In pictures - great northern bike rides.

Danny Hart wins an amazing World Championships in Champery by nearly 12 seconds in the wet

Blackberry season has come slightly early this year, probably due to the warm spring. Like many English wild fruits, they are ripening earlier and earlier.

Blackberries, often known as brambles are one of the most popular foods for free and you should see plenty on whilst biking out and about in the Yorkshire countryside...

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Fitness and regular mountain biking go hand in hand, apart from the obvious risks involved with what can sometimes be an extreme sport, mountain biking has many health benefits and compared to jogging or running has a very low impact on your body joints...

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If you do off road trail riding, learning to read a map is a vital skill to navigating through the countryside. Whilst GPS might be pretty reliable, you can’t account for battery failures, smashing or loosing your GPS device...

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