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Archive for the ‘Mountain Biking / Cycling’ Category

La Vuelta – An International Mention for Our ‘Chain Breaker’ – Chimney Bank

Stage 12 of the highly prestigious Tour of Spain (known as La Vuelta a Espana – or usually just as the Vuelta – and second only to the Tour de France although in fact a tougher race than the TdF) finished with a short but very steep climb. (The final kilometre took the world’s best climbers racing flat out almost 5 minutes.)

Highlights are shown on ITV4 each evening and to illustrate the severity of the short final climb the commentators suggested there is an equivalent climb in Britain – our own Chimney Bank.

This programme is watched by huge numbers of cycling fans so perhaps we can expect to see more cyclists visiting to attempt our challenging climb. The Chain Breaker !

Anyone who wants to watch the exciting stage 12 can still catch it on ITV player: http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=324154
Also if you wan to ‘Back Le Bid’ and support Visit Yorkshire’s work in bringing the Tour de France to Yorkshire, cast your vote here

WELCOME TO YORKSHIRE

Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Welcome To Yorkshire (WTY), and members of his team were in Rosedale on Wednesday evening for a WTY event to celebrate the award of ‘Yorkshire’s Favourite Pub 2012′ to the White Horse Farm Inn. As well as those involved in local tourism in the dale, many others from around the county, including past winners of the award, were invited by Welcome To Yorkshire to join the festivities in the pub.

Christine with Gary Verity

 

Craig Nattress, Gary Verity, our postie Andrew and his wife Melanie, Janet Deacon of WTY

Gary Verity thanking the White Horse Farm Inn team

Gary Verity ended his speech by saying that there was a very good chance that the Tour de France would be coming to Yorkshire in the near future, with huge benefits for tourist businesses in the county. How about the Tour going up Chimney Bank, now that would be worth watching!

Make tracks for Panorama of Moorland

An article on this weekend Yorkshire Post, celebrates the cycling in Rosedale. Follow the link to read the full article.

A Bank Holiday bike trip: Paul Kirkwood rides the challenging but lovely North Yorkshire extension to the Moor to Sea cycle route.

It’s hard to know who deserves more credit: the engineers builders who built the original railway line or the national park wardens who have maintained it as a path.

Either way, the route of the old Rosedale Railway that once carried iron ore is brilliant.