DACRE EVENT 22nd April
The MapRun course is available for downloading using the QR code below, or navigating to:
UK | North Yorkshire | NYMBO | Summer 2023
The start/finish locations are also below for information. Note that the car park may get full, so if you need to park nearby please be considerate of local access, dropped kerbs and so on.
Online entry closes at midnight tonight – details in the previous post
Our next event is on Saturday 22nd April – based at Dacre.
Registration: 0900 – 1015 | Starts: 0930 – 1030 | 3 hour time limit
Event Centre: Dacre and Hartwith Playing Fields association Dacre Banks HG3 4EB
It is just east of the B6451 between Dacre and Summerbridge, just by the river , all routes to the finish should be downhill! Parking will be on site and looks to be a good course with a nice mix of moorland tracks , farm tracks, bridleways and minor roads , oh and some hills!! The course map is below – some more soft ground may be added later but the extents won’t change neither will the start and finish.
2023 entry fees: we have decided to run the all 2023 events at the same prices as winter events – for BMBO members that’s £5 for adults and £2 for youth entries! That should be good for everyone – please encourage new riders to have a go at our low cost events! There will be a surcharge for entry after the closing deadline or on the day.
ONLINE ENTRY – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!
This event is available for entry via BMBO BUT NOT FOR PAYMENT yet!
2023 Event Flier – 2023-Flierv1
2023 Google Calendar Link for all events
Here’s the control map and Tony’s report. Most result amendments have been done, but if there’s anything you think missing, please get in touch by Wednesday. Results here.
Welcome to West Yorkshire’s mud. At least we had a fine day.
Thanks to all of you for coming and for the many kind comments.
I enjoyed checking out the bridleways (mostly done earlier in the year when, curiously, they were drier) and planning the course. The turnout was almost as good as at the more usual North Yorkshire areas despite the trek for many of you to Keighley.
From a quick scan of the routes, very few people braved Ilkley Moor. Very wise. Only two people visited control 13 at the Cow and Calf, and one (Martyn) did so by going off the map from Baildon to the NE. Nuno managed to fit in 54km, a fair bit if it on the road getting back from Ilkley. Of those who remained in the Aire valley, there was little consensus about the best way to tackle the controls. The towpath and roads which made the NW end look tempting were counterbalanced by the difficulty of the bridleways W of Rivock Forest.
Apologies to the many muddy people who endured the uphill trudge from 28. It was marked as ‘unsurfaced and/or grotty’ but it wasn’t so bad when I surveyed it and put the control there.
Two or three people said that controls didn’t register on MapRun(notably 21 and 23). Looking at their GPS tracks it is clear that those who complained were not in the right place. Check your track next time before you say that you’re sure you’ve been there – MapRun is now pretty reliable if the planning is done carefully.
My thanks to Tim for map printing and helping with the organisation as always, and to Pete and Chris who manned the start. And to Susie, the manager of the Airedale Heifer, for kindly hosting us. I’ve started thinking about next year…….
Tony Thornley
Thanks to Tony for planning an excellent event on Saturday, plenty to test everyone over the 3 hours!
Uncorrect MapRun results here, please get in touch if you think any adjustments required.
Full report, results and control map to follow shortly
MapRun for tomorrow’s event available to download, QR code below.
All event details for tomorrow are in the previous post here
We have some spare maps so entry on the day will be available… you can still let us know using the form until about 8pm Friday
Our next event is on April 1st (this is not an April Fool!) – Tony has done an excellent preparing for this event, so there are comprehensive event details below.
This event will be using manual entry (hopefully online entry will be working for the following event) so please reserve your map and advance food order here, and then pay by bank transfer or with the correct cash on the day. Entry Form
Parking – There is good parking at the Airedale Heifer BD20 5LY which is the start/finish. However the pub gets busy at lunchtime and if you are not intending to eat at the pub and are likely to finish after 1230 please park on the road outside the pub. This is quite busy, but is wide and has extensive car spaces on the North side of the road. Take care when crossing!
Toilets – there are toilets in the pub which should be open from just before 9.00. Please don’t wear muddy shoes/boots in the pub.
Food – the pub has an extensive menu (see below) There is no need to order food in advance, but if you let me know when registering that you intend to eat, I will let Susie know.
MapRun – if you’re using the MapRun app on your phone make sure it’s MapRun6, and don’t forget to download the event in advance (folder is UK:North Yorkshire:NYMBO: RIddlesden) – updated FAQ here.The MapRun map is the competition map but the resolution is not as good as the printed map, although all the controls are in the right place. They have all been checked for accuracy, but if you go past them at very high speed they may not register.
Start/Finish – You can register from 0850-1000 and start from 0915-1015. The time limit is 3 hours with the usual penalties. There are no pre-assigned start times; first come, first served. At the start you will get a printed map with all the controls and descriptions on. The start is where the pub tarmac joins the main road, but as we have set the control range at 30m, it is likely to start you as soon as you tap ‘go to start’. So, when told to start, and not before, tap ‘Go To Start’ on MapRun and it should bleep when the GPS finds you at the start. You will be timed from that point. The finish is in the car park. I cannot see why anyone would cycle back past the start until they want to finish, but if you do MapRun is quite likely to end your run. We will try to make adjustments at the end if anything goes wrong. A Strava track of your route would be good evidence and can be uploaded to MapRun manually.
