The first day of the charity bike ride I did across the UK took us 74 miles starting in Liverpool to end up in Huddersfield. The first sections of the ride were really pretty flat, and we made good progress. However, the second part of the route took us up into the hills as we crossed from west to east. After leaving Oldham, we headed up onto Saddleworth Moor. I have driven across this way on the M62 more times than I can recall when work used to need me to head across to Brough. This was the first time I went across under my own steam. It was quite a climb. Of the group I was riding with, a couple of us were the ones that were the slowest. Just a long steady grind up the hills. You might not be surprised to note that I wasn’t stopping to take pictures. However, when I reached the summit before the long descent into Huddersfield, I was able to grab a couple of images of the b leak beauty that is Saddleworth.