NYMBO Update

Thornton Watlass Lanequest

Lower Wensleydale was the setting for the first event of the winter series. 35 riders enjoyed the beautiful rolling countryside with pretty villages either side of the River Ure on a lovely autumn day. Thornton Watlass is a very picturesque village and The Buck is the perfect place to start and finish any bike ride. Unfortunately, the farmers have been cutting the hedges so a number of riders had to mend punctures. 22 controls were on tarmac roads but there were 8 on bridleways so ‘roadies’ had a difficult choice to make. Uncharacteristically, Nick Harmer got it wrong so it was left to Harry Dowdell to use his navigation skills to good effect to beat John Dixon by just 3 points. Ruth Metcalfe came from Wales to win the Ladies section while Geoff Moorhouse and Andrea Foster won the mixed category (and, more importantly, beat Steve!!).

Future Events

Saturday 1 st December CLOK Lanequest

Margrove Heritage Centre, Charltons – 3 miles east of Guisborough

Saturday 1 st & Sunday 2 nd December TCA AGM

Social ride on Saturday afternoon, Mini Trailquest with SI on Sunday morning

Saturday 8 th December NYMBO Lanequest

The Crown, Grewelthorpe, 5 miles east of Ripon

NYMBO League 2008

The series will start again in March with the best 6 from 11 events to count again. I would still like to hear from 7 more volunteers as we have planners for 4 events so far.

Catterick Bridge Project

Sustrans are trying to raise the funds to re-open the old railway bridge across the River Swale at Brompton with the help of local volunteers. The project is part of a big lottery bid so please vote if you get the chance and check out the details on www.sustransconnect2.org.uk and ‘Bridge the Gap at www.richmondshire.gov.uk

Winter Skiing

Our apartment at Samoens (near Flaine) is still available for a few weeks this winter (including February half term) so please get in touch if you are interested.

Full results and details of all our MBO events are on the 3 web pages

www.nymbo.org.uk

www.trailquest.co.uk

www.eborienteers.org.uk

Please let me know if there are any errors in the results, any links that don’t work on the NYMBO page or you want your details removing from this mailing list.

Hopefully see you all at another NYMBO event soon.

Cheers

Steve Willis