With 3000 miles this year getting closer I thought I needed to get outside to emulate Mr B and ride at least 40+ miles - but leave the full 50 miles to those still in the first flush of youth. So 42 miles and 3200 feet.
I hadn't really planned that amount of climb but just pootling around Gargrave - Bank Newton - West Marton - Thornton in Craven - Elslack - Carleton in Craven, I just kept finding hills. I doubt if some of these roads have two vehicles an hour so perhaps it was not surprising that in Elslack the two vehicles had ferociously bumped bumpers moments before I arrived. The water was still pouring out of one radiator. Drivers eh!
Mr B traditionally has 3 pints to sustain him on his 50 mile outings but I settled for a bottle (or two)of 6% Leffe blonde on returning home. And to think that when I was a student in Leeds I could drink 7 pints of Tetleys - brewed in the heart of Leeds, although I think the vacant plot is currently a car park.
Oh my misspent youth!
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