Day 3 for the pedantsโฆ (See previous posts.) It was flat and it was a tale of two cities; Ripon and York. A functional day of cycling but enjoyable nevertheless. The route was a turney-twisty one sending me in most directions; east, south, northโฆ but never west. With a wind from the south-west, I invariably had to fight against it, rewarded at the next turn with the push of the gusts.
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A few oddities along the way; Roman mosaics, a vineyard, a stately homeโฆ but lots of fields. Once in York, I jumped on a train to Church Fenton, cycled 10km to Tadcaster to drop off the bike for its service (slight worry in that the rear rotor needs replacing but it needs to be a special one for Rohloff hubs; will they manage to find one before the end of June when Iโm scheduled to head off to the continent?), get a lift in a Tesla back to the station, catch the train to Halifax and be fleeced by a taxi driver for the ride home in his taxiโฆ
Now at home, warming up!
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You should have cycled to Tadcaster!! I know what you mean about taxi drivers , we got fleeced by one last year
Just to clarify… The train to Tadcaster (Church Fenton) was only ยฃ5 and one of David’s sons gave me a lift back to the station (as I left the bike at Cyclesense) in his car – the Tesla – which was very kind of him. The fleecing by the taxi driver came when I arrived back in Halifax. I had already checked an UBER and the price would have been about ยฃ9 to get home. Instead, I took one of the taxis at the rank outside the station. He didn’t accept payment by card and after two visits to cashpoints that weren’t working, I had to get cash back on things I bought in a local Coop!!! The taxi ended up costing ยฃ17 (plus what I had to buy in the shop to get the ยฃ17). It was a palaver to say the least… Even with the delay to get cash, ยฃ17 was over the top for the journey home. In future I’ll be finding taxis that accept cards!
Thatโs luxury! Weโre in Lewis in the Hebrides and weโve been battling a 50km/h head wind for four days. Itโs been pretty cold too
Ouch! I feel your pain. Well, actually, I donโt as Iโm now back home in bed with the heating onโฆ Good luck for the rest of the trip ๐