{"id":2274,"date":"2023-03-04T18:08:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T18:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2023-03-04T18:08:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T18:08:58","slug":"helping-at-the-highland-fling-featuring-200-and-100-km","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?p=2274","title":{"rendered":"Helping at the Highland Fling featuring 200 and 100 km"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>28\/04\/22 &#8211; 01\/05\/22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Train to Skipton to avoid the less pleasant roads before what I should have registered as a DIY 200 km.  Unfortunately I didn&#8217;t take any photos of the comedy off-road section just after Gargrave, amazed that I didn&#8217;t come off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2091-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2277\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2091.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2277\" class=\"wp-image-2277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2091-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2091-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2091-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2091-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2091-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2091-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2091.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Scotsthrop Moor (Airton &#8211; Settle)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2092-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2278\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2092.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2278\" class=\"wp-image-2278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2092-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2092-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2092-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2092-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2092-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2092-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2092.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">River Lune and the M6<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2094.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2094-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2279\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2094.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2279\" class=\"wp-image-2279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2094-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2094-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2094-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2094-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2094-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2094-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2094.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Between the M6 carriageways near Orton<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/north-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/north-2-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2280\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/north-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2280\" class=\"wp-image-2280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/north-2-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/north-2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/north-2-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/north-2-690x390.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/north-2-980x554.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/north-2.jpg 1515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>210 km, 13 hours<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason for the trip was to help out on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.audax.uk\/event-details\/9058-highland_fling\" target=\"_blank\">Highland Fling 1000 km<\/a> at the overnight stop in Caste Douglas in the Gordon Memorial Hall, along with Les and Andy, and run by Windy.  Pretty much spent all night making sure there was hot and not-too-soggy pasta at all times.  Quite an interesting experience to see the pointy end of the ride (I&#8217;m never going to be there otherwise).  Photos by Windy and Dean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking1-1024x906.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking1-1024x906.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2282\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2282\" class=\"wp-image-2282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking1-1024x906.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking1-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking1-768x679.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking1-690x610.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking1-980x867.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking1.jpg 1136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking2-690x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking2-690x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2283\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2283\" class=\"wp-image-2283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking2-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking2-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking2-768x1140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking2.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking3-864x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking3-864x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2284\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2284\" class=\"wp-image-2284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking3-864x1024.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking3-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking3-768x911.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking3-690x818.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cooking3.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Windy&#8217;s apron<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220429-WA0009-1024x576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220429-WA0009-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2285\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2285\" class=\"wp-image-2285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220429-WA0009-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220429-WA0009-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220429-WA0009-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220429-WA0009-690x388.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220429-WA0009-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220429-WA0009.jpg 1527w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220502-WA0013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220502-WA0013.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2286\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2286\" class=\"wp-image-2286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220502-WA0013.jpg 614w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220502-WA0013-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220502-WA0014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220502-WA0014.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2287\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2287\" class=\"wp-image-2287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220502-WA0014.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20220502-WA0014-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2102.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2102.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2288\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2288\" class=\"wp-image-2288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2102.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2102-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2102-690x700.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">(C) Deano<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20220429_180044857-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20220429_180044857-copy-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2289\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20220429_180044857-copy.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2289\" class=\"wp-image-2289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20220429_180044857-copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20220429_180044857-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20220429_180044857-copy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20220429_180044857-copy-690x517.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20220429_180044857-copy-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PXL_20220429_180044857-copy.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dean made these splendid drop bags, one of which I have thanks to a DNS rider<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First section of the return journey was a detour to visit a proposed section of LEL, which Andy had been telling me about at the control.  He had un-recommended it for that because of very bad road surfaces (which it had) and it was indeed rejected before the final route was published.  I tool a wrong turn somewhere and didn&#8217;t quite go the way intended, but these were new roads for me despite being just outside Lockerbie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have long wanted to try following the train line along the Settle &#8211; Carlisle route, which I did once I was through Carlisle.  Stuck to the rail line as closely as possible but called it a day at Langwathby, which was around the 100 km mark, plus it gets a bit fussy around here and Appleby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2104.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2104-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2291\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2104.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2291\" class=\"wp-image-2291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2104-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2104-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2104-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2104-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2104-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2104-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2104.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2106-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2292\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2106.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2292\" class=\"wp-image-2292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2106-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2106-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2106-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2106-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2106-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2106-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2106.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Moles!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/south-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/south-2-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2293\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/south-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2293\" class=\"wp-image-2293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/south-2-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/south-2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/south-2-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/south-2-690x488.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/south-2-980x693.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/south-2.jpg 1119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>110 km, 21.1 kph average<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>28\/04\/22 &#8211; 01\/05\/22 Train to Skipton to avoid the less pleasant roads before what I should have registered as a DIY 200 km. Unfortunately I didn&#8217;t take any photos of the comedy off-road section just after Gargrave, amazed that I didn&#8217;t come off. 210 km, 13 hours The reason for the trip was to help [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,24,6,21,2,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audax","category-audax-from-train-stations","category-cycling","category-scotland","category-sloeadventures","category-yorkshire-dales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2274"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2295,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274\/revisions\/2295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloeburn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}