{"id":3256,"date":"2024-04-13T16:18:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T16:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2024-04-14T07:07:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T07:07:51","slug":"ripon-12-apr-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/ripon-12-apr-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripon &#8211; 13 Apr 24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It just got better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last Stevie led ride round Ripon was remarkable. A ride to relish. Today\u2019s additional six mile loop, up towards Fountains Abbey, proved to be the icing on the eight participating tandem\u2019s cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And when someone suggested an extra coffee stop at the Visitor\u2019s Centre, even the threat of inclement weather failed to dampen a welcome pause in the cycling proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if the solo cyclist on the return to Ripon is reading this \u2026.. overtaking tandems on straight downhill sections is never a good idea. It only serves to create a challenge. One you will lose. And you did! By a substantial margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9291-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9291-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9291-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9291-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9291-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9291-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9291-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pre-ride preparation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9302-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9302-1.jpg 828w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9302-1-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9302-1-768x612.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The route.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9301-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9301-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9301-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9301-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9301-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9301-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/img_9301-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The riders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It just got better. The last Stevie led ride round Ripon was remarkable. A ride to relish. Today\u2019s additional six mile loop, up towards Fountains Abbey, proved to be the icing on the eight participating tandem\u2019s cake. And when someone suggested an extra coffee stop at the Visitor\u2019s Centre, even the threat of inclement weather &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/ripon-12-apr-24\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ripon &#8211; 13 Apr 24&#8221;<\/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-3256","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\/3256","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=3256"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3260,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256\/revisions\/3260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}