another nice sunny day.... up early and out as i had to be back before 4pm (walking group meet)... a few mates did the butter tubs yesterday so not been that way in ages thought lets give it a go, went via Piecebridge- Aldbrough St john Richmond past the ranges where the army boys were blowing stuff up.
on to Redmire past Castle Bolton on to Askrigg then at the foot of the tubs had a banana and psyched myself for the climb.had no grief from tourist traffic on the way up ..though it was very light , but at the top when taking photo,s a few sports cars seemed to be using it as a race track :cursing: the ride down was brill.at the bottom as i had lots of battery left and plenty of time i decided to turn left and head up to Tan Hill... had coffee and toasted teacake at Thwaite. then headed of for the last climb of the day ,
it was much longer than i remembered lol longish but not steep (well once you get past the start) 25%.
the pub was very busy so just took a pic and was on my way, heading along the track to Bowes , the dropped in to Barnard castle out along the A67 as time was getting on. used my usual route back bolam up to Shildon then along the cycle path to home back by 3-35 and feeling a little weary :laugh: , just in time to shower and get read for a 6 mile walk ..been an excellent day sure beats working
89miles 6352ft