This year was the 21st annual long distance cycle ride raising funds for BECOME, the charity for children in care and young care leavers. Cycling roughly 50/55 miles a day from Durham to York – we covered a total of about 200 miles.
Day 1 – Thursday 23rd June
Our starting point was the Durham Premier Inn East Car Park setting off South via Bishops Auckland to Darlington.
Day 2 – Friday 24th June
On Friday morning we headed towards Thirsk stopping at Richmond in the morning, Bedale for lunch and North Allerton for our afternoon stop finally arriving in Thirsk.
Day 3 – Saturday 25th June
On Saturday morning we cycled through beautiful Ripon, stopping for lunch at the Jennyruth Workshop premises on the Boroughbridge Road, Jennyruth is an organisation which supports adults with learning disabilities making wooden products (bird boxes and garden ornaments and jewellery). We then continued on to Knaresborough and on into Harrogate.
Day 4 – Sunday 26th June
We set off on Sunday morning for the last leg. Having lunch in Tadcaster, cycling via Wetherby (morning stop) and Ricall in the afternoon and ended up in the wonderful city of York,
