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Back down to Pateley Bridge and across 'undulating' terrain to Harrogate for lunch. Very busy in town today. After this roads were pretty quiet, we stopped in a lovely place called Hampsthwaite where we bought chilled water. Weather very hot today so as we started crossing the Vale of York we stopped at Tockwith for an ice cream. Not long after we arrived in York. Haggis for dinner.

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We used NCN66 to get out of York and stopped at Stamford Bridge for first lunch. Incredibly busy here with permanent traffic jam in town. Headed north through rolling fields of wheat to Malton for second lunch in a café, glad to get out of the sun. After this it was an easy ride over the fields to Helmsley but the heat coming up from the road was incredible, good to get indoors.

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A short day today so started with sight seeing at Helmsley Castle then Rievaulx Abbey.

After this we went north west through North York Moors up and down steep hills, plenty of climbing.

Sadly the café was shut at Hawnby so we just carried on up and down the hills, some very steep.

Arrived in Osmotherley where all the pubs were open, phew.