Here at the Cross, the market cross, well in time, steadily, sensibly, not too quickly, not too slowly, falling in line were the firemen of Trumpton along with a number of citizens. Captain Flack called the “brigade” to order. “Right men, action stations” he said “There will be two “tenders”, in the first we have […]
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Well we all know the way don’t we? Yes yes, just follow the signs for Lisset and Gransmoor, can’t possibly go wrong…….. or could we? A total of eighteen Knights turned out at Market Cross for today’s ride including two “newbies” on their first trial run. “Mr Organiser” had prearranged the group selection. In the […]
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🎶To the sound of…… 🎶huffing and puffing! Five Knights including trialist James attended the “team” briefing at Market Cross. “Right men, were going to stay local but will include some hills today” advised Raymond. After outlining the route we set off to meet up with Matt and Russell at Manor House. The peloton set off […]
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Fourteen Knights including two “newbies” gathered at Market Cross for the “Grande Departe”. The first group of six set off through North Bar as soon as the “flag” dropped, followed shortly by a second group of four then the final four. At Manor House we were joined by Chris and Sarah. The “Tete-de-la-Course” group consisting […]
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Seven students turned out at Market Cross to learn what grades had been assigned to them. Teacher announced “Right you four ‘young un’s’ , (Mark, Karl, Paul W & Chopper) will be in the A Team. The B grade team (Pug, Stephen & Sharrin) will follow”. No sooner had we set off when we were […]
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The “battle” for the Iron Throne has been somewhat quiet recently after an earlier flurry brought in new champions. This has been mainly due to the “protection” put in place on both “battle grounds”. First we had roadworks on Kirk Lane, then later on the main road in Walkington. We also had roadworks pop up […]
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This Tuesday evening ride was a replacement for our cancelled solstice ride from June. The fact that the pizza was on offer at half price was just coincidence 🍕😉 Eight members turned out to take advantage of “Dishy Rishi’s” largesse. Before any eagle eyed people say “But there are nine in the picture” the “Sheriff […]
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In contrast to Friday’s scorching hot day, we were treated to somewhat cooler temperatures aided by the cloud cover and the North easterly breeze. It did nothing to deter our intrepid Knights as we had another good turn out at Market Cross. Split into three groups and setting off at various intervals. “We’ll be back […]
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🎶Meet the gang, ‘cos the boys are here, the boys to entertain you 🎶 Another great turn out at Manor House for today’s “concert”. “RIGHT you horrible shower” intimated the RSM “Why are you lot not in uniform?…… DON’T answer that! Just get your sorry selves in the first group and get out of my […]
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“Roll-up! Roll-up! Calling all Knights. You are cordially welcome to take part in a jousting tournament at Castle Howard!” Given the nature of today’s route it should have said “Climb-up Roll-down”. Many Knights were obviously up for the challenge as we achieved our best turn out this year. Having so many at Market Cross meant […]
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