It's that time of year again! No not Wimbledon but the summer solstice ride..... What? It's not the solstice? Well yes, it's a bit late this year. No.. not the solstice but the ride is late. Come on keep up at the back. Speaking of which, that could « Continue »
Knights Sweating in Mallorca
This years cycling trip abroad saw the Knights return to Mallorca for a week of “fun” in the sun. After a long day travelling, they reached their base at Cala Ferrera and set off on a short recce to quench a growing thirst. The first full day saw the Knights wake to a bright blue […]
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Ten ‘Gladiators’ assembled at the Aqua Walkintonia ‘arena’ ready for the challenges of the day. The course for todays ‘game’ was proposed by Gregorius Scaevus, having been influenced by the rainy forecast of gloom and doom, he suggested keeping it short and local with a refreshment stop at Lacus Risbianus. The group was joined by […]
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Well that’s not quite the way Matty put it when he proposed our route for today although there was a sense of urgency intimated in his “thinking of a quick easy ride“. Is that not an oxymoron? ‘Quick’ and ‘easy’ don’t quite seem to fit together in cycling terms. Ten Knights rallied to the meeting […]
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Dawn broke with dull grey skies and a cool northerly wind prompting a return to winter dress….well at least for most of us! For today’s ride to Shiptonthorpe we had a welcome return to to our normal meeting place at Market Cross. The ride set off on time, unfortunately James was unable to make the […]
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Michael gathered his ‘toys’ in his makeshift ‘den’ at Etton (aka bus shelter). As he surveyed the assembled ‘crew’ he noted there was one missing. Just as he was about to begin a search party the final ‘toy’ ‘Roboto’ arrived. “Just before we go” said Michael “I’d like to introduce you all to the newest […]
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Routemaster Ray was quick ‘off the blocks’ this week trying to ‘rustle up’ riders for Fridays trip to the Farm Shop at Hutton Cranswick for the presentation of the ‘Cafe of the Year 2025’ award. It was a good turnout with a dozen Knights appearing at the start at Tickton Grange. Despite ‘feeling’ the chill […]
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Todays ride was described as somewhat “lumpy like school custard” however this did not deter the dozen Knights who turned up for ‘assembly’ at Etton. ‘Headmaster’ Ray outlined the curriculum for the day starting with a ‘geography lesson’. “Do we all know the location of ‘Grannies Attic’ as we’ll be heading past there, then along […]
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The Knights maneuvered their “steeds” up to the “start line” at Etton ready for “the off”. It was a good turn out with fourteen riders ready to take part in today’s jolly. “Under starters orders!” called Ray…….”Hang on a minute Ray, there’s supposed to be an event on at the Field House from Friday to […]
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Raymond slowly raised his head above the parapet to check if the wind had died down after last weeks ‘hooley’. Feeling safe and confident he proposed a flat ride to go ‘duck hunting’ out east. “I’m sure the ‘forecasters’ had spotted daffy out on the inland hills” declared Matty strongly. Perhaps he was hoping the […]
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