Author: Peter Eland
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Planning for 2023 – new organising volunteers needed NOW!
We very much hope everyone enjoyed the 2022 York Rally! Many thanks to all who attended, volunteered and otherwise contributed to a vintage York Rally back in June! Our all-volunteer team have been taking a well-earned break since, so please excuse this belated update… Some impressions of the 2022 event (in under 2 minutes) are…
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Path open – and a new bar operator
We have now had it confirmed by Sustrans that the converted railway path south of York, National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 65 a.k.a. the Solar System Greenway, will be open during the Rally weekend. The path has been undergoing maintenance on and around the “Fisher of Dreams” former swing bridge between Bishopthorpe and Naburn, as…
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York Rally 2022 – just over a week to go!
Advance campsite bookings closing, programme to print, and rides list firming up… It’s just over a week until the York Rally campsite opens at 4pm on Friday 17th June! Our all-volunteer team has been working hard as ever as we look forward to seeing everyone again – and new faces – after the two year…
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York Rally 2022 – just under a month to go!
It’s just under a month until the York Rally! Campsite advance bookings close soon – plus the Quiz is back in a more relaxed format, the Talks schedule is taking shape, and a heads-up on works and diversions affecting major York cycle routes… The Quiz is back! You’ve arrived on Friday afternoon, set up on…
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York Rally 2022: just six weeks to go….
Open Mic at the Rally, Saddlebag Sale sold out – and bumper campsite bookings! There are now less than two months until the York Rally 2022! Here’s some latest updates: Campsite bookings: a new advance record! As mentioned in the last newsletter, advance campsite bookings online and by post have been coming in at an…
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Four months to go: campsite boom, auction, displays…
There are now just four months until the York Rally 2022! And it looks like it’ll be a big one: campsite bookings are unprecedented. And we’ve updates on the auction and displays, too…. Bookings are booming! Our new campsite bookings team have been providing the organising committee with weekly updates – and so far it’s…
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Saddlebag sales open, new flyers, Cwrw Ial beer is back, and more…
Saddlebag Sale We’re pleased to announce that table bookings for sellers at the Saddlebag Sale cycle jumble are now open! If the event must for whatever reason be cancelled, full refunds will be made for all bookings. There are a few changes this year. As a COVID precaution we’ll have a new layout with better…
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Merry Christmas from the York Rally!
From all of the volunteer organising team, we wish everyone a very happy and healthy Christmas and New Year. There’s just a few days left to benefit from the lowest campsite booking prices, which run until the end of December only. Book your pitch here. We’re very happy to reassure all campsite bookers that if…
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Campsite bookings open now!
Book by 31st December for the lowest super-earlybird prices…. Campsite bookings are now open for the York Rally 2022, with super-earlybird prices until the 31st December 2021: Your early bookings really do help the Rally – as well as saving you money. The more early bookings we have the more confident we can be in…
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It’s on! The York Rally returns 17-19 June 2022…
We’re delighted to announce that the York Rally will return to the Knavesmire on the 17 to 19th June 2022! A superb response to our call for volunteers to join the organising committee has resulted in no fewer than six new members joining our all-volunteer team – of course more are always welcome! This means…