This Tuesday saw the Knights heading back to school…. and No… it’s not Knight school but a real bona-fide primary school. “Meet at the Cherry Burton duck pond at 0920” reminded Neil. Arriving at said “duck pond” there was no sign of anybody until Russell appeared a few minutes later. As we looked at our watches “They’re all cutting it fine” we thought but just at that moment the head of Dave J appeared around the corner of the nearby playground. “Hey! we’re over here” he shouted. You can take the ‘kid’ out of school but you can’t take the ‘kid’ out of the man.
At 0930 we assembled in the school yard of Cherry Burton Primary school where the children were doing a project on various forms of transport. We were welcomed by teacher Sarah. “Good morning Mrs Shepherdson” we chorused with impish grins on our faces.
After lining up we were introduced to the children who gave us a resounding “Good morning Beverley Knights”. There followed a short discussion on various factors concerning cycling. It was extremely uplifting to see so much enthusiasm and so many children who have bicycles. Shortly after, the children mingled in closer to our bikes so we could ‘show and tell’ about the bikes and the things we carry with us. To finish off our visit we rode around the playground in ‘convoy’ before departing for our scheduled ride.
The route for today took us to Etton then along the Kiplingcotes road to Market Weighton. The next challenge was the climb to Londesborough and onwards to Nunburnholme top.
After recovering we continued along the top then down to Dalton Dale into North Dalton. With the time pressing to arrive at the Cranswick Farm Shop cafe for our scheduled booking time, the ‘big guns’ set off ‘full steam ahead’ while the rest followed along behind.
The homeward journey proved somewhat tough as we faced a head wind virtually the whole way home. Despite the wind it was a very pleasurable day out with temperatures rising enough to wear shorts.
