A 25 miler and 2,700 feet from home for me and Hester on Sunday. We followed the B6479 (our main road), which wasn’t busy, to Helwith Bridge and then headed for Settle on Stackhouse Lane which was even unbusier.
From Settle it was, I’d like to say, a ‘swift zip’ up High Hill Lane but it was in fact a lung bursting, blowing it out my ass, quad smashing, full bollocks, dribbling and wheezing through gritted teeth, climb up fricking High bastard Hill Lane*, then over the tops to Kirkby Malham before dropping down to Malham itself. (Malham by the way had a two thirds filled Visitor Centre car park and about 40 other cars parked for free along the grass verge.... so it was quite quiet for Malham as it goes)
We then went up to Malham Tarn, around the back of the Field Centre and then over to Henside before going off piste on Moor Head Lane to pick up the B6479 again and whiz back home.
*I also managed a 5,990th equal Strava segment placing (0.44 of a mile, 13.8% gradient) on this climb I’d like to smuggly add, as well at a 176 bpm heart rate. It’s a very widely used cycle route - the Way of the Roses goes that way and I’m sure the Tour de Yorkshire will have done - and 15,100 or so Strava riders have recorded the segment. So if you squint your eyes a bit I’m very nearly in the top third on my first go
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