Arrived at Psyclologic off the Leeds Road to join up with their regular Wednesday evening rides, to be told that this was one of the few occasions in the year that they weren’t riding from the shop but were riding in Ilkley. I was a bit snookered as I had ridden up to the shop, until another chap turned up who also was intending to ride. This chap and I both looked at each other rather quizzically until we realised how we knew each other (he is a client of ours!). Richard very kindly offered me a lift and we hot tailed it over to Ilkley.
We set off ~7pm from the centre of Ilkley and headed straight up towards Ilkley Moor. We had a fantastic 3 hours or so of mainly single track riding with a good bunch of guys. Some of it was a bit challenging in the dark for the first time and it got a bit chilly towards the end with the stop / start as the wind picked up, but a thoroughly good blast. Felt strong and was able to hang onto Matt’s wheel for a fair of the ascents (but he was much better technically).