Day 4 – Darlington to York/Pocklington

Up early for a 60 mile run to the south east side of York

Many thanks to Ellie and family for putting Phil and I up – great hosts!

Beautiful sunny day again and no wind – fantastic country roads with very little traffic and picture postcard views of North Yorkshire.

Life got easier as the hills of inconvenience came to and end – both of us mightily relieved! Just as well because our legs, arms etc were feeling very achie, but generally ok.

Saw a white horse on a hill and took a picture as can be seen to the left.

Into York and lunch at a deli. It was then time to hassle the tourists, block the roads/cobbled streets and get our pictures taken.

This place was a 'Shambles' (terrible pun eh?)

Got a phone call from a friend in York inviting us in for a cup of tea – difficult to refuse that offer! It was handy because our route took us right past his house! He then offered to take us both on the tourist route to Pocklington via some back country roads – it’s great when you have somebody with local knowledge of the area – just wish him and his mate hadn’t zoomed off at a 100mph (should have strapped our luggage to both of their bikes! (to be fair he rode mine for a short bit while I discovered his razor, 45 degree angle saddle). I soon handed that back at the first opportunity I had to catch up with him.

Thanks to Steve and Kevin (I hope I’ve got the name right?) to guide us to our B&B where we sat down for a well deserved beer.

Dinner was consumed and we walked around the village to find a pub with a pool table. Current overall score so far….

Graeme 5 – 2 Phil
Next up Hull…….