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CCA Tour De Yorkshire 2014
Only a few of us up here at the moment, expecting most people to arrive late tonight / tomorrow
Theo is kindly ensuring we suck every last metre elevation and gradient of climb from each route planned! Why waste any miles on the flat.
More pics to come And I'm sure you'll hear all about this orica greenedge mishap in due course ^
Theo is kindly ensuring we suck every last metre elevation and gradient of climb from each route planned! Why waste any miles on the flat.
More pics to come And I'm sure you'll hear all about this orica greenedge mishap in due course ^
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Thank you so much for taking me to county Durham and looking after me Shelton. A big thank you to Geoff for letting me stay at your farm and taking me out cycling. I had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the Tour de France. Huge thank you.
Sophie
Just a quick one to say thanks again for an absolutely fantastic weekend with some stunning rides, food and wine. Getting to see the TDF in person was surreal, especially in such beautiful surroundings. The routes we took to both Stage 1 and Stage 2 were great, so thank you. I'll look forward to climbing the hills again in the near future!
Cheers
Seeing the Tour de France was simply wonderful - the hype was completely justified.
Great times sitting on cote de Grinton Moor as well as putting the world to right in Geoff's spacious kitchen.
Thanks to all for making this such a great weekend.
Daniel
The highlights for me were seeing how mature and focused our junior riders have become and how they supported and helped to nurture our four young riders Sophie Lewis, Harley Pell, Daniel and Ethan Green. High fives to all four of you for the really tough rides you achieved. I look forward to the new youth rides when they are announced.
Elated that the weather was kind to Yorkshire and showcased the county and by association, the country. They deserved the plaudits heaped on them for all the hard work and thought put into these two days.
I look forward to watching day 3 and hope they show Theo in the cadets race. Good luck Theo and heal quickly Dan P.
A room with a view
Theo gets some alternative core strength work done
Regrouping at the summit of The Stang on the ride out to Grinton
Dan Pedder shows off his artistic abilities
Daniel D tries to get his story straight
Being a cycling fan isn't always as glamorous as you might think
Staying fresh.
After the wait, the caravan caused much excitement
Plover Hall
A shot of the Yorkshire Tdf-ers
On't Moor (Grinton that is)
The river through the farm
Top of The Stang!
Leyburn after the Stage 2 Epic!
Three rides, the hardest being in pouring rain but aside from that, if anyone needed proof that this is actually 'God's country' as the Yorkshire saying goes, then you only need to have seen the coverage on theTV, assuming you weren't here in person, then you know the saying is likely correct.
On the 7th day He made Yorkshire.
Sunday Geoff and I hopped onto a train, headed out watch the tour again, the scenery via the Three Peaks was just sublime, the atmosphere was different as we watched from a by-pass, a counterpoint to the previous day on the small village green at Reeth, great none the less.
Collecting my trusted steed this morning in Inverness and will head south through the Cairngorm Nat Park, Edinburgh, then, .......?
Thanks so much to Ann & Geoff for hosting me.
Here's a few stragglers that didn't fit in but which i still like
(Especially the shot of Dan and Theo on the back of a peloton of sheep)
Those pictures of Nat's are pretty typical of the quality of roads and beauty of scenery.
Been a fabulous weeks weather this week so have now got some 200 large cylindrical bales of hay.
Suffering withdrawal symptoms now everyone back in blighty.
Have a great summers cycling.
Sorry mine aren't as 'Rapha' as Nat's
Such a great time at Geoffs farm, props to him and Ann for their hospitality.
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Also here's a sneak peak at the latest UCI velodrome site
See you all next year for the sheep dog keirin.