Course map – the blank course maps are below (Full map, Ilkley Moor map). The main map is 1:40000, adapted from the 50000 OS and 290x255mm. It is marked with the usual 30 controls with points values between 5 and 30. Unusually we are also providing a separate, large scale (1:15000) map of Ilkley Moor which those of you who choose to visit the wilds of Wharfedale may find useful.
Safety – this event has more busy roads than the usual NYMBO event. These are clearly shown on the map, with the AIRE valley relief road marked as out of bounds. We urge you to take great care:
• On leaving the start and returning to the finish
• At road junctions.
• On the Leeds-Liverpool canal towpath. There are likely to be many pedestrians and dogs who have priority. Please bring and use a bell.
• If the weather is poor carry/wear a good outer layer. Some controls are 300-400m up on exposed moorland.
You must report to the finish. There is an emergency contact number on the map.
Terrain – It’s hilly. The rideability of the bridleways is mostly ok and is shown on the map – see the legend – but these are very weather and ride dependent. You can go anywhere on Ilkley Moor, but it is boggy in some places and navigation can be tricky. Please give way to any walkers you come across.
Here is Simon’s report for last Saturday’s Hampsthwaite event – thanks to Simon Coiley for organising this one. A little later in posting thank we would usually like, sorry about that!
Now updated with control map (and Galphay also added)
MapRun results are here – do get in touch with any corrections
It was great to see over 50 riders on a chilly but thankfully mainly dry morning at Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall. Even better were the many smiling faces on their return. I do believe some who ventured higher up did get to enjoy some sleet though!
Thank you for the many positive comments at the finish.
I had really enjoyed my pIanning rides on steadily drying bridleways. I still tried to place plenty of points on the local network of roads, just in case the weather didn’t behave, whilst also giving plenty of route options further afield.
Looking at the maprun tracks, there was a good spread of routes in both main
directions from the village. I’m sure you all discovered the deceptive amount of
climbing whichever direction you chose! On this occasion it was Nuno Cerqueira that
triumphed in his ding dong battle with Martin Edwards for overall winter honours with
both now on two victories. Nuno chose a clockwise route around the whole perimeter
of the map only leaving the three controls along the river Nidd near Birstwith and
control 13 at Hartwith.
Thanks to Rebecca and the team at the Joiners Arms for the warm welcome and
food afterwards.
Massive thanks to Tim Evans for his help and patience with the mapping and also
manning registration. Big thanks also to Dave Robertson for sorting the entries, food
orders and web postings. We should hopefully have the Bmbo entry system back up
and running for the next event.
25 February 2023 – control map
The MapRun course is now available for Saturday’s event – please do this before you set off.
The entry list for the event is here
If you think you have entered and are not listed please get in touch!
Finally, if you would like food from the pub but haven’t ordered, please help the pub out by dropping Simon an email with your advance order asap. MENU HERE
Event centre will be Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall, HG3 2EJ
Registration: 0900 – 1015 | Starts: 0930 – 1030 | 2 hour time limit
Event will use minor roads and bridleways in the lower Nidderdale valley, Simon hastried to avoid the softest bridleways!
Refreshments and food available after at The Joiners Arms (menu here). If possible please let the pub know food selections in advance by Thursday. Joiners Arms, High Street, Hampsthwaite.
PARKING: Please park in the pub car park or Memorial hall. Please park considerately at the hall as we are sharing it with another function.
ENTRY: please reserve your map by completing our manual entry form here . Included your food order if required please!
Either pay cash on the day at registration; or send us a bank transfer (details will be provided when you complete the entry form). We will manually load you entry onto BMBO, you can check to make sure you’ve been added here.
25 Feb 2023 – course map
Blue skies at Control 29
Galphay Report
Now updated with control map
Almost 50 riders descended on the gloriously sunny but cold village of Galphay for NYMBO’s latest MapRun event although those that ventured into the SE corner found Ripon shrouded in fog. The frozen ground improved what would otherwise have been muddy BWs. The intricacies of MapRun are obviously being mastered by NYMBO riders – all of them are showing in the results although there will have to be some manual adjustments where riders are more than 5 minutes late. Nearly all tracks are visible on MapRun to enable riders to compare their routes, if yours is missing please try to upload onto MapRun [try saving your track as a GPX file & uploading this onto MapRun].
The maximum distance covered was 51km & there was a great variation of route choice; all controls were visited. 8 riders managed more than 8 points per kilometre ridden but top of this list was Jemima Parker with 8.97 pts/km.
Winners at Galphay were:
Our thanks to The Galphay Inn & host Chris for hosting & feeding us after the event, we did fill the pub! Also thanks to Tom Simpson for recovering a Garmin bike computer mistakenly left on a wall by another rider. Due to the BMBO payment system not being operational a lot of work prior to the event was done by Tim Evans & Dave Robertson, and on the day Tim did a great job on registration – thank you both for making my planner’s work much easier.
If you did not pay on the day or carry out a bank transfer please do this ASAP.
David Day Planner
RESULTS
The unadjusted MapRun results for Saturday can be found here where you can follow the tracks fo other riders.
The consolidated final results adjusted for penalties and showing the category winners are here – Galphay Results – please check back to make sure your results are correct and get in touch with any issues. The control map will be available too
21 January 2023 Control map
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