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…
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…
Whilst the others had gone off cycling on Sunday, I went to visit Burnby Gardens which is near Pocklington. Not knowing anything about Burnby Gardens, I was very pleasantly surprised when I got there! The lady at the reception told me that she hadn’t expected to see anyone due to the bad weather forecast, but there where quite a few people arriving at the same time as I did. I walked along the path along the Upper Lake, down towards…
Sunday was day 2 of the Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend away (click here to read about day 1). There were two rides, one which went to Pocklington. The original plan was for two rides: a flat 30 mile ride along part of the Way of the Roses and past York Minster, and a hillier 50 mile route calling at Malton for lunch. However the weather forecast for Sunday was really bad – heavy rain and strong winds. Even that morning…
