As soon as we arrived home from our Way of the Roses cycle tour we set off for another break! This was a short trip to Derby where Sarah would join in with a hen-party. Suzie, Sarah’s sister’s daughter, is soon to be married. The following morning, however, started with Sarah joining in with the Markeaton Parkrun. Sarah has wanted to run her home cities parkrun for some time. We were staying at The Stuart Hotel, part of the Best Western…
Way of the Roses 2017 Day 5 was our final day of cycling on the tour. It was another fine sunny day when we left The White Horse Inn at Hutton Cranswick. We began by heading towards Driffield along NCN Route 1. Arriving in Driffield we had to wait for the local train before we could enter the town centre. This was just one of quite a few crossings we had to make due to the first section of our route…
Wednesday was our Way of the Roses 2017 Day 4 – York to Hutton Cranswick. However, there were things to do before we left. Andy took our clothes off to a little laundrette on Walmgate Bar, where the owner was very helpful and friendly. Whilst the laundry was being done, we went to Your Bike Shed cafe for breakfast. The food was good and the place was very interesting. After breakfast, we walked over to York Minster and had a…
Tuesday was our Way of the Roses 2017 Day 3 – Pateley Bridge to York. We left Pateley Bridge and it was basically straight uphill! Once we reached Brimham Rocks, the worse of the hills were done although there were plenty of undulations along the way. We then continued on to Fountains Abbey. We stopped off at Fountains Abbey to have a look around. We went in via the West Gate. Our first stop was the cafe for a drink….
The weather forecast for Our Way of the Roses 2017 Day 2 was predicted to be poor, and sadly this would prove to be the case. It was also going to be the toughest cycling day of the tour too. This too would prove to be the case. At least, when the day started for us things were all calm. On a Bank Holiday Monday, the community of Austwick put on a Flea Market. We decided to go for a…
