XC - Yorkshire Moor - Rosedale to Fryup - 29 August 2010

The start in the car park in Rosedale Abbey

The Moors

Raph cycling off into the distance

Grant following

A paved section over though the heather

Andy - looking like he is about to fall off.

Oh - and there he goes

Dramatic skies and the threat of rain

Cycling though the grassland and muddy bog

Steepest and most technical decent on the Moors. You have guessed it - we walked.

You would have to be nuts or a stunt rider to get down there on the bike. Was a lot worse than it looks.

Raph looking very very satisfied.

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We finished up by going up Rosedale Chimney Bank. What an epic day.

Helmsley Circuit - 30 August 2010

We were able to start from the campsite and cycle out to the begin our ride. We followed

a trail from 'North York Moors, Mountain biking' by Tony Harker, the same book that we got the trail for Rosedale & Fryup. It was going to be a fairly quick ride as we were hoping to leave for our journey back to London around 4pm. That meant not doing to whole route, but did mean we would have time to stop in Helmsley for some refreshments.

Ok - which way is it - Come on Grant stop dawdling.

Ok - so we did end up going the wrong way. This is us coming back through the gate again after riding about a mile in the wrong direction.

Somewhere over the rainbow - On our way to Helmsley.

Ham, Egg and chips, a latte and cake. :)))))

Al and Helmsley Castle in the background.

On the way back from Helmsley to Rievieux we had to go down some steep steps and then up

another set of steps. It was inevitable that we would have to carry bikes up. Grant was the only one of us who managed to cycle down the steps without putting his foot down.

Al approaching the campsite. It was then down with the tents and back to the big smoke.