Here’s the blank map for this Saturdays event at the Coach & Horses, Tadcaster LS24 8AA. Register from 0915, starts from 0930 – flier here

At 2130 Monday, the weather forecast looks like this – ideal conditions for a winter ride and certainly better than last weekend!

We have only had two comments about how to improve the numbers of riders at our events. One suggestion is that we have a few Sunday events and the other is that we need to advertise more on the Web, Facebook and Twitter. We need to start applying for dates and permissions for next year soon so please let me know what you think of these suggested events.

This is only a provisional list so please don’t print it out or send it to your friends yet as I haven’t cleared the dates with BMBO or checked with any landowners for permission.

We still need a publicity ‘officer’ and planners for Wykeham and Malham so please let me know if you are interested.

There are only 10 events on this list so it will be your best 5 events to score next year

There will also hopefully be 2 MTBO events organised by Tim Evans and Andrew Windrum

I haven’t fixed a date for the 10th Moors Marathon yet so please let me know if you have any suggestions

I am also planning the Spring OMM Bike event in the Peak District on April 23rd/24th

Hope to see you at Tadcaster

Steve

Alun Powell made this excellent video of his ride at the Hunton Treasure Hunt event – the cold and a bit windy balanced out with blue skies and sunshine just to show what a good morning it was to be out on your bike. Perhaps this might encourage you to come along to the next event at Tadcaster on December 12th starting from the Coach & Horses.  Thanks Al!

Thanks to all who voted in our favourite event poll for 2015 – the April event in Nidderdale was the clear winner….

favourite event poll 2015

Here are the results from yesterday

Hunton results

Fortunately, the forecast was correct so the wind died down and the sun came out but it was still too cold for our feet to stay dry. Thanks to Jens for another excellent map but I must apologise for marking #22 in the wrong place! Thanks to Tony and his staff at the Countryman Inn for a warm welcome – especially afterwards. Congratulations to the category winners especially in the very competitive Generation class. I thoroughly enjoyed my ride as usual but, looking at the snow further up Wensleydale, I  was glad that the highest control on our course was at 268m. My route was        3 20 27 22 11 21 15 16 10 29 12 23 9 5. Please can you comment and add your routes? Hope to see you at our next event at Tadcaster on 12th December

Here’s the blank map for Hunton on Saturday, entries here, details and flier here – fingers crossed for a dry day…

As you can see, there aren’t many bridleways on the map but plenty of quiet country lanes which is just as well considering the recent wet weather. All types of bikes are welcome but you will need a mountain bike to get to 6 of the controls. We have only got 20 pre-entries. Online entries close at midnight on Wednesday so that Jens can print enough maps and 10 spare for entry on the day. It’s just started raining yet again but the forecast for Saturday is cool but dry with sunny intervals although there will be a 15 mph northerly wind so bring plenty of kit. Hope to see you there.

**updated Tuesday – clicking on the map now opens the full version **

2015 Hunton TH Working Drawing without Controls

Winter2015 _Poster_v2The four winter treasure hunt events are:

1. November 21st – Countryman’s Inn, Hunton, Near Bedale DL8 1PY
2. December 12th – Coach & Horses, Tadcaster LS24 8AA
3. January 30th – White Bear, Stillington YO61 1JU
4. February 20th – The Royal Oak, Staveley, Knaresborough HG5 9LD

Here’s the poster – if you’re able to display this at your local bike shop, cafe or any other suitable location please do so – we always welcome a few more riders.

As mentioned in the email newsletter last week, if you have any ideas for promotion & publicity – please do let me know, either comment on this post or send me an email here

Please vote for your favourite event from the 2015 NYMBO league – whether it was good weather, high points, or you like the location – it helps plan the league for next year.

Thanks to John Dixon for working out your scores. Here is the league table

LEAGUE 2015 after 11 events

Please let me know if there are any mistakes.

Congratulations to the 2015 NYMBO Champions

Graham Tibbot -M21; Conrad Ellison -M40; Tim Evans -M50; Ray Morriss – M60

Sheila Pearce – W40; Helen Bagley – W50; Karen Blackburn – W60

Ruth Greenwood & Graeme Murray -X40; Andrea & Steve Foster -X50; Karen Clark & Steve Roberts -X60

Chris & Roy Partington _Gen; James Martin – Y18

Prizes were kindly donated by Yorkshire Dales Brewery and Richardsons Cycles.

