Still not made it to York. That is now on the agenda for tomorrow morning. And lets hope that the weather permits it.
Today we took nearly the latest breakfast, almost 0930, then kitted up and set off south towards Masham, Ripon, Ripley, Harrogate & Knaresborough, taking in quite a few miles of Stage One of Le Tour 2014, the one where Cav hit the deck in the sprint as his mum looked on. At various points along the way, we tried to buy a map to divine a backroads route to the final of those destinations. It quickly became clear that at least three such maps would be needed, simply because of where the overlaps occur on their layouts. My oh my, the coffee was good at Johnny Baghdad's in Masham!
One way or another, and by picking up info and freebie maps at Tourist Information Centres, we arrived at Ripley, where a bike path began towards Harrogate and Knaresborough. Having missed the branch leading directly to Knaresborough, we had to ride the main road from Harrogate onward to Knaresborough. Unpleasant in the extreme. A mint chocolate chip milkshake and a lump of coffee & walnut cake for A, and a mocha & brownie for F soon put that right.
It was already 1515, time to retrace tyre tracks. The route homewards was more demanding, as we were heading back towards the moors, having dropped away from them on the outward leg of the day. In the end a 78-mile day with <5000 feet of ascent. Dinner was at The Golden Lion in Leyburn's main market square. Three varieties of Theakston's hit the spot.
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