Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Rides and Touring => Ride Reports => Topic started by: Graeme on 21 July, 2016, 12:34:03 am
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The Humber Hundred... perhaps the beginnings of an idea for a Brevet Populaire 100km ride. This was a really beautiful summer ride made exceptionally hard by the hot summer weather. I just hadn't expected the heat and I suspect I had a touch of the sun!
I've posted a new journal entry about this one... it has been a while since my Ordination and I'm so full of thoughts and the need to do some theological reflection I'm not sure how well this ride report came out. I had to start writing again though - or I was going to get stuck in a rut of non-writing. Sermon to work on tomorrow afternoon and a million ideas flowing around about that.
balancingontwowheels.com (http://balancingontwowheels.com/2016/07/humber-hundred/)
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Lovely, Graeme. I know the first part well from a couple of Dinner Darts to York. Surprised you didn't mention that palace of industrial architecture, Barton Cement works!
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Barton Cement Works! Yes, that was a significant piece of industrial architecture, but I was mainly looking the other way at the time. There is a danger of letting the 'memorable' points become the ugly-beautiful moments, but I think that about 90% of the route was on empty country lanes surrounded by fields and wide open views, and the ever present feeling that I hadn't travelled far: mainly because I was cycling along opposite banks of the rivers.
There were a few typos and spelling mistakes in my hurry to publish - my hurry to get writing again. I'll go back and edit that, but I feel much better for having engaged my memory and reflected on a rather lovely journey.
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Thanks Graeme, that looks lovely :-*
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A great read as always Graeme. :thumbsup:
I will plan a ride over the Humber Bridge from my place in the near future, so I would be interested to hear about your views on doing the route anti clockwise.
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Cheers Graeme, I was brought up in North Lincolnshire and only moved away several years ago so really enjoyed reading your report. When I can get away with it I take a bike with me when we travel down to Gainsborough visiting family, it's always good to take a ride along the Trent/Humber.
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Cheers Graeme, I was brought up in North Lincolnshire and only moved away several years ago so really enjoyed reading your report. When I can get away with it I take a bike with me when we travel down to Gainsborough visiting family, it's always good to take a ride along the Trent/Humber.
Cheers Joe... What do you think, would it make a popular 100k Brevet?