Thanks to Steve Roberts & Karen Clark, Peter Swanborough, Graham Fielding, Ben Martin, Andy & Corinne Parsons, Andy Murphy, Michael Brough, Conrad & Jill Ellison and Dave Lloyd for planning the 2015 NYMBO League events. We will have a similar format next year but I will make sure that there aren’t as many so close together at the end of the season

Here is the map so that you can follow the riders routes

2015 Boltby and Silton Working Drawing with Controls 12th October

Thanks to Dave Lloyd for an excellent course and congratulations to the winners

Splits are on the Results page so please let me know if there are any mistakes or if you want to claim #54

Planner’s Report

The bridleway between Black Hambleton and High Paradise must be one of the best in Yorkshire so it was no surprise that those of you who finished that way, with the
wind at your backs, had the biggest smiles. Starting high always poses the problem of when and where to regain the height lost but even those who slogged to the finish
from Boltby seemed satisfied with their efforts.

I hope the notes provided beforehand helped. The felling in both forests and the manicuring of fire breaks (unrideable earlier in the year) in Silton significantly changed the
appearance of both areas between initial planning and the actual event although I know that this did not put some of you off venturing onto some of the more difficult tracks
including the downhill section.

I know that some people rode past 54 . The bracken there was head height, completely obscuring the boundary stone, and the control was not visible from the track so it
was double taped. If you punched 35 and 39 let Steve know and you can have the points. Sorry I can’t do anything about time lost for those who rode past then went back.
Generally I’m not altogether in favour of taping every control. My philosophy when planning is that whenever possible the site should be a specific map feature which can
be navigated to and the control should be fully visible from the track (not hidden) whatever direction it is approached from.

Apologies to those of you who visited 40. Had I known that the farmer would harrow and re-seed the field next to the road, plough to the edges of the fields to the SW of the
bridge and that a team of horses would be parachuted in to mess up the section of the track south of the bridge I would not have used it.

High Paradise Farm provided a very civilised event centre and fitting venue for the end of season presentations so thanks to Ginny and her team for their efforts. Biggest
thanks are saved for the volunteers who helped collect the controls afterwards Zoe Cowgill, Carl Vincent, Adrian Baskerville and Andy’s (Conn & Windrum) who waited until after the prize giving and still had everything back by 6 o’clock. It take almost a full day to set out the controls beforehand so It is sobering to think that Andy Conn almost cleared up with time to spare.

Dave Lloyd

Boltby & Silton Forest Organiser’s Comments

Thanks to Dave Lloyd for another excellent course in this great area with fast forest tracks, moorland bridleways and undulating minor roads. Thanks as ever to Jens for another excellent map, Karen Blackburn and John Dixon for helping on the day and Andrew Windrum, Carl Vincent, Adrian Baskerville, Zoe Cowgill and Andy Conn who helped Dave collect the controls after they had finished. Thanks also to Ginny for an excellent event centre at High Paradise Farm where the cafe will be open every weekend until the end of January

Congratulations to Andy Conn winning M40 (and overall) with an impressive ride visiting almost all of the controls for 500 points with Andrew Windrum just 4 points behind; John Houlihan on a rare MBO ride M50-475; Graham Tibbot M21-431; Angela Brand Barker W50-405 and first Woman; Sue Booth W40-394; Ray Morriss was back on form M60-389; Steve & Andrea Foster X50-349 and first Mixed again; Ben & Steve Collins Gen-319; Karen Blackburn W60- 310.You can follow their routes using the splits file and course map on the NYMBO site.

I thoroughly enjoyed my ride as usual and, being non-competitive, could choose to only go down and up the escarpment once. I decided to clear Boltby Forest before heading down the new track to Brickshed Cottage (which will be marked more clearly as a permissive route next time). Roads to Silton then up through the forest and finish along the excellent Cleveland way with a following wind spotting 54 on the way which you can claim if you missed it.

It was good to see a few more riders for the final event of the season but we could do with a few more next year. Thanks for staying to collect your prizes and applaud the leading riders. Thanks also to Yorkshire Dales Brewery and Richardsons Cycles for their sponsorship. The Tee shirts were paid for out of the profit that NYMBO made this year.

I have already got planners for 10 events next year so please let me know if you would like to plan one or help on the day. Offers are always accepted!!

The winter events start next month at the Countrymans Inn, Hunton (near Bedale) on Saturday 21^st November and I have got planners for the other 3 so the details are on the web page.

I hope you can make it to one or more of them.

Steve