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Yorkshire Ridings

The three Ridings – North, West, East – are the historic divisions of Yorkshire. My ‘ridings’ are series of bike trips exploring England’s largest county, as defined by its traditional borders.


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  • Helmsley: Star line-ups2 February 2023
    And another two-quid trundle, thanks to the 31X York to Helmsley bus and folding bike. This one featured a mighty ruined abbey, a Michelin-star…
  • Ripon: Up secret valleys, down Cathedral rabbit holes23 January 2023
    Another two-quid trundle – that is, a £2-flat-fare bus trip with a folding bike – took me to Ripon. It’s famous for its 800-year-old…
  • Castle Howard: Bridleway Revisited20 January 2023
    The road to Castle Howard is one of the oddest in Yorkshire. It bounds straight over slopes of the Hambleton Hills AONB, as straight…
  • Goathland: Spouting off about time travel6 January 2023
    There are plenty of reasons to come to Goathland, one of the North York Moors’ most characterful and interesting villages. Its setting for the…
  • Whitby: A Gothic-Horror hill5 January 2023
    Most people come to Whitby for the Goth festivals, the fish and chips, the quaint old fishing-cottage alleys, Captain Cook, the Abbey, or the…
  • Map addict: Darlington to Whitby with an OS-meister31 August 2022
    My friend Mark Wedgwood is on a remarkable journey right now: cycling all 204 OS Landranger maps, in order. It’s a 7,000-mile odyssey that…

Two-Quid Trundles

Bargain bus trips with a folding bike under the £2 Flat Fare Scheme in Jan–Mar 2023

Castle Howard: Bridleway Revisited
Goathland: Time travel pub
Helmsley: Star line-ups
Ripon: Up secret valley, down rabbit hole
Whitby: Gothic Horror Hill

Castle Howard: Yours for £2


Yorkshire Places

Rides in quirky places: giants, narrow alleys, white horses, tiny ferries, fairies at the bottom of the garden…

Barkston Ash – Barwick – Beverley – Bingley Arms – Bradford – British Library – Buttertubs – Castle Howard – Cockayne – Coldstones Cut – Cottingley – Dean Head – Easingwold – Eboracum – Emmerdale – Greenwich Meridian – Filey –Football – Goathland – Halifax – Hambleton Drove Road – Haworth – Hebden Bridge – Helmsley – Hessay – Hornsea Mere – Huddersfield Canal – Hull – Hunmanby – Ilkley – Ingleton – Kilburn – Kiplingcotes – Malham – Market Weighton – Marston Moor – Middlesbrough – Millington – Morley – Norber – North Cave – Nun Monkton – Pocklington Canal – Ripon – Rudland Rigg – Rudston – Scarborough – Semerwater – Sheffield – Skipsea – Tan Hill Inn – Thirsk – Thorne – Wakefield – Wentworth Woodhouse – Wharram Percy – Whitby – York

Filey Brigg: Check your brakes


Yorkshire A to Z, and B to B

Two End-to-Ends of Yorkshire in May–June 2021.

The A to Z went north up the west side of the county, from the first place alphabetically (Abbeydale in Sheffield, down on the southern border) to the last (Zebra Hill near Richmond, up by the northern border). This was a leisurely four-day ride of about 150 miles through magnificent Pennines and Dales scenery, on my tourer.

The B to B went north up the east side, linking two famous bridges: the Humber, down by Hull, and the Transporter, up in Middlesbrough. This was an equally leisurely two-day ride of 90 miles through equally magnificent Wolds and Moors scenery, on my offroad tourer.

A to Z 1: Abbeydale Steel away
A to Z 2: Abbeydale to Halifax Reservoir blogs
A to Z 3: Halifax to Grassington Great Walls
A to Z 4: Grassington to Zebra Hill Stripy top
B to B 1: Humber Bridge to Malton New Wold Symphony
B to B 2: Malton to Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge Moor the merrier

River Rides

Yorkshire’s eight main rivers ridden from source to mouth in 2018–2020. The Swale, Ure, Nidd, Wharfe, Aire, Calder, Don and Derwent all flow ultimately into, or become, the Ouse not far from York. Their dales and valleys cover the county.

The rides were 50–130 miles of 2–3 days, on a variety of bikes: folder, trekker, tourer…

Swale Means ‘fast-moving and quick to rise’. It is, I’m not.
Ure Mountains, waterfalls, castles, three cities and pigs playing bagpipes
Wharfe Drink in the scenery – and the ale
Aire The mysterious disappearing river
Nidd Yorkshire’s most overlooked dale
Calder Hip towns and unexpected art
Don Quiet flows the Don, past Meadowhall
Derwent Scenery and surprises in the East Riding

Compass Rides

In 2017 I enjoyed eight rides that each followed a compass direction directly from my home in York – in the centre of the county – to the cyclable extremity of the historic border.

The rides were 60–100 miles of 1–3 days, on either trekker or tourer…

North York to Redcar
North East York to Robin Hood’s Bay
North West York to High Force
South West York to Saddleworth
West York to Dunsop Bridge
South East York to Spurn Point
South York to Harthill
East York to Bridlington

Top Ten Quirky Yorkshire Phone Boxes

White, green and rainbow coloured booths; libraries; museums; historical rarities; even a bike repair station… Yorkshire has some remarkable phone boxes for cyclists

Pump up the volume

York Route Guides

Leisure rides round York, with maps, photos and info.

Dick Turpin Trail In search of Swift Nick
York Monopoly Ride the board game’s squares
Inexplicable York The city’s most bizarre sights
York Bridges All nine in one lovely ride
York Lakes and Ponds Hidden gems great for picnics
York Orbital The city’s bike-path ‘inner ring road’

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