Early Sunday morning local road ride on the Pilgrims

What a morning to get up early and ride into the sunrise. The mist came down last night and the forecast was foggy this morning but the higher I went the better it was, the complete opposite to yesterday mornings ride. Its still warm with the temperature ranging from 7 -14 degrees with very little wind again. This has got to the best ride I have had for ages for fantastic views of the sunrise and mist in the valleys. I tried to take some photos but they never come out as dramatic as what the eye can see.
The route was sorted of planned then re planned about a dozen times as time went on. I was adding extra loops / sections and ended up doing 48 miles with nearly 3.5k feet of climbing.

Meadowfield Sports Centre field today

the start of the sunrise

the moon shining away

through Brancepth Village

plenty of wet leaves now

still patches of mist

riding into the sunrise, it was blinding

top of Stanley Crook

still odd patches of mist even up at Tow Law

the sun behind me now

Lanchester valley

some local has been busy up at Esh Village

dressing the owl up

top of Broom House climb

Burnhope mast in the distance

last climb of the day before descending down to Waldridge

and here is a few photos from the Halloween party night at my sisters