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I'm driving Sheffield-Edinburgh tomorrow with a road bike in the boot.
If there's a good road ride not too far off course I might break the journey with it.
Any ideas folks?
That's not far off half of the country. Take your pick...
Of course there are any number of 2hr loops, but if someone can say "this one is amazing and it's not.much of a detour" then that's ideal.
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">the land that time forgot.</span>
Aka Northumberland start in elsdon and pick a loop.
Sheffield - Rivelin Valley - Hathersage - Surprise View - Sheffield.
Them to stay awake for 5 hours driving.
Detour via Skipton and A65, ride S Dales, certainly the best riding in England. This would be my route choice https://www.strava.com/routes/14364525
I’d be heading to N. Yorks moors I think.
Sutton bank Helmsley area perhaps. Come off the A1 at the A168 to thirsk then follow your nose. About 90 mins drive from Sheffield. Minimal detour required
Maybe slightly further north in the Dales, somewhere around Richmond - very minor detour off the A1 - and head up Swaledale via Marske to Reeth then back via the TdF route to Leyburn and down to Masham then back to Richmond.
Nice route @whitestone! We used to have use of a cottage in Bellerby, down from Edinburgh by car, walking and biking around the dales was great. Buttertubs Pass when all I had was old Rockhopper - glad of the low gearing 😉
Thanks peeps, I managed the shortest loop over Sutton Bank there is.
<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">Loved it.</span>