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matt.will Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 96	Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:59 am    Post subject: Swaledale - late April/early May Following the good turnouts for the forum rides and Dalby, I thought I’d make a suggestion for a group ride in the not too distant future, but this time away from the North York Moors, out in Swaledale. Without looking in great detail at a map, I thought a route starting and finishing in Reeth with a length of somewhere between 15 and 20 miles might be good. I’ve ridden the area a couple of times and it has some really good riding which is a bit different to the moors. It’s probably a good hour from Stockton/Ingleby/etc so about the same travelling time as Dalby. It’s a ride that’d take in some pretty exposed parts and the area’s best in good weather anyway, so I wondered about a Sunday in late April or early May when the chances of awful weather are a bit lower, depending on what people have got planned for that sort of time. What do you think?
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Gunner Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 1050 Location: Under Whitestone-Cliffe on the Lake.	Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:42 pm    Post subject: I'd like to think I'd be able to get along, haven't ridden the Dales in far too long a time _________________ "Money talks, but it don't sing and dance and it don't walk....."
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johnc Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 98 Location: stockton	Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:58 am    Post subject: Hi there Matt, Yeh i'm up for this, Swaledale looks a great place to ride.
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soshea Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 95 Location: NUNTHORPE	Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:08 pm    Post subject: yeh matt count me in mate.
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Gouldy Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 276 Location: ingleby barwick	Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:36 pm    Post subject: Yes ill be there matt no problem just hope im not working Swaledale looks a great area _________________ Cheers Keith
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bse96 Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 15 Location: stockton on tees	Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:37 pm    Post subject: I am ok for a ride around swaledale, 27th is the only April weekend i can go or first two weeks in May David
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matt.will Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 96	Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:45 am    Post subject: Nice one. If we provisionally said Sunday April 27th, does this suit everyone? We can always move if it clashes with work for anyone. I think I've got a route planned out so I'll try to post a map but with my limited IT skills it may take me a while.......
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SeanO Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 42	Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:07 am    Post subject: I might be able to make this 1, would have to say for definite nearer the time though. I was over the Dales last weekend. There are some mega climbs over that way! ...but with every climb comes a descent _________________ Cheers, Sean 'my bravado tends to write cheques that my skills cannot cash!'
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Gouldy Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 276 Location: ingleby barwick	Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:49 am    Post subject: Dammit on nights 27th April, 4th May i could make it no problem sorry if iv caused any trouble _________________ Cheers Keith
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matt.will Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 96	Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:19 pm    Post subject: No trouble, hopefully. How's 4th May suit everyone else?
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Gunner Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 1050 Location: Under Whitestone-Cliffe on the Lake.	Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:57 pm    Post subject: 4th May would be better for me, Matt, why not try uploading your map file to any free file host site, such as "www.megafileupload.com", and then just a link to it. Tis should be o.k. for MMO or GPX, etc., etc. files. Dale and I are currently working on a link that will allow easier map file uploads, _________________ "Money talks, but it don't sing and dance and it don't walk....."
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matt.will Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 96	Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:36 am    Post subject: I'll give that a try Gunner, though forget about MMO and GPX - it'll be a scan of an OS map with a highlighter pen at best!
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matt.will Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 96	Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:25 pm    Post subject: Well, it's ended up somewhere between memory map and a highlighter! It's taken some serious cutting & pasting but here it is...... Brief description - start at Reeth - down to Fremington - up Fremi Edge (nasty, nasty climb....) - down to Hurst - across and down thru old quarry to Langthwaite - up across Cringley Hill - across Reeth High Moor to moonscape of Great Pinseat - back down to road - back to Cringley Hill - down thru Nova Scotia to Healaugh - back on road to Reeth - pint of Black Sheep to end the ride. I've only calculated the distance very roughly but I'd say about 17-18 miles. Last edited by matt.will on Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:00 pm; edited 1 time in total
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SeanO Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 42	Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:24 am    Post subject: Just plotted on my map software, 27.5Km to be exact! Nova Scotia!! WTF!!!!! Now there's a claim to fame - "I've rode through Nova Scotia. It took me all of 2 minutes!" _________________ Cheers, Sean 'my bravado tends to write cheques that my skills cannot cash!'
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bse96 Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 15 Location: stockton on tees	Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:11 am    Post subject: some of those contour lines look very close together..... can i set off about 2 days in front and let you catch me up david
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