LADEEEEZ and GENULMEN welcome to the inaugural (and hopefully only) socially distanced Annual Awards. Your hosts for this evening are Less Galey and Cloudier Winteringham. “Good evening everyone” gushed Less “Let’s dive straight in…. Cloudier” “Yes thank you Less, the first category for this evening is the ‘King of the Mountain’ challenge. This took place […]
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… and the Knights are drawing in….. to Market Cross. “And lo, a star 🌟appeared in the east to indicate our direction of travel” said Santa Claus🎅. “Give over” cried the elves and reindeer🦌 “You’ve been playing with that magic dust again haven’t you?” they cried. “No really, we need to make a beeline to […]
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Ding Ding, Ding Ding went the bell signifying the midnight hour and the end of “Lockdown 2”. It was not quite fireworks but the moon was very bright. The “headmaster” had originally suggested our return to group riding for Thursday but with a poor forecast we opted for a Wednesday ride. Like kids freed from […]
ContinueThat Was the Week That Was
The past week has not provided us with the most clement conditions for cycling. Friday 23rd took four Knights on a journey out towards Huggate then Warter to Nunburnholme top before heading to the Fiddle Drill at Goodmanham. After some muttering about the long slog to Huggate (yes you Raymond) we were confronted by a […]
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Heather was first to “grab the bull by the horns” and propose a route for today’s ride to the Ginger Cow at Everingham. Two groups set off from Manor House with James G, Mark and Pugwash in group one and Heather, Sarah, Matthew and Mike in group two. Heading towards Cherry Burton, we caught up […]
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Captain’s log Star Date: 161020 Our destination today is Millar’s cafe at Heron Lakes. First to sign on for the voyage was Mr Sulu (aka Mike) then came Mr Chekov (aka Matty). Captain Kirk then outlined a possible route to the “Beta” quadrant. Also on board we have Scotty (aka AndyG), Mr Spock (aka Colin) […]
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“Forecast for tomorrow is looking good” said Raymond confidently looking for a “show of hands” from anyone to join Friday’s ride. A number of takers were quick off the mark until Capt Pugwash indicated an alternative forecast was possible and a weather check would be needed. Come the morning, the “men” fell out like the […]
ContinueWin, win, win at Allerthorpe
After a complex number of changes to Friday’s ride plans, route organiser the great Raymondo, organised who was in which group and the plans were sent via Slack the night before and all participants were to meet at the Manor House at 09:45 prompt. Steve G was last to turn up but Colin was surprisingly […]
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The northerly wind continues to blow and Michael decided which way to go! Out towards Huggate then to Wetwang we’d leg it, before heading south riding the wave, all the way to Driffield and the Bike Cave. Well no-one said he was a poet, but it appears his skills as route master were also called […]
ContinueMany Ways To Howden
This Sundays ride saw our largest turn out so far this year. Two groups of six started off from Market Cross while a third group set off from Manor House. We followed an anticlockwise direction taking us first to North Newbald then Hotham. It was here the first deviation took place when the “Smithy” group […]
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