{"id":4322,"date":"2026-06-06T14:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4322"},"modified":"2026-06-06T14:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:31:42","slug":"boroughbridge-30-may-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/boroughbridge-30-may-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Boroughbridge &#8211; 30 May 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another perfect day for cycling brought us back to Boroughbridge. A 25-mile ride through some beautiful North Yorkshire villages with only 450ft of elevation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> We enjoyed quiet roads for the majority of the ride, bordered by grass verges, adorned with bright yellow daisies and blood red poppies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_9087384451613010008153205365088630363-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Two tandems cycle on a quiet dusty road in bright sunshine. The foreground shows the brigh red poppies that are growing in the tall grass at the side of the road.\" class=\"wp-image-4318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_9087384451613010008153205365088630363-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_9087384451613010008153205365088630363-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_9087384451613010008153205365088630363-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_9087384451613010008153205365088630363-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_9087384451613010008153205365088630363.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beautiful flora on country roads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> We sailed around the route in just two hours, passing over the wooden boarded Toll bridge at Aldwark where we saw a large group of kayakers enjoying the river Ure.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/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\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_91563702452758165868305680201866826517-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"4 tandems are going across a straight wooden bridge with boards on the path and diamond patterned railings as the cross a river surrounded by large green trees\" class=\"wp-image-4319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_91563702452758165868305680201866826517-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_91563702452758165868305680201866826517-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_91563702452758165868305680201866826517-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_91563702452758165868305680201866826517-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_91563702452758165868305680201866826517-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_91563702452758165868305680201866826517.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trekkers over the River Ure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0 We passed through numerous delightful little villages with some interesting names such as Great Ouseburn, Ardwark, Flawith, Raskelf and Bafferton Helperby to name a few.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/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\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_55696943561763920592562867530536713935-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A tandem passes a small village green with stone buildings adorned in bunting. Stoker Lou is waving to camera smiling.\" class=\"wp-image-4320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_55696943561763920592562867530536713935-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_55696943561763920592562867530536713935-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_55696943561763920592562867530536713935-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_55696943561763920592562867530536713935-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_55696943561763920592562867530536713935-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/motion_photo_55696943561763920592562867530536713935.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lou enjoying the ride from stoker position <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Unusually we had more pilots than stokers this weekend, so Louise tried out the back seat for a change, a very different experience from piloting.<br>We retuned to Boroughbridge for some well-earned lunch where we sat in the garden of the Gilchrist bakery, a little tucked away haven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img-20260531-wa00053710733015361605470-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"5 Trekkers, predominantly wearing hues of orange sit around a round wooden picnic table with a parasol. Evidence of refreshments are visible of the table.\" class=\"wp-image-4321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img-20260531-wa00053710733015361605470-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img-20260531-wa00053710733015361605470-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img-20260531-wa00053710733015361605470-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img-20260531-wa00053710733015361605470-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img-20260531-wa00053710733015361605470-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img-20260531-wa00053710733015361605470.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A beautiful day to enjoy a cafe garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Write up by Steve <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another perfect day for cycling brought us back to Boroughbridge. A 25-mile ride through some beautiful North Yorkshire villages with only 450ft of elevation.\u00a0 We enjoyed quiet roads for the majority of the ride, bordered by grass verges, adorned with bright yellow daisies and blood red poppies.\u00a0\u00a0 We sailed around the route in just two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/boroughbridge-30-may-26\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Boroughbridge &#8211; 30 May 26&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4322","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\/4322","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4323,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322\/revisions\/4323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}