North York Moors 300

[Lazarus]

There (scarbough) a week later and either doing this or dales divide depending on how.I feel ( currently a bit poorly ) ...with gears and neither on a gravel bike

[redefined_cycles]

If you lot are all in, then so am I. Booked for work on the 29th and 30th. But I'll give em a call now to tell em I'm cancelling

Just what I needed to kick my shins into finishing off the SC. Thanks Boxelder (Dave or Andy). Very excited indeed and I think next year's Dale's Divide might not clash with the Ramadhan/Fasting month timetable. Excellent in a painful sort of way.

Not looked at the prices yet but I hope not too expensive.

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6th July this year.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2024-n ... template.B

Could've sworn it said 30th a min ago.
Anyway... edit... in!!

[Boab]

Wanted to do it, but didn't sign up as we had no idea what would be happening with daughter at this point. Either way, I'm not fit enough to get round that course in an enjoyable manner, so am definitely not up for doing it. In fact, I'm not even sure I'll be fit enough for a proper swing at the BB200/300 in October...

[fatbikephil]

Mind and use the latest GPX as it's changed from the one sent out at the beginning of June - there is an additional loop to the edge of Scarborough. Londis 500m off route open until 11!

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Mind and use the latest GPX as it's changed from the one sent out at the beginning of June - there is an additional loop to the edge of Scarborough. Londis 500m off route open until 11!

How do we find the latest gpx pls Phil? I just downloaded it from the site where Stu was selling the tickets!?

[ton]

i am a possible for this at the weekend. just sorting family stuff out to free myself. need a weekend away form people i think............. head is a bit off.

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i am a possible for this at the weekend. just sorting family stuff out to free myself. need a weekend away form people i think............. head is a bit off.

I reckon a train could easily get us to Thirsk right Ton.

[thenorthwind]

I'm in for this. Was planning to do the YD300 Thursday and Friday, but not well enough prepared for that so "just" the NYM300 it is. Look forward to seeing some of you there.

[fatbikephil]

Mind and use the latest GPX as it's changed from the one sent out at the beginning of June - there is an additional loop to the edge of Scarborough. Londis 500m off route open until 11!

How do we find the latest gpx pls Phil? I just downloaded it from the site where Stu was selling the tickets!?

Just checked the link from the eventbrite site and it's the latest version Shaff

[fatbikephil]

I'm in for this. Was planning to do the YD300 Thursday and Friday, but not well enough prepared for that so "just" the NYM300 it is. Look forward to seeing some of you there.

You'll be fine Dave, it's only 6000m of climbing

[In Reverse]

I'm in, barring disaster.

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If anyone has managed to put the map into their Google Drive then pls can I request a 'share'. Trying to formulate a plan but MyMaps app doesn't work without having a laptop to do the Google drive side of things.

But need to get my 'facilities/resupply' points marked out soon as I have a busy day ahead when I get home on Thursday aft to insure bike/rider/bicycle are all packed and watered. So map stuff I need to do ASAP.

[thenorthwind]

Did you make it in the end Shafiq? Didn't see you at the start.

Nice to see Karl off of here, but not from Hull, at the start. How did you get on? Didn't see many other riders after the first few hours, and I suspect that wasn't because we were too fast Not a massive field though.

Did anyone here do it? I saw a BB jersey on the event Facebook page.

It wasn't really what I expected. It seems I entered a gravel event by mistake. I wasn't surprised to see lots of gravel bikes at the start - that's par for the course these days - but even I have to admit my full-sus was overkill for that route.

Despite that, I found it a lot tougher than I expected. There's a LOT of hills on them Moors. Evidently others struggled less with these than me, or at least had the fortitude to push on anyway, so maybe I'm just not as fit as I thought.



The first couple of hours was pretty fast up to and along the Cleveland Way, delayed only by assisting a rider who'd collided with another rider coming the other way on a narrow road and ended up covered in blood and clearly concussed The section round the north-western edge of the Moors was the most enjoyable for me, but tough going. We made the bakery at Eskdale, which was a great stop, and the only real option except Lordstones, thus far. The terrain was a bit easier from there to the coast. We got thoroughly soaked by a torrential shower, but were about dried out by the time the second one came through, which we neatly dodged by hiding in the chip shop in Robin Hood's Bay. We left about 7, leaving us plenty of time to get to that most prized of destinations, Scalby Londis, before 11 o'clock closing. We were flagging by that point so decided to find somewhere for a kip sooner rather than later - good job, because the coffee machine was out of order.



It also seems that the done thing these days is to ride as fast as you possibly can and sleep as little as possible. Which I get is the way you win races (which, of course, this is technically not), and I've ridden in this style before, or at least tried to, but I was surprised there weren't more "more casual" riders. (I'm not just sore at being the slowest, honest). Admittedly, stopping to usher a baby hedgehog out of the road is not hardened racer etiquette It was interesting to contrast this with the recent Tor Divide, which had a pretty even spread across that spectrum. Another thing I noticed was (I think I'm right in saying) the field was 100% male, which is pretty shocking in 2024 isn't it?

Finding a dry-ish, flat, discrete place for a bivvy wasn't easy, but the little wood after Scalby provided a decent enough spot. The rain had brought out all the slugs - anyone got any tips for getting slug trail out of Pertex? I woke up (well, OK, became slightly more concious) with one matted into my hair, and another on the nozzle of my bottle.





We were off by 5, and my starting-to-dry feet shoes were soon returned to full squelch by a quarter-mile of trail which had been surfaced to avoid the bog fest parallel, but was so overgrown it soaked me more effectively than any bog could. Doubts were creeping as we approached Rosedale and contemplated what was still to come, but we double espressos and attacked (and cleaned) the Chimney with much gnashing of teeth, raided Hutton-le-Hole for pastries and flapjack, and resolved to get the **** on with it.

