Ravens Route Day 7 was the last day of our Ravens Route cycle tour. It was a fine day in Whitby as we gathered outside The George Hotel. To Ravenscar We began by joining NCN Route 1 (we would follow this all day) and heading along the River Esk estuary and crossing over the bridge. A little further on, we climbed up Larpool Lane. We joined the Scarborough to Whitby Cinder Track. TheTrack follows the old railway line from Scarborough to Whitby…
This Ravens Route Itinerary outlines the plans for our annual group cycling summer tour for 2018. As usual, we will be touring with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club – all of whom have been regulars on previous tours. The team this year will be – Andy P, Sarah, Andy S, Andy S, Neil, Des and Ian. This year we are completing an English coast-to-coast route from Ravenglass to Ravenscar. It is a route we have put together ourselves…
Sarah and I had enjoyed a successful Trans Pennine Tour (TPT). Yesterday we cycled from Hull over to Scarborough and joined up with our Stockport Community Cycling Club (SCCC) colleagues for the club’s annual weekend. We had already given you a sneek peek of this ride but on that occasion we started part way round the ride. Today, on a bright Sunday morning we left the university campus where we had been staying on the outskirts of Scarborough and headed for…
Following the completion of our Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) cycle tour, the following day we began our Post-TPT cycle trip to Scarborough to join up with our Stockport Community Cycling Club friends on the Club Weekend. Leaving Hull we once again weaved our way towards the old Hull-Hornsea railway line. This time we didn’t follow the path to the end but turned off at the A165 near to Skirlaugh. We followed country lanes to Sigglesthorne. We continued to follow the…
With the Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend rapidly approaching Andy S and I decided a visit to Scarborough was in order. We need to recce the Sunday longer ride, and this blog post gives you a sneek peek of that ride. We stayed at Scarborough YHA, a delightful light place located in Scalby on the edge of Scarborough. We arrived late on the Sunday evening and cycled in to town. The following morning, following a hearty breakfast, we were ready…
