Gazette Herald | Cycle Rides

Lealholm cycle ride

2:56pm Wednesday 16th May 2012

THE humble gooseberry bush will give you heavy crops of fruit which can be used in many different ways.

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Kildale cycle ride

10:50am Wednesday 25th April 2012

KILDALE village was once renowned for growing turnips.

Cycle ride at Settle in the Yorkshire Dales

3:49pm Thursday 22nd March 2012

SETTLE in the Yorkshire Dales lies low in the valley on the east bank of the River Ribble and there is a naked man lurking in the town.

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Sinnington cycle ride

9:40am Wednesday 15th February 2012

WHAT secrets could human bones reveal which have been found buried on the hillside of a Ryedale village?

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Cycle ride: Runswick Bay, Staithes and Scaling Dam

9:00am Wednesday 18th January 2012

THE North York Moors is not renowned for Lake District-type features but one hidden gem that mimics the Lakes in miniature is a narrow road which runs across a ridge with steep precipices on either side, as does Striding Edge on Helvellyn, the difference being about 900 metres in height.

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Cycle ride in The Wolds

3:11pm Wednesday 21st December 2011

Spotting the extinct Bustard in its old haunt on the wolds

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Cycle ride at Barnard Castle

10:00am Wednesday 16th November 2011

FAMOUS for its imposing castle overlooking the River Tees, Barnard Castle was a stronghold of some of the most ruthless families in England.

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Cycle ride near Braithwaite

1:17pm Wednesday 21st September 2011

Wherever there are mountains there are passes and our glorious Lakeland has both in abundance.

Sleightholme Dale cycle ride

4:34pm Wednesday 17th August 2011

George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, was described as a licentious, unscrupulous rake and spent most of his time as a courtier womanising, drinking and generally having a jolly good time doing nothing useful.

Cycle ride near Sutton Bank

3:39pm Wednesday 20th July 2011

Nestling on the western slopes of the Hambleton Hills lies a village that derives its name from Felix, one of a band of wandering monks who settled in these parts.

Cycle ride at Hornsea Mere

3:16pm Thursday 16th June 2011

NOT far from Yorkshire’s east coast lies Wassand Hall, a little known house with an air of peace and tranquillity.

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Cycle ride on the North York Moors

3:59pm Wednesday 18th May 2011

MANY of the old roads and pannierways on the North York Moors have a secret to tell about their history and the people who lived and worked near them.

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