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Continuing the theme of last minute trips - I took off the second half of last week to do a little tour of the Yorkshire Wolds. There's an official cycling route which comes in at around 140 miles. I made a low-effort a gravel version of the route, but decided on the road one (which still involved a gravel section, thanks Sustans) as I wanted to go on the road bike after touring on the gravel bike last time. @Tor was going to take her Aurelius but one of the specific brake shoes it needs broke so had to take her Woodrup, limiting us to just road riding.
Quite a nice chill route. Split it into three days of sixty miles, getting a train out to Malton & staying in cheap hotels in Beverley & Hunmanby. The first day was blisteringly hot, the second day was thick sea fog & the last day was a mix of the two. Glad we didn't get any thunderstorms, they seemed to miss the north east entirely.
Also managed to squeeze in a ride up Rosedale Chimney Bank, which is often compared to Hardknott Pass but IMO is vastly easier. Managed to get up it with light touring kit 34x26 as my rear derailleur skipped in the 28.
Packed super light as I wanted to go on the GT but the only wheels I have which work at the moment only have 16 spokes on the front which had me nervous at first (especially on the unexpected gravel) but worked out fine in the end.
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