The Hardback Cafe at Shadwell Library

Join us for a sociable road ride around north east Leeds villages, some hills but nothing to challenging

Leaving Adel we will head for Eccup Reservoir, crossing A61 to pick up the cycle path round the back of Leeds Grammar School, it has degraded in parts, skinny road tyres may struggle a little bit but the option is to walk the short section. Here we head for Shadwell past our coffee stop and onto Redhall for a loop, picking up the ELOR for a couple of miles, coming off on A64 (it is a cycle path), then its left onto Thorner lane past The Arium onto Thorner, Bardsey, Scarcroft and back to Shadwell for lunch. The plan is to arrive just before 11.30, ready for it opening so we can get a table, its a very popular venue

Leaving the cafe we head back to Adel via Alwoodley

Cafe stop: Hardback Cafe at Shadwell Library, it is CASH only, we do pass a cash machine en-route

Bike lock is a must, spare inner tube and pennies for lunch