In an almost exact replay of the previous day, we got hit by two torrential downpours around 5 o'clock, and this time there was no chip shop to hide in. The nice singletrack descent to Boltby provided a welcome distraction - by far the best bit of riding on the route - and we rolled back into Thirsk in the sunshine about 6.30 to find the car where we left it, the last in the car park

[boxelder]

Good effort fellas - time to enjoy things. Didn't realise you were tooling up for singletrack, or I'd have warned you. Rigid MTB seemed about right for me last year. If you'd gone for the Yorkshire Dales preamble that was discussed, you could have enjoyed the wind blasted soaking we got on Thursday

[redefined_cycles]

Hi Dave/Northwind. No, ended up going towards the Peaks in the end as I was well over 18 hours behind on finishing the bike. Also did the young uns brake for good measure.

I'll keep NYM300 route in my to do list

NB. Your first comment about 'gravel' also helped sway my decision to stay Peaks. It was a very well spent £25 though as my mrb is now finally ready and being ridden.

[fatbikephil]

Well done Dave, I had to attend to parental duties unfortunately so didn't make the ride. One such duty involved going with my Mum to Stockton so I saw the first shower come through....

[In Reverse]

Did anyone here do it? I saw a BB jersey on the event Facebook page.

Great write up

The BB jersey was me.

I was a late starter - rocked up just as everyone was setting off, stayed for a coffee with Stu then got going about 50min late. That 50 mins, plus the 20 minutes or so I spent having a rest at the top of the secong big climb when I caught up with an out-of-sorts Karl, plus the fact I wasn't very fit or riding very fast meant the first big chunk of rain hit just as I was passing Castleton. There's a pub in Castleton, and it seemed to rain on and off for about three hours, and the pub was full of locals watching the England match and was a right laugh, so that was the end of my commitment to doing the full route. Stayed there a few hours, had a few pints, two meals and a desert, then headed back out and rode over Blakey Ridge to the bottom end of the loop, had another pint, pootled along some country lanes in the dark then had a very pleasant bivvy. Got back to the shop just before another big deluge late morning Sunday so lucked out there.

I'll be back next year for hopefully a more determined effort. The NY Moors are a fantastic place to ride.

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Which way round did you go

[thenorthwind]

Good effort fellas - time to enjoy things. Didn't realise you were tooling up for singletrack, or I'd have warned you. Rigid MTB seemed about right for me last year. If you'd gone for the Yorkshire Dales preamble that was discussed, you could have enjoyed the wind blasted soaking we got on Thursday

I probably would have taken the full-sus anyway TBH - it's lighter than my rigid MTB, and I'm very reluctant to take the gravel bike if I think there's going to be tech that I'd enjoy on a MTB, since that defeats the purpose for me. But in this case, it would have been a sensible choice. I even walked a couple of the sketchy steppy downs anyway My fault for making assumptions really.

Weather wasn't too bad in the north east, mainly windy, but had one eye on the forecast further south and west Did you do the full YD300?

Well done Dave, I had to attend to parental duties unfortunately so didn't make the ride. One such duty involved going with my Mum to Stockton so I saw the first shower come through....

Cheers Phil. I knew you were a maybe. Hope you're managing OK with the parental situation and we get a ride together soon. Shout if you fancy meeting up.

Did anyone here do it? I saw a BB jersey on the event Facebook page.

Great write up

The BB jersey was me.

I was a late starter - rocked up just as everyone was setting off, stayed for a coffee with Stu then got going about 50min late. That 50 mins, plus the 20 minutes or so I spent having a rest at the top of the secong big climb when I caught up with an out-of-sorts Karl, plus the fact I wasn't very fit or riding very fast meant the first big chunk of rain hit just as I was passing Castleton. There's a pub in Castleton, and it seemed to rain on and off for about three hours, and the pub was full of locals watching the England match and was a right laugh, so that was the end of my commitment to doing the full route. Stayed there a few hours, had a few pints, two meals and a desert, then headed back out and rode over Blakey Ridge to the bottom end of the loop, had another pint, pootled along some country lanes in the dark then had a very pleasant bivvy. Got back to the shop just before another big deluge late morning Sunday so lucked out there.

I'll be back next year for hopefully a more determined effort. The NY Moors are a fantastic place to ride.

Cheers! I'm riding with you next time, sounds like you had a much better time They had the match on the radio in the chip shop in RHB, and I heard the two goals in normal time. Then I got the result from the guy behind the counter at Scalby Londis. TBH this was a much less stressful way of watching England

[thenorthwind]

Hi Dave/Northwind. No, ended up going towards the Peaks in the end as I was well over 18 hours behind on finishing the bike. Also did the young uns brake for good measure.

I'll keep NYM300 route in my to do list

NB. Your first comment about 'gravel' also helped sway my decision to stay Peaks. It was a very well spent £25 though as my mrb is now finally ready and being ridden.

Sorry, missed your post... sounds like it worked out for you then

[Lazarus]

Toying with doing this next week as in the area ( will donate if i do) so appreciate the right up and knowing where to shop.

[boxelder]

Did you do the full YD300?

No. Set off from Hawes, cafe in Dent, cafe Ribblehead, French dinner in Austwick (Breton gallettes) and then back to Ribblehead to rehydrate, as Horton pubs shut. Camped Ribblehead, then cut through Langstrothdale to Buckden and back to Hawes.
Practicing 'gastropacking' for September trip to Veneto.