Chasse Patates (Chasing Potatoes)

 The Straight Line Club:

I once read about a group of Oxfordshire teenagers who created The Straight Line Club - the only rule was that, whilst walking the family dog, you mustn't walk in a straight line. 

The idea of this stuck with me and I wanted to do a similar thing, but by bike. So I've created my own little Straight Lane Club - membership currently runs to one but who knows, this might take off. 

The only rule I have is that once a week I must explore a new lane on my bike. I have a slightly out of date OS map of Northallerton and Bedale (it doesn't have the A1M on, so I need to keep this in mind when planning my routes). After every ride I colour in the lanes I rode to create my own heat map. 

Before my next ride I then pick a lane that I haven't ridden on and incorporate that into my route.

Today's ride took in two lanes I've never been on before and can be found over on Strava: