Twenty eight miles through Bolton Abbey and over Bardon Moor so 2800 feet. I noticed my pulse was at 151bpm on the 20% bit!
I cycled on two "closed" roads today. Storith's Lane (the "back" hilly road beneath Simons's Seat) has been closed for months due to a "landslip". Meaning the very edge of the road is starting to slide down the valley towards the River Wharfe so one can see why highways would not want cars hurtling along it. Presumably until the Northern Powerhouse arrives the road will stay shut. But not to walkers and cyclists and presumably horses - not that the many Road Closed signs give any hint of that.
Also closed is several miles of the road from Embsay to Bardon Tower because for around 100 metres they are relaying a water main in Eastby and so one carriage way is dug up. But the other carriageway is open and accessible (apart from if a JCB is in place) and all the locals know this so I saw dozens of (local knowledge) vehicles zipping along and saving several miles of detour.
The one thing I didn't see was anyone working on the trench.
But perhaps the residents of Eastby have decided they like the short open trench because Road Closed signs stop all the through traffic.
Except me.
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