Failure, Penance, Pain. Darlo to Reeth

[woollypigs]

And you don't call yourself a cyclist, shocking, that is a fantastic bit of bike riding, heck you managed to ride, drink tea and eat brownies and you said that you failed, that is propper cycling that is !

And you narly climed a mile ! Fecking heck lass

[Ruthie]

I failed to reach my goal so I'll have to go and do it again now.

How 'bout Saturday afternoon?

Mmm, maybe.  Have another look at the amount of time I spent getting round mcshroom, maybe we'll need to truncate the route somewhat.

Also, I was thinking maybe we could take our mountainbikes and explore some of the Dales bike centre's trails maybe?  For a change?  Maybe make a weekend of it sometime?

Especially if we could round up a few extra people?

http://www.dalesbikecentre.co.uk/index.php/mountain-biking/guided-mtb-days/

[mcshroom]

Maybe, sounds good.

[Kim]

Looks like a long, hilly ride to me. Super report, super pics. Thanks.

Only about 50 miles Pancho 

Strava says 1468 metres of climbing.  Is that a lot?

I suppose it depends where you live.

An ISO standard normal bike ride has 10m of climbing per km.  Less than that is flat, more than that is hilly.  15m/km is AAA points.  So I'd say that's a lot.

[Wowbagger]

Looks like a wonderful day out, Ruthie! The fact that you bit off more than you could chew is a triumph of ambition over reality - no fault there, in my view!

I keep reading the thread title and seeing "Penzance" in the same sentence as "Darlo to Reeth" and thinking "Blimey! What's she on? That hundreds of miles! Has Ruthie turned into Teethgrinder?"

[Ruthie]

If it hadn't been for the blasting headwind, I still think I'd have made it round.

[Graeme]

And the kids. Don't forget those meddling kids.

[Ruthie]

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[Peter]

Ruth, if I'm reading you right, you came back from Reeth via Fremington and Marske?  Riding or walking, that's a serious workout!  That's on one of the Otley audaxes.  Flat Earth Bob and the "fast" riders take the low road!  I agree with you that it's a fabulous road.

[Ruthie]

Yes, that's right Peter.

It's lovely.

[phil653]

I keep reading the thread title and seeing "Penzance" in the same sentence as "Darlo to Reeth" and thinking "Blimey! What's she on? That hundreds of miles! Has Ruthie turned into Teethgrinder?"

I read it as Penzance too and thought Wow! Ruthie's gone for an Ingerlund end-to-ender!

[Pedaldog.]

Nice ride Ruthie. Makes me think about when I lived in Bowes and the idea of cycling was furrin' to me. Maybe, when I shed a few stones, I'll work out a ride in that area, it is really beautiful.