Sooty09
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It been a bit quiet on the Yorkshire forum so far this year. What are you all doing?
Its been a great first half year for me, despite the snowy start and having a small self inflicted spill.
It started with a bit of sun in the Canaries, a nice holiday while the last of the Yorkshire snow and ice cleared.
March got off to a good start with runs out to all the Northern coasts. Most weekends had blue skies but were very cold and snow patches on the hills. We started with a run to Roe island at Barrow, very cold with snow patches all the way.
We had one run out to check the damage to the Stape road over the moors. It was our intention to see the Blast furnaces for one last time but were turned back on health and safety grounds by the Corus security men.
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The following weekend was along ride through sunny cold skies to Southport. looking at the picture you will not believe how cold it was, yet children were playing in the sea.
Easter was very early this year and we had a tour through Scotland staying at Youth hostels. Lanark was cut off in a blizzard two days before we set off but the odd weather was kind to us and we had sunshine with white capped mountains around us.
The Scottish youth hostels are a great way to have a warm cheap and friendly night when its too cold to camp. The one pictured below is at the end of a gravel track up the side of Loch Lomond.
The sun was out gain mid April and we had a good run out through Teesdale and on to Tyne side to visit the Marsden Grotto.
At the start of May we had a chance to stay at a couple of Hostels on the Welsh coast. Again the weather was good but cold for us, with sleet and snow falling on the higher peaks in Snowdonia. We stayed at St Davids and rode round the Ellan valley and over Snowdonia to stay in Conway.
The middle of May was taken up by a weeks stay in the Vosages staying in a Gite at Kaysesberg. This is a very pleasant economical way to holiday, no schedule and no pressure. The three bedroom 7 berth house was 450 euros for 7 nights. Still very cold with pockets of snow in the high passes, but six of the seven days were perfect for riding.
Three weeks to go and were off to the Tarn Gorges in the south of France.
So far 2010 has been a very good year. Despite the icy start I have had some great weekend.
Apologies to any reader who through now fault of their own are strapped for cash or by family ties unable to spend so much time riding. Im lucky to have a job and a wife who also has a Passion for riding her own F650GS.
Its been a great first half year for me, despite the snowy start and having a small self inflicted spill.
It started with a bit of sun in the Canaries, a nice holiday while the last of the Yorkshire snow and ice cleared.
March got off to a good start with runs out to all the Northern coasts. Most weekends had blue skies but were very cold and snow patches on the hills. We started with a run to Roe island at Barrow, very cold with snow patches all the way.
We had one run out to check the damage to the Stape road over the moors. It was our intention to see the Blast furnaces for one last time but were turned back on health and safety grounds by the Corus security men.
The following weekend was along ride through sunny cold skies to Southport. looking at the picture you will not believe how cold it was, yet children were playing in the sea.
Easter was very early this year and we had a tour through Scotland staying at Youth hostels. Lanark was cut off in a blizzard two days before we set off but the odd weather was kind to us and we had sunshine with white capped mountains around us.
The Scottish youth hostels are a great way to have a warm cheap and friendly night when its too cold to camp. The one pictured below is at the end of a gravel track up the side of Loch Lomond.
The sun was out gain mid April and we had a good run out through Teesdale and on to Tyne side to visit the Marsden Grotto.
At the start of May we had a chance to stay at a couple of Hostels on the Welsh coast. Again the weather was good but cold for us, with sleet and snow falling on the higher peaks in Snowdonia. We stayed at St Davids and rode round the Ellan valley and over Snowdonia to stay in Conway.
The middle of May was taken up by a weeks stay in the Vosages staying in a Gite at Kaysesberg. This is a very pleasant economical way to holiday, no schedule and no pressure. The three bedroom 7 berth house was 450 euros for 7 nights. Still very cold with pockets of snow in the high passes, but six of the seven days were perfect for riding.
Three weeks to go and were off to the Tarn Gorges in the south of France.
So far 2010 has been a very good year. Despite the icy start I have had some great weekend.
Apologies to any reader who through now fault of their own are strapped for cash or by family ties unable to spend so much time riding. Im lucky to have a job and a wife who also has a Passion for riding her own F650GS.
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