{"id":1624,"date":"2021-11-20T16:46:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T16:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2021-11-20T16:46:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T16:46:50","slug":"fairburn-20-nov-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/fairburn-20-nov-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairburn – 20 Nov 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The explanation is simple. The reason it\u2019s referred to as the \u201cFairburn Loop\u201d is that the original route used to start in the village of the same name, a few miles to the west of Birkin, our current assembly point. But the need to use and pay for the village hall suggested a new rendezvous spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we then moved to Carlton and rode from the lovely cafe at the garden centre. And then the cafe and nursery closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So Birkin Fisheries, popular with many cyclists, was found to tick the essentials. It has free parking, loos and a cafe. An ideal location from where to start tandeming around the flatlands of this part of Yorkshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History lesson over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography lesson begins\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traditionally the route we now do from Birkin is either 18 or 21 miles. But today we offered a 24 mile option which 8 bikes chose, leaving a further 2 bikes and 2 solos to navigate the normal 18 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, as the saying goes, all\u2019s well that ends well and apart from a couple of very minor niggles (including encountering a pack of roaming dogs on the drive home \u2026. ask Drew for details) a most splendid time was enjoyed by all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James and Jules<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stephen D and Muz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Colin and Chris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Charles and Aisha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Muz, Stephen D and Diana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Keith and Tariq<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The explanation is simple. The reason it\u2019s referred to as the \u201cFairburn Loop\u201d is that the original route used to start in the village of the same name, a few miles to the west of Birkin, our current assembly point. But the need to use and pay for the village hall suggested a new rendezvous … Continue reading “Fairburn – 20 Nov 21”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1625,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624\/revisions\/1625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}