I’ve been riding up in Yorkshire. The minor roads are pretty dirty with mud from tractors, but, when the sun comes out they are very quiet at this time of the year. It’s a great feeling to be able to cycle on roads free of cars. One day, the sun even came out so I took some photos.
Cycling through the muddy lanes
The Road from Ilkley to Bolton Abbey – as many bikes as cars, but it’s prety muddy.
Group Mountain bike ride from Ilkely
By Cavendish Pavillion a car waits to overtake
Cycling in the Wharfe Valley. The sun manages to creep though, illuminating part of the Wharfe Valley
Bolton Abeey – sunlight streaming through
This picture is from the back roads between Ilkley and Botlon Abbey. I know the Chevin climb well. The East Chevin is steep – I have raced it as a hill climb. The main road is nice and shallow, if long.
I get up to Yorkshire a few times a year (visiting in-laws in Yeadon), and often ride down to Bolton Abbey from Yeadon – nice route, but finishing by climbing the Chevin is always a nasty sting in the tail.
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