I was supposed to be doing a 200k from Galashiels today, to complete my RrTY. However DNS after seeing the forecast for rain and strong winds - not my favourite conditions. Instead a hastily arranged DIY yesterday, the forecast for Friday in North Yorkshire being a sunny calm day in between the spells of wind and rain.
Unusually busy, with a lot of traffic including HGVs on the A167 between Croft and Northallerton, so either a road diversion elsewhere; or Friday is party time in Northally. I took it easy for the first hour or so, as it was still frosty and the sun was low in the sky. Then once it warmed up a bit a lovely day with quieter roads once South of Northallerton.
So, subject to validation, that's my first one completed after starting the sequence in December 2017:
1 DIY 200k from Sedgefield
2 DIY 200k, Sedgefield again with a slightly different route
3 DIY 200k, as above
4 DIY 200k, found a better start point with quieter roads from Heighington. My planned calendar event was postponed
due to dangerous weather.
5 DIY 200k, Heighington again
6 As above
7 One way trip from home to Lincolnshire to visit relatives and attend a wedding. A bit over distance but a nice trip.
8 200k calendar event (Tocky 200 - pleasant flat route in North Yorkshire)
9 200k calendar event (Four Tops - geet hilly in the North Pennines)
10 Middle Marches 200k. A lovely route, with lots of climbing and spectacular views in the cloudy, windy weather.
11 One way trip to Wooler, with a following wind a lot of the way but a strengthening gale against me for the last ten miles.
An early start (5.30am) to get clear of the busier / urban roads before the traffic got heavy. Rain in the first section,
dried out, then got soaked again in the last hour.