Wednesday 27 July 2011

York and Selby


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Been chewing wasps!
This ride was great fun, we travelled through Wakefield, Stanley, Garforth, Tadcaster and then to York.
There isnt really an easy way of avoiding the A64, you have to travel along the cycle path (separated from the main road), facing the traffic, then cross the A64 - its really busy and you have to use a narrow path between the central crash barriers, simply ridiculous!
Just after we crossed, a wasp flew into my mouth, which was luckily only slightly open. It stung the inside of my lip, not very painful but it swelled up quite dramatically.
Onward to York for a quick bacon sarnie (my first real meat for weeks), and a coffee. Aching a bit when we set off again along the A19 but we soon settled into a steady pace. We went through Naburn, Cawood, Wistow and then into Selby.
Continuing along the A19, through Brayton and Burn then a bit of a wobble! I think we should have taken a turning at Roall, but we messed about a bit swapping sides of the M62. Knottingley, Ponte, and Sharlston before diverting through Walton and back to Ossett via Horbury.
85 miles and surprisingly 3181 feet of climbing.


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