long one we need to get going earlier than normal. I’m therefore proposing two options:

A. Meet at Ripley Ice Cream from 8.00 for a prompt 8.30am start OR, if it’s easier for you.

B. Meet up with the main group at Hawes (Wensleydale Creamery Café – planned Coffee Stop) at 10.00am (ETA for main group).

NB. If you decide to meet in Hawes, please text me the day before or sooner on 0777 921 4331.

See you Wednesday!

Regards

David

Itinerary.

Please start the first day with a full tank.

Trevor Cooper and I plan to share Leader and TEC duties.

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Route Day 1 first leg (either A or B) – 137 miles (from Ripley):

Day 1a.f Ripley/Hawes Trout Farm to Silloth coast

https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/social/route/9065104?mode=share

Coffee Stop: Wensleydale Creamery Café, Hawes DL8 3RN.

Lunch Stop: Mrs Wilsons Coffee & Eatery, Criffel Street, Silloth CA7 4BT.

Route Day 1 second leg – 76 miles:

Day 1b.f Silloth to Denholmmyrouteapp.com

Fuel Stop: 14 miles BP, Lowmoor Road, Wigton (Waypoint 2).

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Route Day 2 – 142 miles:

https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/social/route/9070258?mode=share

Fuel Stop: 43 miles – Shell, Main Road, Thropton NE65 7LT.

Coffee Stop: The Running Fox Cafe, Long Farmington. NE65 8AE (Waypoint 9)

Lunch Stop: The Black Bull, Etal TD12 4TL.

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Route: Day 3 Denholm to Ripley – 146 miles:

Day 3 Denholm to Ripley

Meet 9.30 for 9.45am start.

Fuel Stop: Esso, Weensland Road, Hawick TD9 8LA (Waypoint 2).

Lunch Stop: Lanercost Priory Tea Rooms, Lanercost, Brampton CA8 2HQ.

We’ll decide at lunch if we want a further stop.

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Paste any of these links into www.myrouteapp.com

Please let me know if you’d prefer .gpx files and I’ll email them to you. David.haywood@mac.com

Meet at the Curious Cow of Harrogate car park, (HG3 2AP) at 09:00am to leave at 09:30am with full tanks.

Ride Leader – Paul Holmes, TEC – Peter Germaine.

The first section of the ride takes you northwards to Killinghall, Ripley, West Tanfield, Masham and Leyburn to our morning coffee stop at Manor Farm Cafe, Bellerby, DL8 5QH.

After coffee, we head further north via Downholme on the A6108 heading towards Richmond.  From Richmond we head north once more, passing through Whashton Green and Ravensworth before reaching the A66.  Next, we head west along the A66 for a short while before turning right heading towards Hutton Magna and then onto Ovington and Winston. We then pick up the A67 and head to Barnard Castle.  From Barnard Castle we head north on the B6278/B6282 to our lunch stop at Middleton-In-Teasdale DL12 0QB. Plenty of cafes for lunch options or feel free to bring your own refreshments.

After lunch we will head south on the B6277/B6276 back towards Brough on some great winding roads with spectacular views of the Pennines, passing Selset Reservoir on the way.  From Brough we head along the A685 to Kirkby Stephen and then onto Nateby.  At Nateby we pick up the B6270 heading east to Thwaite and onto Reeth where we can stop for refreshments and leg stretch.

From Reeth we head to Grinton and then head up and over Whipperdale Bank past the ranges to Leyburn (Fuel stop if required).  From Leyburn on a quick route, we will head east on the A684 to Bedale. From Bedale on the ring road we will head towards Leeming Bar and pick up the A6055 running parallel to the A1(M) going south to pick up the A61 which will bring us back towards Ripon and into Ripley for the finish (approximate finish 16:00).

The route is approximately 154 miles. For those requiring fuel stops there are plenty of opportunities throughout the route. A GPX route file is available using the following link:

https://www.routeyou.com/en-gb/route/view/14175997/touring-motorcycle-route/dales-and-pennines-april-2024