Sunday, 1st July, 2012

Swainby to York 50 miles
After a great evening with my brother and his wife Helen, it was time to get back on the road.
One of the golden rules when cycle touring is to have a map and/or a good idea of where you are going - i had neither!
Stupidly, i had planned the ride in my head from the internet map and had decided to follow route 65 which had two different versions, but missed a right turn and we ended up crossing the north Yorkshire Moors in the pouring rain.
Still pulling a trailer, the hills where brutal - no come to think of it, they were stupidly steep and whoever decided to put a cycling route across the north york moors, must need their head testing!
This was the first day in three weeks that i would have rather been somewhere else. My head went, and i ended up trying to push the bike up the hill, which was too steep to ride, as i watched my wife disappear in the distance.
The headwind was unbearable and i only managed 50 miles and we ended up staying in York, 15 Miles short of my target distance and Market Weighton. It is going to be a long ride to Lincoln in the wet on Monday.
I've spent so much energy worrying about getting Jack over the line safely in Newcastle, i have neglected the planning of our ride home to Brighton.
I best buy a map first thing!