Yorkshire Winter Bivi 2017

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Yorkshire Winter Bivi 2017

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Thanks to those out this weekend and the route/Bothy knowledge from Stu and Bob.
Perfect winter conditions and certainly one of my riding highlights of the year.
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Thanks for organising it Chew.

An enjoyable but hard couple of days' riding. I keep forgetting how much harder winter biking is :roll: Just enough snow for it to be fun. The sheet ice wasn't fun though.

Some photos

Heading up Langstrothdale.
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Above Ling Gill on the Pennine Bridleway
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A content Chew thinking Stu has come up trumps with the bothy ...
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Then he woke up!
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Rob and Chew climbing up from Thoralby to Stake Moss
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Northwind on Stake Moss
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Cath and Chew descending from Stake Moss to Kidstones.
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Group shot.
Zippy, Cath, Northwind, Stuart, Rob, Chew
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I really enjoyed that. I have a whole heap of photos from most of the year that I should upload, I think I'll save that for a dead day over Christmas, so in the meantime here's a couple of group photos that add to the main ones posted above.

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Brain Dump in bullet points.

-Car passed MOT Friday AM, Friday PM I threw a load of stuff in car.
-Saturday, left 0615, arrived 1030 Kettlewell.
-Had some breakfast, got changed, found out forgotten lights and GPS, started riding.
- Freewheel stopped engaging, got it going again, attempted to not freewheel - was dodgy for the rest of the day and made riding on ice sketchier than normal!
- Blinking cold, but breathtaking views.
- Lots of ice.
- Lots of sheet ice
- Frozen bottles
- Lovely pub stop, Chew almost fell asleep

- Accommodation lovely, fire going, loads of space - warmer than outside, but still below freezing unless standing directly next to fire. Still had dry feet!
- Brr, cold descent out in the morning, but lovely views once the mist cleared a bit.
- More ice - getting better at riding on sheet ice.
- Freehub behaving itself a bit better today, occasional 3 pedal stroked before drive re-engaged though...
- Found next years Bothy stop.
- Breakfast in Leyburn with lots of extras (yes I did order tea and coffee for myself!)
- Bast4rd climb over the dale, and sheet ice sketchy descent - foot came out but didn't dab, and I stayed upright, I count that as successful.
- Cold by the end, daylight fading.

- Quick pitstop in the Cafe in Kettlewell with Bob and Cath, loaded up with tea, left Kettlewell at 1615, home before 2030 - including some RWD drifting on the local roads as the snow had landed in Essex! (Apparently driven on all the trouble roads that caused chaos earlier when I was in Yorkshire, but it had cleared by the time i got to them and the southerners were all too scared to venture out by then!).

I really enjoyed that, thanks to Chew for organising and Stu/Bob/Cath local knowledge adding to it. Glad I made the journey up, I'll be visiting this corner of the country more often :-bd
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Some photos then:

This man is plotting our imminent demise from the comfort of a warm cafe:
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...but Bob is clearly up for the challenge:
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Chew tackling the first of many patches of sheet ice (and looking a bit too happy about it):
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Biking in a winter wonderland:
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Rob getting stuck in on the Pennine Way:
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Darkness falling. At about half past two:
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Zippy in not-very-hot (actually freezing) pursuit of Chew:
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Bob with a morning brew in the bothy - note air freshener on the mantelpiece: we weren't slumming it!
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Rob contemplating a freezing descent before breakfast (or maybe nicking Cath's pogies)
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Last night's hut perched on the hill:
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The first climb of the day, and a bit of welcome warmth:
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Chew negotiates another tricky icy section:
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Zippy, Stu, Rob and the view up Bishopdale:
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Bleak up on Stake Moss:
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Chew and Cath on the climb that kept on giving:
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Zippy celebrates surviving the last icy steep before the road. I can confirm he didn't dab. I did. With my shoulder.
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My knees are aching just looking at those photos :shock:
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Fantastic photos Bob. Sort of want, but sort of no thanks too.
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Yes enjoyed those thanks, you lucky lot. A classic BP trip. That's what it's all about :-bd.
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is that bothy at the top of the best descent in nidderdale?
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ton wrote:is that bothy at the top of the best descent in nidderdale?
No, it's much further north. I'll drop you a PM Tony.
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looks great that does. top effort all who were out.
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Would anyone be so kind as to furnish me with a GPX of the first day of this? For some reason mine didn't save, and at this time of year I like to collect all my tracks from the year and plot them on a big map and look at where I've been and remember all the places I've been and people I've spent time with. And I'm a completist/data nerd :ugeek:

(My email is: left foot leashed at gmail dot com)

Cheers!
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Dave, YGM :-bd
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I'd like to ride this area as I like the look of it
Any chance of a few route pointers?
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