Plan A was to head to Southern Scotland for a days mt bike ride, however after a very tiring week at work somehow the motivation wasn't there to get up before 6am on Sunday. Plan B was to get up a little later (7am) and head over to the Pateley Bridge in the Yorkshire Dales for a 40km ride, so this is what we did.
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| Gouthwaite Reservoir |
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| Which way |
The ride headed North from Pateley Bridge alongside Gouthwaite Reservoir before heading up and over't moor to Scar House Reservoir. Dropping down to this was steep technical and fun, a couple of annoying dirt bikes overtook us and we met a man on the track looking for a group of teenagers he had lost (lets hope they appeared!)!
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| Whats Abi spotted - keep your eye on the ground!? Scarhouse res down below |
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| Abi on the easier bit of the steep descent |
Sadly what goes down, must go up again (lots), but once we regained our height we cycled along a brilliant long balcony trail arcing back South Eastwards over Masham Moor, Lofthouse Moor and Cockle Hill. It was great weather all day, but we were both pretty tired by the end.
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| All uphill.... |
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| Moorland cruising |
The trouble is that I should have been cycling 40km routes a month ago, and should now be up to 60-70km in preparation for the 72km mt bike race I have in 2 weeks time! Now I think about it my weakness is that I'm not competitive and worried about training because I just enjoy getting out on the bike. We shall see how Scotland goes....
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