Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Commuting, Day rides, Audax, Incidents, etc.
Post Reply
User avatar
tykeboy2003
Posts: 1277
Joined: 19 Jul 2010, 2:51pm
Location: Swadlincote, South Derbyshire

Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by tykeboy2003 »

I'll get mi coit (coat).
landsurfer
Posts: 5327
Joined: 27 Oct 2012, 9:13pm

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by landsurfer »

"There's trouble at mill " ........
“Quiet, calm deliberation disentangles every knot.”
Be more Mike.
The road goes on forever.
User avatar
TrevA
Posts: 3561
Joined: 1 Jun 2007, 9:12pm
Location: Nottingham

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by TrevA »

Ee by gum!
Sherwood CC and Notts CTC.
A cart horse trapped in the body of a man.
http://www.jogler2009.blogspot.com
User avatar
Paulatic
Posts: 7822
Joined: 2 Feb 2014, 1:03pm
Location: 24 Hours from Lands End

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by Paulatic »

Ista fit?
Whatever I am, wherever I am, this is me. This is my life

https://stcleve.wordpress.com/category/lejog/
E2E info
Cyril Haearn
Posts: 15215
Joined: 30 Nov 2013, 11:26am

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by Cyril Haearn »

I love Yorkshire. Pudding

I love Yorkshire because it is on the way to Wales, on the M62 there is a sign at the A1 junction:

THE NORTH >
THE SOUTH >

John O'Groats or Land's End? Neither..

Cymru am byth!

BTW Yorkshire Day is not till 1. August

When is Lancashire Day?
Entertainer, juvenile, curmudgeon, PoB, 30120
Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
User avatar
Mick F
Spambuster
Posts: 56361
Joined: 7 Jan 2007, 11:24am
Location: Tamar Valley, Cornwall

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by Mick F »

The only good thing about Yorkshire, is the road to Lancashire.
Mick F. Cornwall
User avatar
Spinners
Posts: 1678
Joined: 6 Dec 2008, 6:58pm
Location: Port Talbot

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by Spinners »

Yorkshire is lovely isn't it? I am biased as my mum was born there and, since she passed away, we like to go there once a year to see relatives - last year we stayed near York and this year will be near Bedale in early June and Mrs. Spinners is cool about me taking my bike and getting out and about.

The only loaded touring I've actually ever done was a three-day tour from Port Talbot to Middlesbrough and Day Three started from Goosnargh (near Preston) over to Skipton and then up into the Yorkshire Dales. Wonderful scenery and quite a test for a standard road double chainset!
Cycling UK Life Member
PBP Ancien (2007)
pwa
Posts: 17405
Joined: 2 Oct 2011, 8:55pm

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by pwa »

Knowing both Yorkshire and Wales, and being fond of both, I am struck by the similarities between them. I know people will say Wales is a country and Yorkshire a traditional county, but the pride and sense of identity of the natives is very similar. So is the social mix, the history of coal mining, the sheep and the moors, and the (sometimes jokey) mistrust of anything from London. And both have some of the most magnificent cycling opportunities anywhere.
User avatar
foxyrider
Posts: 6059
Joined: 29 Aug 2011, 10:25am
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by foxyrider »

Mick F wrote:The only good thing about Yorkshire, is the road to Lancashire.

Jealousy gets you nowhere Mick

There are no roads to Lancashire from Yorkshire as all roads lead to Yorkshire!
Convention? what's that then?
Airnimal Chameleon touring, Orbit Pro hack, Orbit Photon audax, Focus Mares AX tour, Peugeot Carbon sportive, Owen Blower vintage race - all running Tulio's finest!
User avatar
tykeboy2003
Posts: 1277
Joined: 19 Jul 2010, 2:51pm
Location: Swadlincote, South Derbyshire

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by tykeboy2003 »

Mick F wrote:The only good thing about Yorkshire, is the road to Lancashire.


Nah then, dus tha want a feyt?
Last edited by tykeboy2003 on 15 Mar 2017, 10:28am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
tykeboy2003
Posts: 1277
Joined: 19 Jul 2010, 2:51pm
Location: Swadlincote, South Derbyshire

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by tykeboy2003 »

Spinners wrote:Yorkshire is lovely isn't it?


It certainly is, and it has huge contrasts, the big cities, industrial muck, beautiful coastline and the hills and moors. I'm from near Barnsley and despite the old cliches its actually quite a nice town. The countryside immediately to the west is lovely and largely undiscovered; the Trans Pennine Trail from there to Glossop and on is well worth a ride.

Where I grew up it was all pits and spoil heaps, all gone now.
pwa
Posts: 17405
Joined: 2 Oct 2011, 8:55pm

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by pwa »

tykeboy2003 wrote:
Mick F wrote:The only good thing about Yorkshire, is the road to Lancashire.


Nah then, dus tha want feyt?


Leave it, boys, it's not worth it.
User avatar
tykeboy2003
Posts: 1277
Joined: 19 Jul 2010, 2:51pm
Location: Swadlincote, South Derbyshire

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by tykeboy2003 »

Pointless post just to get Yorkshire above Wales and Ireland.....
User avatar
Mick F
Spambuster
Posts: 56361
Joined: 7 Jan 2007, 11:24am
Location: Tamar Valley, Cornwall

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by Mick F »

:lol: :lol:

Being born in Wales, then moving to the Wigan area as a 3yr old, back to the family environment, I'm a Wiganer (not born) but bred.

Dad and mum were Lancastrians, and all the ancestors before them. Mum's family came from the Coppull/Standish area, and Dad's family from Wigan/Ince/Standish. I was at primary school in Wigan, and secondary school in Shevington.

My life's blood is Lancastrian, but I live and breathe Cornish now. Been here 35years, far longer than I was ever in Lancashire ............ or even Wales. :lol:
Mick F. Cornwall
DomusCTC
Posts: 4
Joined: 6 Jul 2016, 9:37am

Re: Yorkshire's reet grand - We love Yorkshire

Post by DomusCTC »

Lancashire day is November 27. On that day in 1295 Lancashire sent it's first representative to "That London" for the new parliament.

Interesting fact, England Football and Cricket teams wear three Lions (or Leopards) England Rugby wear a Red Rose.

The first England Rugby team were 15 Lancastrians.
Post Reply