Lake district & Yorkshire Dales, Tips

[n0ct0]

If you're across the North Yorks Moors way a run from:

Stokesley to Helmsley B1257 (good run, beware of nutters on bikes and police)

Helmsley to Kirkbymoorside A170

After Kirkbymoorside take a left at Kirby Mills and head for Hutton-le-Hole

Carry on (watching out for sheep!) and stop off at the Lion Inn, Blakey. This gets very busy on a weekend and in holidays though.

On through Castleton and then head for Danby, Lealholm, Glaisdale, Egton and Grosmont. Heartbeat country, if you're into that kind of thing and a steam railway thrown in for good measure.

It's easy to run down to Scarborough via Whitby from there but you might want to go up to Ravenscar (good view of Robin Hood's Bay) on the way. It's not on the main road but the run to Scarborough from there avoids some of the main road which is full of caravans this time of year.

I lived in Pickering, Whitby (if you go to the 199 steps I used to run the shop at the bottom) and Robin Hood's Bay for years so I could go on and on!

If you wanted to venture further south I had a run out to Spurn Head down near Hull lately. Amazing place, very out of the way though!

All I can add is GPS rules! I used the TomTom One out of my car along with a bracket for a bicycle going round France, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium this year and ended up in places I would never have got to so easily with just a large scale map. Plus without it I would still be lost somewhere in the Ardennes right now!

[Cloggy]

Originally Posted by n0ct0

If you're across the North Yorks Moors way a run from:

Stokesley to Helmsley B1257 ...Helmsley to Kirkbymoorside A170
....... head for Hutton-le-Hole
...... stop off at the Lion Inn, Blakey. This gets very busy on a weekend and in holidays though.

On through Castleton and then head for Danby, Lealholm, Glaisdale, Egton and Grosmont. Heartbeat country, ......Scarborough via Whitby ..... Ravenscar ......I lived in Pickering, Whitby ........
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All I can add is GPS rules! .......without it I would still be lost somewhere in the Ardennes right now!

Thanks for the tips N0ct0

[thulst]

Hey Cloggy,

One of the Dutch magazines (motormagazine) has an article about the Yorkshire dales. You probably seen it already

Ton

[mustnt grumble]

Just revisited this thread and I am now homesick as hell!

YORKSHIRE! YORKSHIRE! YORKSHIRE!

[Cloggy]

Leeds, Leeds, Leeds

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Sorry just couldn't resist it

I know what you mean, although I wasn't raised in these parts it was always the place I loved visiting. Now my parents have dunroamin I can enjoy the scenary when visiting them

[mustnt grumble]

Eurgh, get that filth off my computer screen!

[Cloggy]

This is my Mums team, hope they stay up this season

Hull city.bmp

And here's one for JONAC , seeing as he is defending Great Britains rights to drill for oil in antartica when the ice caps melt

Doncaster rovers.bmp

[PeetHonda]

Thanks for your tips about some very nice roads. We had a great holiday in the Lake District, the Dales and Moors. Without your tips we would not have taken the A686 for example.
We loved the scenery in the Lake District: rough like Scotland, but much more green.

Yes I've a Hond CBF, but my girlfriend is still riding her FZS600. I'll think she is going to buy a new bike in 2009. I think that it will be a new FZ6!

Thanks again!

[steveindenmark]

Originally Posted by Cloggy

This is my Mums team, hope they stay up this season

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And here's one for JONAC , seeing as he is defending Great Britains rights to drill for oil in antartica when the ice caps melt

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Thanks for the Tigers Cloggy. We play West Ham in Hull on Sunday. If we beat them that will be Hull 3 - London 0 (Arsenal, Spurs, west Ham)

The next game is Chelsea which would be Hull 4 - London 0 which was a big Housemartins hit album.

The Housemartins obviously coming from Hull.

Any fotos from the trip just to make me home sick ????

Steve

[Cloggy]

Originally Posted by PeetHonda

Thanks for your tips about some very nice roads. We had a great holiday in the Lake District, the Dales and Moors. Without your tips we would not have taken the A686 for example.
We loved the scenery in the Lake District: rough like Scotland, but much more green.

Yes I've a Honda CBF, but my girlfriend is still riding her FZS600. I'll think she is going to buy a new bike in 2009. I think that it will be a new FZ6!

Thanks again!

Glad to hear you enjoyed yourselves, and that you could use the info given by our forum members
It doesn't matter which bike you ride, it's that you ride that counts