Sunday rides - part 1

Just catching up...the weeks seems to have whizzed by and its a Sunday later. So back to last week.....

After a blustery but successful Dr Bike at the Walkley Festival we actually had some warm summer sun for the Sunday ride. I met Richard, Chris and Simon, the mathematician, not our venerable dead head who has spent the summer in the Pyrenees, Norway, France, anywhere it seems to get away from Sheffield rain

Original plan was to head out to Hope Valley but there was a late change when Chris and Richard had to get over to Barnsley later in the day, so we headed out to high Bradfield in quite a hurry as we needed to meet Rob D in 30 mins.

We reached Bradfield in time but entered the phone dead zone so didn’t realise Rob was up on the top ridge road till we set off looking. General consensus was to avoid that bastard hill at Ewden Bridge, saving it for “Phil and fiends” so we skirted round Broomhead reservoir and up the hill to Bolsterstone and the first stop of the day.

From Bolsterstone it was back towards the Phil and Friends route via Midhopestone and then on to Langsett to join the dozens of other cyclists from clubs from all over the for some food (i saw Doncaster CC, Cheshire Wheelers and others). Despite the warning that we would have a long wait I had my sausage butty and pint of tea in less than 15 mins.

After Langsett it was time to take Gilbert hill up onto the opposite side of the Valley, followed by a swift wind assisted thrash across to Green Moor.



Quick stop for Photos, then an uphill to Wortley and to the pub where we received
three pints of something I wouldn't even grace my chips with, the beer was very off, but exchanged for 3 pints of drinkable landlord. After a sit in the sun we split up, Chris and Richard in a Barnsley Direction, Rob back to Oughtibridge, and a swift hack down to town and back up to Walkley for me

Enjoyable ride and good to come home feeling weather beaten by the sun for a change.