This event has been rearranged for Saturday 5th October. All entries have been transferred to the new date but please let us know if you want your entry fee refunding. Further details later.

Having seen the weather forecast and talked to Dave Evans (the event planner) we have decided to cancel this Saturday’s event at Pocklington. We think it would be irresponsible to encourage 70 pre-entered riders to travel to Pocklington then ride for up to 4 hours in blizzards and sub-zero temperatures.
Here is the local forecast:

Friday: A bright, very cold, but icy start. Most parts will stay dry and bright with some sunshine but feeling very cold, especially later as a southeasterly breeze picks up. Clouds thickening through the night with outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow spreading from the southwest, turning to snow at most elevations by morning. A bitterly cold wind.
Saturday: Heavy snow and blizzards continuing through much of Saturday, slowly dying out during Sunday. Monday is mostly dry with some sunshine. Very cold and windy throughout.

Dave has also been unable to ride many of the bridleways during the last month as they have been too wet, icy or deep in snow so he wasn’t optimistic of many of you being encouraged to leave the road network without regretting it.
We will rearrange this event for later in the year and transfer your entries to the new date but refund any riders who can’t make it.
We hope you agree with this decision and can make it to our next events at either Allendale (NEMBOS) or Cropton Forest (NYMBO)

It’s one week until the first proper NYMBO event of 2013. Dave Evans has planned an excellent course on the better bridleways and country lanes on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. You can read about Dave’s planning on the website. Hopefully, despite the wintry conditions in the last week the tracks will be as good as they were at this time last year. Please pre-enter by Wednesday to guarantee a pre-marked map and it will save you £1 if you do it online at BMBO. You can find the event flier here

2013 Leagues: Jens Strain has produced excellent posters for both the NYMBO and NEMBOS 2013 leagues – please print off copies for your local bike shop and your friends/riding groups and encourage them to have a go.
There are no major changes for 2013 but the 2 hour course has been replaced by a Novice option (at half price). BMBO membership is no longer free so please make sure that you rejoin for the year before your first event – it’s only £6 (and there are now discounts from a range of brand sponsors).

New for 2013: We’re going to experiment with publishing the area map (without controls) for each event on the web sites at 8pm on Tuesday before the event. The start and finish will be marked so that you can find the event and hopefully it will be less daunting for newcomers than seeing the map for first time when you register.

Last year we didn’t do quite as well at getting the results published as we would like. So this year, there’s a new results area, that’s a part of our website. This will include the main results table and all the splits in one place. To test it the 2012 event results are all there if you want to have a look. It’s not quite finished yet, so any feedback would be welcome.

The website is also having a spring clean! Based on feedback, the menu is improved, the layout and design has changed and some of the clutter has gone. It also now works properly at www.nymbo.org.uk Please do get in touch if there are any other improvements you would like to see.

Want to help out at an event?: We have a small but enthusiastic band of helpers but if you want to join them (and get a free ride) please let me know. There is always space for a few more – especially control collectors after the event.

Hope to see you at one of the events in 2013!
Steve

I last surveyed this area in 2009 and vividly remember a beautiful warm, sunny day in 2009 when the ground was dry, the riders all thirsty and hot and not a drop of rain fell. It won’t be like this  on 23rd March!

On the second of three visits to The Wolds, roads were closed after heavy snow the previous night, roads were flooded with meltwater, tracks were unrideable as I began to re-think my plan and complete the whole ride on minor roads!  The third visit was drenched in sunshine and even though some tracks cut up badly, they were mainly rideable, so Garry Wright and I completed the survey and hopefully have planned out a course that will challenge the young and energetic, encourage the beginners whilst opening up the wonderful views across the western Wolds.

The ride consists of road and bridleway, so whatever the weather, you will be able to ride most of the route.  If the weather improves (or just stays dry) then the bridleways will be excellent.  Both the 4 & 2 hour events should allow riders to explore many of the small country lanes and bridleways around Pocklington, Millington and Huggate, with some riders making it to Thixendale.

A word of caution about the landowners, who are not the most encouraging when bikes appear, so please note the out of bounds tracks and close all gates that you open.

Enjoy.