Hi all

Sunday 5th June ride out will be to the Tan Hill Inn in Northest Yorkshire. We will be stopping for a spot of lunch so bring your lunch money ( or vouchers if your from Macc ). We need to cover a bit of distance on the motorway to get to the interesting bits from Clithero onwards so bring a full tank and be up bright and early.

We will leave the workies at 8:30am to give us time to get there for lunch. Hope to see you there.

Grimm 

@ Rob, I expect he'll get a few bribelways in before the M66, thats if he runs to form, unfortunately i missed last years epic where he went off-roading with guys on Harleys.

PS, watch out for the “interesting bits”.

Well Bradders, you were bang on! Even to the point where there was 2 goats stood at the bottom of a hill staring at us in disbelief. I'm sure I heard one say that you'd never get him to try to go up it!

Here's the route;

http://tinyurl.com/6bocwh8

Just check out the bit just before Tan Hill where we turned off the B6270 onto Stonesdale Lane using Google Streetview! Unfortunately you don't get a proper perspective, but it's a bit hairy to say the least.

Still, it was a great Ride-Out, and the views were awesome. Just a shame about the weather!

Rob D.

I had a great time, in my book its a good ride out if it holds your interest, and on that basis, it was cracking

My highlights were:

The constant rain throughout the day, stopping only when I got onto the boring motorway (alright, this first one is a lie:0)

The exciting and challenging roads, a few brown trouser moments always welcome and you didn't disappoint

Getting a bump start everytime we had to set off cos I'm too tight to buy a new battery (Bless all of you that helped)

Those helpful souls from another Bike club sitting in the pissing rain and marking out our route for us, with looks on their faces that said just how much THEY were enjoying their day in the Dales, they brightened my day up no end…

The Folk Singers in the Tan Hill pub, I think one of their songs was an ode to the passing of that great Double Glazing Salesman, Ted Moult ('He Sailed from Liverpool Port in 1843, neeeveeerr to retuuuuuurrn)

One member of the ride dipping out early cos he was going to the Take That concert in the evening…..his name shall not pass my lips

My heated handgrips (Of course…..why wouldn't you need heated handgrips on a ride out in June in England)

Most of all, though, the route was brill. Obviously well planned out, can't believe you used Google Street View, saddo :0)

Count me in if you do do it again Grimm, I'm in.