Byland Abbey to Pickering

24 Miles (39km)

Perhaps one of the quietest and more uneventful days we've had yet; apart from the constant sun, rain, sun, rain and then sun cycle we rode through. The roads were easy, fairly quiet and easy to navigate. That was mostly thanks to having a real Ordinance Survey maps (1:25,000), rather than the sometimes vague 1:100,000 Sustrans National Cycle Network maps. If it was even vaguely feasible it would be much nicer to navigate with the ordinance maps, I wonder how many we would need? At 1:25,000 it takes about 450 maps to cover the whole country, 1:50,000 would be ok for touring as long as it showed every road. I might have to check out more maps next time we are in a big town. I have a bit of a thing for maps.

We've arrived early to our farmhouse accom today, there is a massive telly on the wall and a good collection of DVDs, I think we might just hide out here for the rest of the day and then go exploring on the moors tomorrow.