Category Archives: Ride Reports

Reports from our riding exploits.

Ilkley – 23rd January 2011

Once again on a Sunday morning, the shout of “hills” could be heard echoing around the front of St Aidans as we gathered deciding where to go.  After little deliberation, we opted for a route up past Beckwithshaw, Swinsty and … Continue reading

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Ripon and Boroughbridge – 16th January 2011

The wind was blowing hard and the rain showers kept on coming, but despite this we had an excellent turn out this morning for a ride out towards Ripon.  Because of the wind we initially planned to shorten the route, … Continue reading

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Wetherby – 11th January 2011

It was good to finally get out on our first night ride of the year last night.  We were also pleased to see that six of us had got fed up with sitting around waiting for the ice to clear … Continue reading

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Askwith Moor – 2nd January 2011

The first ride of the New Year… It was a cold morning on Sunday and five us of set off from St Aidans to follow a route suggested by Jamie to head out towards Otley.  We dropped down into Burnbridge … Continue reading

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Christmas Ride – 29th December 2010

The weather conditions looked like they had thawed enough as a few hardy souls gathered to try and blow away a few of the Christmas excesses on this morning.  We decided to keep the ride nice and gentle and head … Continue reading

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Lower Nidderdale – 14th December 2010

The forecast was for rain, but thankfully there was no sign of it as three of us met outside St Aidans School, for our first mid-week night ride in a few weeks.  We decided on a route out past Beckwithshaw … Continue reading

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Boroughbridge – 12th December 2010

After a couple of weeks of Arctic weather it was good to finally get the road bikes out again on another bitterly cold morning.  Karl, James and Jonathan set off steadily on a fairly easy ride towards Boroughbridge via Knaresborough, … Continue reading

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North Harrogate MTB Ride – 28th November 2010

The snows came down around Harrogate this weekend and as such it was too dangerous to get the road bikes out.  Feeling the need to get the legs turning a few of us decided to dust off the mountain bikes … Continue reading

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Masham – 21st November 2010

For our ride this week, we teamed up with Shutt VR for a slightly longer ride than normal out to Masham.  Thirteen intrepid souls gathered in very cold and wet conditions for the trip and we set off in the … Continue reading

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Lower Nidderdale – 14th November 2010

The first frosty start of the autumn and a record turnout!!  Ten of us gathered this morning outside St Aidans with Brimham Rocks in our sights.  Duncan was on a tight leash and only cycled in to say hello before … Continue reading

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