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Old 29th May 2008   #1
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FGSS holiday?

Today has provided me with the notion of an FGSS attack on Yorkshire.

Would anyone be interested in riding the Yorkshire Dales Cycle Way?

It's technically a shortish ride spread over 6 days with the longest day being all of 38km.
To be honest I'd be more likely to propose that we ride it in 3-4 days.

The hills are brutal in both directions. Great for climbers and awesome for high gear inches and brakes on the way down.

Is anyone interested?
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Old 29th May 2008   #2
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definately. count me in
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Old 29th May 2008   #3
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spread over 6 days with the longest day being all of 38km.
Sounds like a good pub crawl!
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Old 29th May 2008   #4
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It's an awesome pub crawl. We can even do it on the cheap and stop in B&Bs so we have more money for booze.
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Old 29th May 2008   #5
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ah ha, my neck of the woods. you'll soon see that yorkshire was built for riding fixed.
legs and lungs screaming as you desperately try to crank up one side of a hill... knees and brake screaming as you begin the torturous descent.
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Old 29th May 2008   #6
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I know, I grew up there ;]
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Old 29th May 2008   #7
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could be a goer. kind of depends when. must get my travel plans sorted. NYC, france and uh, Ilfracombe in the offing.
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Old 29th May 2008   #8
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I know, I grew up there ;]
you will never grow up ;)
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Old 29th May 2008   #9
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I'm just canvassing for interest at the moment. I'll throw a poll up with we attact enough attention.
And Jonny, I meant I lived there whilst I went to school ;]
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Old 29th May 2008   #10
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I'd be interested, Malham has to be one of my favourite places in the world.

Not sure on availability time-wise though, depends when it is :-)
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Old 29th May 2008   #11
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Potentially there is a few of us then. I was thinking sometime in August may be good but if anyone has some suggestions?
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Old 29th May 2008   #12
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sounds wicked but no time or funds for this particular shinannigan
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Old 29th May 2008   #13
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I need a holiday from LFGSS...
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Old 29th May 2008   #14
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Tommy it's planning in progress. If I'm organising it it's likely to end up being next year.
Let me know if you want to do it and we'll work around you.

To be honest I'm also broke and August would be the earliest I could afford it. Late = Better.
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Old 29th May 2008   #15
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well, i live 20-30 minutes from most of the routes so whenever, long weekend would be good, august bank holiday?
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Old 29th May 2008   #16
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Where abouts do you live?
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Old 29th May 2008   #17
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Dent, Skiddaw, Skipton anywhere like that really . . .
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Old 29th May 2008   #18
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How dare you wade in here discussing my hometown. Back to the carbon factory with you mr 50*14.
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Old 29th May 2008   #19
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harrogate, 20 minutes form bolton abbey...
poifect
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Old 29th May 2008   #20
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I grew up in Skipton, I know Harrogate all too well.
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Old 29th May 2008   #21
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May I suggest a LFGSS holiday to (the hippy part of) Ibiza or Amsterdam or Prague or Barcelona or um, anywhere but England (as much as I love it)?
We could do a "Mtv Spring Break/Bikes gone wild" party till we puke (but in the sun instead of the rain) holiday!!!!!


...or can I be her (the top one) in Yorkshire?
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Old 29th May 2008   #22
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I'm definitely into riding some other warm countries too. I just fancy doing a ride I did at a young age, but in a different way.
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Old 29th May 2008   #23
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As a fellow Yorkshireman I am definitely in. So long as it falls on the right time and I'm not busy already.
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Old 30th May 2008   #24
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So tell me when. Dates people. Specifics.
Maybe we could just do a tour of all of our parents houses for tea and biscuits?
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Old 30th May 2008   #25
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So tell me when. Dates people. Specifics.
Maybe we could just do a tour of all of our parents houses for tea and biscuits?
Some pub crawl that'd be ;)
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Old 30th May 2008   #26
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I dunno if this route would go anywhere near York but if it does my Dad will supply beer and BBQ. And possibly shelter if there isn't too many of us.
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Old 30th May 2008   #27
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anytime sept onwards, away from the 15th -28th aug
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Old 30th May 2008   #28
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Techinically it goes no where near York but my basic thinking is get some nice views, brutal climbs, wicked descents and a lot of beer cramemd into some days away. We don't have to do the Yorkshire Dales Cycle Way, it was just an idea as it's a nice ride.
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Old 1st June 2008   #29
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More Yorkshirelandian flat cap wearers on here than I thought, good to see our Yorkshire thriftiness in only shelling out for one gear had attracted you to our green and hilly part of the world.
Count me in for hooking up for some larks too, by eck it'll be grand.
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Old 2nd June 2008   #30
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I'm up for yorkshire, also up for cycling somewhere flat, and sunny (not that yorkshire isn't, on occasion, very pleasantly sunny of course!)
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Old 4th June 2008   #31
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Techinically it goes no where near York but my basic thinking is get some nice views, brutal climbs, wicked descents and a lot of beer cramemd into some days away. We don't have to do the Yorkshire Dales Cycle Way, it was just an idea as it's a nice ride.
+1, even carbon factories get boring,
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Old 6th June 2008   #32
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I'm always up for exploring more corners of this cuntry. Depending on timing, etc.
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