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…
Our Way of the Roses 2017 Itinerary outlines our first tour of the year, starting in May. Sustrans describes this as a spectacular coast-to-coast cycle route passing through both the red rose county of Lancashire and the white rose county of Yorkshire. Sarah and I have completed this particular coast-to-coast tour twice before. In 2012 it formed the second of our preparatory training tours for the End-to-End (LEJOG). And in 2014 we completed the tour with Alan and Gill, two of our Stockport Community…
Our Way of the Roses 2014 Itinerary outlines our first tour of the year, starting in Spring. Sustrans describes this as a spectacular coast-to-coast cycle route passing through both the red rose county of Lancashire and the white rose county of Yorkshire. Sarah and I have completed this coast-to-coast tour once before. Back in 2012, this coast-to-coast formed the second of our training tours for the End-to-End (LEJOG). Indeed, we enjoyed it so much, when two of our Stockport Community Cycling Club friends, Alan…
