November Forum Ride.

Gunner · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:52 pm Post subject: November Forum Ride.

NOVEMBER FORUM RIDE

DATE.........2nd NOVEMBER 2008

START POINT..........CLAY BANK CAR PARK. (on B1257)

START TIME............0900 hours

DISTANCE.............26 MILE approx

PACE..............MODERATE

ROUTE.....From Clay Bank climb up the track and up to the Cleveland Way. Follow the Cleveland Way through Bloworth Crossing and on to the Lion Inn at Blakey Ridge via the old railway line.

At the Lion Inn turn left onto the road heading for Ralph Cross, then turn left again for a long tarmac descent through Westerdale and on to Hob Hole.

Climb out of Hob Hole and turn left onto the bridleway above Baysdale Beck and follow this to Baysdale Abbey, then climb back up to the Cleveland Way and drop down Turkey Nab. From the bottom of Turkey Nab follow the forest tracks past the bottom of the Incline and back to the car park at Clay Bank.

NOTE: There is a steep climb on foot at the start of this ride for a short distance!!!

A map of this route can be found by clicking this link:

http://www.mtbe.co.uk/sunday-13th-july-ride-map-t681.html

This is the top section of the climb we go up (remember it now)

http://www.mtb-extreme.co.uk/album/displayimage-2-35.html

Let's have a last long one before Winter makes an appearance
Wink

johnc · Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 166 Location: stockton

Im up for this one, this is the only weekend in november that i can make Very Happy

K88MUD · Joined: 20 Sep 2008 Posts: 534 Location: New Marske

Count me in......should have one or two others with me Very Happy

Gunner · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject:

Great, sorry about the initial climb on foot every body but I gaurantee it will be worth it.

The alternative is to ride through the forest and climb Jacksons Bank as we have done on other rides but there is a lot of logging activity at the moment in that area and I think we would waste a lot of energy trying to plug through the mud to get to Jacksons Bank.

Some photo's of when we did this route back in July for a fast paced ride, can be found here:

http://www.mtbe.co.uk/sunday-13th-july-photo-s-t792.html

Wink

Upforit · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject:

This was a really sweet ride last time. One for the non-techies like me Cool

. Barring fire or flood, I'll be there Very Happy

Jez · Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 81

Gunner · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject:

soshea · Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 293 Location: NUNTHORPE

bry5 · Joined: 16 Sep 2008 Posts: 153 Location: Leeds

Well, since joining this forum, the first two forum rides I have come across (Oct/Nov) have been for weekends where both the kids are with me and the GF, and not with the GF's ex.

I normally like to get out and about the weekend where we don't have the kids, it makes things a lot easier to organise, but given I have not ridden anything in the NY moors before, and given Winter is rolling in, I am going to have to try and arrange a swap.

Put me down provisionally for this one, a chance to put some screen names to faces Very Happy

grant · Joined: 22 Jun 2008 Posts: 168

Not too sure about the distance with this one , gunner what sort of time you looking at doing this ride roughly will do ?

grant

Gunner · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject:

With a moderately fit group, we'd be looking at around 3hours to 3 1/2 hours to complete this ride.

However, this route is quite exposed and hopefully the weather on the day will be good.

It may be necessary if the weather is very poor however, to review the route once we reach Bloworth Crossing, and make a decision based on that as whether to continue on with the ride or head over to Baysdale and complete a shorter version of the ride.

I'm hoping for good weather as this is a really "sweet" ride, as "Upforit" put it Wink

I hope you can get along Grant Smile

CLATChY · Joined: 24 Oct 2008 Posts: 100

is there any tricky dh parts... Wink

Gunner · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject:

CLATChY · Joined: 24 Oct 2008 Posts: 100

I thought there might be....

bry5 · Joined: 16 Sep 2008 Posts: 153 Location: Leeds

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