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

Ride Leader–Paul Holmes–07746 378175–Contact for GPX file. TEC–Peter Germaine.

The first section of the ride takes us North to Fountains Abbey. We then head West to Pateley Bridge and Grassington to our morning coffee stop at Kilnsey Park, BD23 5PS.

After coffee, we head West to Arncliffe, Settle and onto the A65 for a short distance where we pick up the B6480 passing through High Bentham and Wray to the A683 heading to Caton. At Caton we head Southeast through the Forest of Bowland passing through Quernmore, Dunsop Bridge, Newton, Holden to our lunch stop at the Spread Eagle Inn, Sawley, BB7 4NH.

After lunch we will head towards Pendle Hill passing through Chatburn, Downham and Barley. We then start heading East through Barrowford, Blacko and the North side of Colne heading to Carleton in Craven and Skipton. Passing through Skipton, Embsay, Halton East and Bolton Abbey, we then head Northeast to the finish at Stump Cross Cavens, HG3 5JL. (Approximate finish 16:30).

The route is approximately 138 miles. For those requiring fuel stops there are plenty of opportunities throughout the route.

If you plan to attend the Ride-Out, could you please message Paul Holmes so that he can confirm numbers for the lunch stop.