Wheel Easy has always organised a wide range of different types of rides and the Awayday Rides came about as a response to various members wanting to try different areas to ride in that were too far to reach on the bike from home and required transport.

A ‘formal’ programme of rides began in May 2016, but had been run on an ad-hoc basis since the club was formed. This archive is an attempt to document all the rides that have been undertaken in the programme in order that Club members can perhaps tackle them on their own or in small groups. The rides cover a variety of locations across the North of England and all are suitable for all levels of fitness and proficiency – you do not have to be an elite rider to tackle these rides! All are within an hour and half drive of Harrogate and all involve riding on quieter lanes/roads with some climbing with the normal coffee and lunch stop provided. All the routes included in the archive have been tried and tested and all are worth doing.

Many people have been involved in route planning and leading these rides so a big thank you to them for helping make the programme a success. Enjoy riding these Awaydays!

Awayday Ride Archive

Date	Location	Mileage	Climb
May 2016	Route 1001 – Leyburn	40 miles	950m
Jun 2016	Route 1002 – Easingwold	40 miles	1100m
Jul 2016	Route 1003 – Reeth	44 miles	1100m
Aug 2016	Route 1004 – Ingleton	42 miles	920m
Sep 2016	Route 1005 – Kirkby Stephen	44 miles	1100m
Oct 2016	Route 1006 – Gisburn Forest	46 miles	1100m
Nov 2016	Route 1007 – Easingwold	32 miles	600m
Dec 2016	Route 1008 – Leyburn	34 miles	720m
Jan 2017	Route 1009 – Masham	31 miles	600m
Feb 2017	Route 1010 – Grassington	36 miles	800m
Mar 2017	Route 1011 – Osmotherley	33 miles	800m
Apr 2017	Route 1012 – Stamford Bridge	50 miles	900m
May 2017	Route 1013 – Settle / Trough of Bowland	40 miles	1000m
Jun 2017	Route 1014 – Appleby	43 miles	800m
July 2017	Route 1015 – Reeth / Tan Hill	44 miles	1100m
Aug 2017	Route 1016 – Pocklington	60 miles	650m
Sep 2017	Route 1017 – Helmsley	37 miles	950m
Apr 2018	Route 1018 – Easingwold	40 miles	820m
May 2018	Route 1019 – Buckden	45 miles	1100m
Jun 2018	Route 1020 – Grassington	42 miles	1000m
Jul 2018	Route 1021 – Reeth / Tan Hill	44 miles	1100m
Aug 2018	Route 1022 – Hebden Bridge	29 miles	1200m
Sep 2018	Route 1023 – Slaidburn / Trough of Bowland	42 miles	1300m
Oct 2018	Route 1024 – Fridaythorpe	34 miles	900m
Mar 2019	Route 1025 – Gargrave	39 miles	620m
Apr 2019	Route 1026 – Grimwith	41 miles	1150m
May 2019	Route 1027 – Kettlewell and North	41 miles	1100m
Jun 2019	Route 1014 – Appleby	43 miles	800m
July 2019	Route 1028 – Sandal	40 miles	1200m
Aug 2019	Route 1029 – Westerdale	37 miles	1000m
Sep 2019	Route 1030 – Stamford Bridge	52 miles	1000m
Oct 2019	Route 1031 – Downham	33 miles	400m
2020	All rides cancelled due to Covid-19
July 2021	Route 1032 – Gargrave	45 miles	850m
Aug 2021	Route 1017 – Helmsley	37 miles	950m
Sep 2021	Route 1023 – Slaidburn	41 miles	1300m
Oct 2021	Route 1033 – Masham	32 miles	700m
Mar 2022	Route 1034 – Gargrave	42 miles	850m
Apr 2022	Route 1036 – Thirsk	47 miles	635m
May 2022	Route 1037 – Stamford Bridge	40 miles	635m
Jun 2022	Route 1038 – Richmond	36miles	1170m
Jul 2022	Route 1039 – Hutton-le-Hole	37miles	1220m
Aug 2022	Route 1040 – Masham	33miles	560m
Sep 2022	Route 1041 – Malham	41miles	915m
Oct 2022	Route 1042 – Selby	45miles	250m
Mar 2023	Route 1046 – Malton	49miles	712m
Apr 2023	Route 1047 – Bolton by Bowland	34miles	718m
May 2023	Route 1018 – Easingwold	40miles	820m
June 2023	Route 1005 – Kirkby Stephen	44miles	887m
Jul 2023	Route 1048 – Pocklington	47miles	482m
Aug 2023	Route 1049 – Hutton-le-Hole	38miles	1168m
Oct 2023	Route 1050 – Thirsk	40miles	582m

Key to Information in the Archive:

We have followed a standard summary format for each ride and to help anyone using the guide the following explanation is provided:

DATE: This is the date the ride was undertaken on the AWAYDAY programme. Each ride has a link to the relevant entry in the Wheeleasy website- Ride Report Archive. This is an indication of who/what/where happened on the ride that day.

STARTING VENUE: This gives the starting location for the ride and indicates the area the ride is in.

ROUTE LENGTH/ CLIMBING/ROUTE DESCRIPTION: The basic information on the ride.

TRAVEL TIME: These times are calculated from Harrogate town centre driving at a steady speed. Adjustments need to be made when starting from other locations.

CAR PARKING: The Club accept no responsibility for the recommendation and would suggest all details are checked before embarking on the ride. Prices, where quoted, were correct as of May 2020.

COFFEE/LUNCH STOPS: These are the facilities that the club ride used but they cannot be guaranteed and you are asked to look them up for embarking on the ride. Where possible website addresses have been shown and phone numbers have been included to enable you to check up on cafés etc.

ROUTE: The route has been set up on Ride with GPS (ridewithgps.com) and each ride has a specific route number for easy reference.

NOTE: Details are correct at the time of publishing but anyone thinking of undertaking a ride is urged to check the current position before embarking on the ride.

Other Awayday Routes

The Ride with GPS routes below have also been ridden, or proposed, by Wheel Easy members.

Location	Route	Mileage	Climb
Bishop Monkton	Route 1150 – Bishop Monkton, Sheriff Hutton (Ripon Roundtable Charity Ride)	60	512m
Settle	Route 1191 – Settle and Bowland Knotts	31	772m
Low Bradfield	Route 1222 – Tour of the Strines	55	2068m
Stanhope	Route 1249 – Teesdale	43	1626m
Ripon	Route 1273 – Ripon, Boroughbridge	19	183m
Easingwold	Route 1275 – Howardian Hills	20	347m
Tadcaster	Route 1274 – Tadcaster and Askham Richard	21	169m
Boroughbridge	Route 1276 – Boroughbridge, Riskelf, Great Ouseburn	24	160m
Boroughbridge	Route 1277 – Boroughbridge, Staveley	18	187m
Clapham	Route 1035 – Kingsdale, Dent, Barbondale	46	1064m
Reeth	Route 1221 – Tan Hill and Kirkby Stephen	45	1142m
Ingleton	Route 1156 – Ingleton, Dent, Kirkby Lonsdale	42	988m
Easingwold	Route 1043 – Easingwold short loop	22	222m
Clapham	Route 1044 – Forest of Bowland	53	1382m
Kettlewell	Route 1045 – Kettlewell and West	48	1233m