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Ride 20: Yorkshire’s Bleak Beauty

Ride Information

START/FINISH: Helmsley market place YO62 5BH, 54.246365, -1.061287

DISTANCE: 32.0 miles/51.5km

ASCENT: 3766ft/1148m

OFF-ROAD: 70%

TERRAIN: Boggy, peaty moorland, grassy tracks and stony bridleways. Flat moors can be heavy going and are regularly punctuated by tough dirt track climbs and gliding tarmac, or steep bridle path descents.

NAVIGATION: Difficult. You will need OS Landranger 100 throughout this ride. Take care along the bridlepaths below Beadlam Rigg, which can be very faint at times, and when approaching the rigg from Skiplam Moor stay close to the fenceline at the foot of the hill.

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Eat & Drink

Royal Oak Inn, Main St, Gillamoor, North Yorkshire YO62 7HX, 01751 431414, www.royaloakgillamoor.com
Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge, Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire YO62 7LQ, 01751 417320, www.lionblakey.co.uk

Sleep

YHA, Carlton Lane, Helmsley, North Yorkshire YO62 5HB, 0845 3719638, www.yha.org.uk
Bivvy: Rudland Rigg, 54.344745, -0.990207

Provisions

Hunters of Helmsley, 13 Market Place, Helmsley, North Yorkshire YO62 5BL, 01439 771307, www.huntersofhelmsley.com
Big Bear Bikes, Succours House, Southgate, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 8BL, 01751 474220, www.bigbearbikes.co.uk