2nd July 2023 ride to Langcliffe (Page three)

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2nd July 2023 ride to Langcliffe (Page three)

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Ox-eye Daisy flowering at the Crook O’Lune

Common Ragwort flowering at the Crook O’Lune

Hogweed flowering at the Crook O’Lune

Nettle-leaved Bellflower flowering at the Crook O’Lune

Common Knapweed flowering on the Hermitage Field.

Ox-eye Daisy flowering on the Hermitage Field.

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Ride report by Simeon Orme There some thing say about cycling from home under your own steam, you have sense achievement when you making home again which can be sometimes spoil by the culture we live in of putting the bike in the back and driving X number of miles to start of ride when we should be driving to motor car less and cycling more! I pedal my bike along my normal route up to Wray which takes around 45 minutes to do depending if you have tail wind blowing you up the valley, John was chatting to another cyclist from Ingleton when arrived at the Bridge House Tearoom and think he pedal a few more mile than I did to start of the ride. After enjoying the coffee and cake, we followed the tarmac up the Hindburn Valley to Mill Houses where we starting climb out of the Hindburn Valley by following Russells Lane up and through the small hamlet of Russells, after about good mile we turn on to the Old Moor Road, we soon crossing over Long Lane, then followed Cross Road up to Mewith Lane which we stay on for several miles which a lot of North Lancashire Cyclist’s use as quite traffic free route into Yorkshire Dales National Park. We made good speed getting to Dubgarth Hill where we followed the Way of Roses route in Clapham via Clapham Station. We cross under the A65 using the underpass, then followed Station Road into Clapham which strangely quite for Sunday morning. We headed out of Clapham on the Old Road and turn on to first off-road section of the day, the short bridleway along side the A65, then followed the lane through Austwick and up the valley towards Helwith Bridge. At Swarth Moor we turn on to Stainforth Lane and after a bit more climbing we were treated to freewheel through Little Stainforth down to Stackhouse where we got off our bikes and push them along a public footpath, then over footbridge over River Ribble before getting back on them for climb up public byway up to the B6479 which did a short section on before heading into Langclffe for lunch on a bench on the village green. We were a little to early for afternoon teas in the village hall but describe Langcliffe its like walking back in time to how Yorkshire Dales Village use to be and John sum it up by he could live there! Has we both still card carrying members of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship, we decided to followed the bridleway out of Langcliffe up to Peninne Bridleway which we then followed down into Settle. Has morning tail wind had turn into head wind, we headed out Settle along Station Road which soon turn into Brackenber Lane, we had to wait several minutes to cross back over the A65 due to traffic before heading up Paley Green Lane which we followed for about mile before turning on to Craven Ridge Lane which we followed it through the hamlet of Craven Ridge, then the bridleway to Four lane End where we turn on to Eldroth Lane which followed to Dubgarth Hill where retrace our morning route back to Wray. After doing another off-road section along Back Lane out of Wray we said goodbyes in Butt Yeats and headed for home in different directions.

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