4th October 2006 ride to Arten Gill
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Ride report by Simeon Orme
For those of you did know this! There is market on in Sedbergh on a Wednesday which made parking in Sedbergh very difficult, the three cafes in Dent village are closed on Wednesday mornings in October and we end up in one local pubs for morning coffee, it was good job Nick was not out with us.
Anyway after everyone had found parking space we regroup at our normal starting point, for rides starting in Sedbergh at the free car park on Loftus Hill and the seven of us headed off toward Dent along route 68 of the national cycle network, after crossing over the River Rawthey, we headed through the village of Milithrop to followed the bridleway over into Dentdale (which is part of the Dales Way), we rejoin the tarmac just after Gate Manor, we then followed the main valley road up to Dent village, with the three cafes in Dent closed, we stop for morning coffee in one of the pubs in the village.
After our short coffee break and short stop at one of the village shops to buy some food, we carry on up the main valley road to Stonehouse, where we followed the bridleway up Arten Gill which you can ride up after the Yorkshire Dales National Parks Authority spent a lot of time restoring surface back to how it use to be! Its a pity that the North Yorkshire County Council has not done same with the unsurfaced unclassified county road from Arten Gill Moss to Widdle Foot to bring it up same stands of the Arten Gill bridleway which is part of the Pennine Bridleway. Anyway getting back to the ride, we stop for lunch at the summit of the pass over into Widdale.
After lunch, we followed the track down into Widdale, the stretch of track between High Cross Gate and hardcore forest access track does need some work doing on it soon, as most of the party got off walk various parts of this section of track. The condition of the rest of track was a lot better, as we soon rejoined the tarmac at Widdale Foot, where we followed the B6255 into Hawes for afternoon cafe stop.
After our cafe stop we headed back along the A684 through Garsdale back to the cars at Sedbergh.
You can click here to see ride photos of the Autumn Meet at Bridges Youth Hostel
Anyway after everyone had found parking space we regroup at our normal starting point, for rides starting in Sedbergh at the free car park on Loftus Hill and the seven of us headed off toward Dent along route 68 of the national cycle network, after crossing over the River Rawthey, we headed through the village of Milithrop to followed the bridleway over into Dentdale (which is part of the Dales Way), we rejoin the tarmac just after Gate Manor, we then followed the main valley road up to Dent village, with the three cafes in Dent closed, we stop for morning coffee in one of the pubs in the village.
After our short coffee break and short stop at one of the village shops to buy some food, we carry on up the main valley road to Stonehouse, where we followed the bridleway up Arten Gill which you can ride up after the Yorkshire Dales National Parks Authority spent a lot of time restoring surface back to how it use to be! Its a pity that the North Yorkshire County Council has not done same with the unsurfaced unclassified county road from Arten Gill Moss to Widdle Foot to bring it up same stands of the Arten Gill bridleway which is part of the Pennine Bridleway. Anyway getting back to the ride, we stop for lunch at the summit of the pass over into Widdale.
After lunch, we followed the track down into Widdale, the stretch of track between High Cross Gate and hardcore forest access track does need some work doing on it soon, as most of the party got off walk various parts of this section of track. The condition of the rest of track was a lot better, as we soon rejoined the tarmac at Widdale Foot, where we followed the B6255 into Hawes for afternoon cafe stop.
After our cafe stop we headed back along the A684 through Garsdale back to the cars at Sedbergh.
You can click here to see ride photos of the Autumn Meet at Bridges Youth Hostel
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