Winter Sun and White Horses

[JohnnyBoxer]

Today was a beautiful winter's day, not cold - but dry and Yorkshire was bathed in blue skies and sunshine

So I decided to slip away after lunch and do a few trails and see if the XR was all ok now, after new jets and a carb ultrasound clean ..............it was

Set off from home and filled up @ Thirsk, to do some trails in around the Hambleton Hills and the Yorkshire White Horse

The trails were drying nicely, but with the right amount of squelch to keep things interesting

Yorkshire's White Horse - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilburn_White_Horse

A better view

Lovely trail

With a grand view.............

For a seat..............

Bit further on.......... past Scawton

to a rather grand bridge

Next was Rievaulx - today was a day of old ruined Cistercian Abbeys too

Pretty thatched cottage - Rievaulx is one of my favourite villages in Ryedale, totally unspoilt in a land that time forgot

West view of Rievaulx Abbey - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rievaulx_Abbey

The Abbey in all it's splendour on a fantastic winter's day

On towards Helmsley for a quick tea in the square - saw 4 or 5 GS's out and about

After a warming up in Helmsley the next destination was in the direction of Ampleforth to do a few trails - one or two new to me

Glorious views

Next stop Ampleforth - the Public School and Benedictine Order - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampleforth_College

Finally homeward bound via the village of Ampleforth towards Wass, before taking in the ruined Cistercian Byland Abbey - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byland_Abbey

The Old Abbey gates of the Infirmary

So..................50 miles, with a bit of history, some beautiful countryside, a few trails on a grand sunny winter's day with glorious views

Life doesn't come much better

 

[Deleted account 231002001]

Very nice JB

Got to get out myself this week.

 

[Giles]

You're a lucky boy JB. I'd give my back teeth for a little green laner and miles and miles of byways on my doorstep...

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

You're a lucky boy JB. I'd give my back teeth for a little green laner and miles and miles of byways on my doorstep...

Thanks, all within 10-15 miles of the doorstep this afternoon - we're very lucky to have deserted byways and such rich history to go with it - the achitecture was stunning today

 

[Giles]

There are byways round here, but not the miles and miles of tracks that yorkshire seems to be blessed with. I'm lucky that I can get my rocks off on a wr450 at work, (and go places other than just byways..) and i've gotta say I just love it. I'd get a pogo tomorrow if I had the room and money !!

 

[darkhorse]

Very nice there JB

 

[timeandtide]

You're a lucky boy JB. I'd give my back teeth for a little green laner and miles and miles of byways on my doorstep...

Pretty damned fine !!

 

[roadrider]

Thanks Johnny, good write up, smashing pics.

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

That's a sweet wee bike and looked like a perfect day's bimble

Andres

 

[Micky]

Look JB, lets get this straight, will ya stop posting these 'ride reports' of yours 'cos you just get folks all kinda upset and envious

Don't ya realise that some people have to go to work and all you're doing is winding them up

Beautiful territory, super photographs, great motorcycling, now feck off back to work will ya

 

[Jaq]

Lovely pics, JB.........

 

[Ash]

Lovely pics, JB.........

+1

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Cheers y'all

Makes motorcycling fun, either on the road or off the road

 

[Fanum]

Nice day out JB......

Remind me, who was it getting quite abusive about Sven filming himself coming off on that rough road because he was 'riding solo'??

 

[Fanum]

You're a lucky boy JB. I'd give my back teeth for a little green laner and miles and miles of byways on my doorstep...

There are some green lanes in Kent Giles......we used to ride a circuit of about 30 miles with maybe 5-6 miles of lanes based out of Eynesford a few years back, including a nice muddy climb up the downs towards Wrotham.

The trf or a good study session on Google and the online OS maps will help find them, and a 250 laner capable bike won't set you back more than a grand

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Nice day out JB......

Remind me, who was it getting quite abusive about Sven filming himself coming off on that rough road because he was 'riding solo'??

It was me and that was Svengali

I go out regularly on my own, doing lanes well known to me for 20 years & quite often I prefer it solo................however I do go on a bike that matches my skills (mainly) and is either 1/3 or 1/2 of the weight of Svengali's GSA

Even so..............things can still go wrong, but generally when I'm alone - i'm not pushing the envelope

 

[Ash]

I do go on a bike that matches my skills

unicycle

 

[Micky]

unicycle

D'ya mean like this ...

 

[Ash]

D'ya mean like this ...