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Tomorrow I’m riding from Grasmere in the Lakes to Whitby. No time constraints. What route would you take?
Think I'd go this way....
https://goo.gl/maps/ZsCCncThghvT9g8T8
Takes in the Buttertubs Pass and the NE TT route from Stokesley to Helmsley. Nice day tomorrow too! Enjoy.
Sedburg-Garsdale-Hawes-Leyburn-leeming bar-Northallerton-osmotherey
Then head north to stokesly and take in the HelmsleyTT (B1257) all the way to Helmsley.
Take the a170 to Pickering (watch for random cow crap all over the 170) then north to Whitby on the a169
<edit: what Chris said>
Who says folk can't agree on STW? 😉
Perfect, thank you both!
Watch for all the blind dips on the A684 between Sedburgh and Hawes, there's a whole set in a row on a very straight stretch of road. I once miss read the road and attempted an overtake only to end up doing 80mph on the wrong side of the road when a car appeared about 10m away doing about 60mph towards me. Amazingly no one died...
Will do, thanks for the heads up!!
I’ve never found Buttertubs that interesting to drive, maybe it’s different on a bike, but it’s tight, twisty etc
I always like the road from Ribblehead to Hawes, some great sighted bends
Or how about going via Alston and playing on some of the high level roads in Weardale?
If you’ve the time, the ride up Hartside from Penrith, down to Alston then over to eggleston and on to Eye Test Town is truly spectacular. I’d be tempted to then drop South to Reeth and rejoin the route Chris and I suggested at Leyburn.
Agree about buttertubs: the surface is so shagged and so filled with chavs in Corsa VXRs that it’s not much fun.
Cheers, I’ll take a look 👍🏼
The A65 used to be the best road in the world for bikes, some lovely high speed straights, bends that flow and are sighted, it had everything
Then bikers started getting killed, and the road got very very busy and they took out stretches of the nice curvy bits and put long sections of big curves in which encouraged more dangerous overtaking by cars, so now car and bike drivers started getting killed
So now there are cameras and police (for a while they would use Subaru Imprezas) everywhere, the average speed is about 35mph as apparently many people today simply can’t drive quickly through bends and fun is not allowed
Ah for the good old days
Yep, remember the good old days of the A65, driving from Bradford to the Lakes for a weekend climbing. Once did it in a 911 (as a passenger aged 18) which was bloody terrifying and exciting in equal measure.
I always like the road from Ribblehead to Hawes, some great sighted bends
Yeah, me too - it's great fun, I'm probably heading up there tomorrow. Just watch out for the sheep 🐑
I love riding in the Dales and Lakes... everywhere else too really.
That route is a nice recommendation. I love those undulating roads; proper "3D biking" 🙂
Well I did the route suggested by chrispoffer, as it was easy to just follow on Google maps 😀 it was perfect, some cracking roads, great scenery, nice lunch at Bolton Castle, and the nice surprise of going past RAF Fylingdales (which was still the golf balls last time I went past it). Thanks for all the suggestions.
I’ve never found Buttertubs that interesting to drive, maybe it’s different on a bike
It's more about the view than the road to be fair. It's not especially exciting on a bike. There are FAR better roads around the area than Buttertubs!