99MawseSheffieldAprilia Caponord

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YORKSHIRE DALES NP - Hawse 250511
number 5 for me and number 8 on tick list

Had a cracking day doing this one. A, B and single tracks and small hamlets were the order of the day. If anyone else wants to do the route its here..

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Thats a pic to keept - one wierd cloud and a big plane - shame mi bike was not in view or I could have started a 'My bike with a wierd cloud and a big plane' thread! :woohoo:
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Just come back from a couple of chilled days bimbling through North York Moors and Northumberland.

Sooooo,
NORTH YORK MOORS NP
number 6 for me and number 8 on the tick list

Ride up from Sheffield on the A1 then A19 and A171 to Stokesley. From there nice little narrow roads (and an Audi on the wrong side of the road on a blind hump heading straight for me! Ahhhhh! :woohoo: ) to Danby.

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Then onto NORTHUMBERLAND NP and ONCE BREWED
number 7 for me and number 6 on the ticklist

great ride up from north york moors via middlesbro, and darlington then up the A68.
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Made it a two dayer and overnighted at campsite at Haydon Bridge. Oh and had a well earned pint at the Railway Hotel ;)

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SHERWOOD FOREST NP - Edwinstowe 310711
number 8 for me and number 20 on tick list

what a day! set off to 'bag' sherwood forest and ended up in Whitby!! :woohoo:

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So only 2 to 'bag' to get the bronze!
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Well ive got two to 'bag' to get my bronze stickyfoot :laugh:

I set out to at least get my bronze, so, bike is packed ready for off in the morning. Off to tick off Glentrool and then on the way back the Lakes.......Then a steady ride back and a celebratory drink or few :whistle:

Well it needs doing cos ive got a bronze stickyfoot space on the wall that needs filling :)
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GO FOR IT!
Could be the last one's of the year???
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BUGGER - due to the stormy weather yesterday and the road closures where I wanted to get to I decided to put off things a day......

So Im hoping to get to Glentrool today (fri 30 Dec) and then the Lakes tomorrow - New Years Eve, then back to Sheffield :woohoo:

So I might not be uploading my photos while New Years Day - So just hope the mods look on things in a good mood and not with a hangover so I finally get my bronze stickyfoot

Just looked at the outside temp and its 3.1 degrees, so looks like its gonna be a bit of a chilly start to the day :(
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Re: 99MawseSheffieldAprilia Caponord

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Met Mawse at Kirkby Thore filling station on the A66 near Penrith this
morning. Beautiful bike. Big kudos to you for tackling the run in that weather, my 30m run out to get a 33bhp certificate on me son's bike was uncomfortable enough but heading up into the snow as well.......

If you need a warm up stop on your way back down tomorrow I've got soup, tumble drier, log fire etc in between Brough and Appleby. See PM for contact details.

Best of luck

PT
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Well only one more to bag now. :laugh:

After one hell of a ride up to glentrool in biblical rain, a bit of sleet, and the ice warning light flashing like crazy, I took the snap and ran :laugh:

On t way on t a66 bumped into PeteT off the forum..... What are t chances of that :)

Thanks for the encouraging words and offer of a warming fire and soup, but return trip via different route, but loads of thanks.

Will upload pics as soon as I'm back home
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Best of luck. Stay safe :)
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What a blast over the last couple of days! :laugh:

Mmm now let me see.... back end of a storm in Scotland, wind, rain, sleat, fog, a bit more rain, oh yeh nearly forgot some biblical rain, and saw the ice warning light on bike (so now I know where it is!) :laugh: But oddly (some people might say) loved every minute of it

But my target was the BRONZE and Ive finally done it on the last day of the year! Nothing like pushing the limits a bit....

stopping for a coffee on the A66 - what you cant see is me jumping up and down to warm up :P
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GLENTROOL in the rain 301211 - Notice not a soul about! Didnt see anyone after leaving Newton Stewart - Nice
So #9 for me and #5 on the tick list
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Quick leg stretch at Keswick
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And..........
THE LAKES 311211
Number 10 for me (yeh woop woop bring it on) ehem and number 7 on the tick list
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