Day 10: Altrincham to Thornton, Bradford

Its been awhile again, but safe to say I've found a spare minute during my hectic rest day on Islay to provide mini-updates on the days of travel since the last time I posted on the 25th. (which have now been revised).

First thing, many thanks again to everyone who has donated online and offline since my last posting.

This was a pretty good day. Manchester drizzled on me, but my route through the southern Mancunian conurbation was pretty painless. The route from Glossop to Holmfirth over the substantial hill of 'Holme Moss' was tough but beautiful and bleak.

View up Longendale from just outside Hadfield ...




Someone took pity and took a photo of man & machine at the top ...




View of West Yorkshire from the top ...

It was a bit of a fight in the traffic through Huddersfield but fairly flat. The climb up to my stop for the night from Brighouse (to Queensbury) was something I'd forgotten about from my Uni days in Bradford - good job too ! Still I made it to the top of the ...

After a little rest in ... (more comfortable than plastic saddle ?)

Kathryn and Rob my hosts were very welcoming and I had a lovely evening in their stunning house with Kathryn's cousin and husband and my old Uni mate Jill - great fun.

Stats for the day:

Flapjack 1
Custard Slice 1
Near misses with white van men in West Yorkshire 2
Windy peaks 2
Mileage 57.6
Total mileage to date 539

Cheers,

Mat.