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weardale/north yorks
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:29 pm
by hath
Re: weardale/north yorks
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:54 pm
by Anton
That looks like quite a bit of fun!
Re: weardale/north yorks
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:57 pm
by Jordi
Tidy. Where abouts up the dales was that?
Re: weardale/north yorks
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:00 pm
by hath
Jordi wrote:Tidy. Where abouts up the dales was that?
first day was round alston and second day around we finished 12 miles from barnard castle and started not far from catterick
Re: weardale/north yorks
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 12:37 pm
by juncopartner
I've been trying to identify the lanes from the pics, looks like you did that little network of lanes near Westgate/Middlehope, I'm guessing?? Used to go up Weardale almost every day for work for nearly 20 years!!! I used to sometimes drive a few of the lanes as shortcuts from Sidehead to get to Rookhope or over to Edmundbyers. I once had drive that way as I couldn't get out of the bottom of the valley in Middlehope in 4WD, the tarmac was that icy!!! Fortunately the start of Seeing Syke lane was at the bottom of the valley and is more or less level to the tarmac road at Sidehead. The last time I went down there was on a Lambretta would you believe!!
Did you do Grasshill Causeway, as I was wondering what condition its in these days. Incidentally its the highest road in England.
Re: weardale/north yorks
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 12:47 pm
by timwilks13
seem like some cracking little lanes! When mine is back up and running ill try and get over that way, about 70 miles from me i recon, right next door to you Jordi!
Re: weardale/north yorks
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:39 pm
by Jordi
timwilks13 wrote:seem like some cracking little lanes! When mine is back up and running ill try and get over that way, about 70 miles from me i recon, right next door to you Jordi!
Right on my doorstep.
Re: weardale/north yorks
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:58 pm
by hath
Did you do Grasshill Causeway, as I was wondering what condition its in these days. Incidentally its the highest road in England.
didnt do Grasshill Causehill this time its quite a tame lane to be honest its all been redone with stone/rock ect
we are in the process of doing another route we are just deciding which ones to do thinking of doing the yorkshire one in the other direction this time with a couple more added
Re: weardale/north yorks
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 10:31 pm
by Jordi
hath wrote:Did you do Grasshill Causeway, as I was wondering what condition its in these days. Incidentally its the highest road in England.
didnt do Grasshill Causehill this time its quite a tame lane to be honest its all been redone with stone/rock ect
we are in the process of doing another route we are just deciding which ones to do thinking of doing the yorkshire one in the other direction this time with a couple more added
If there is room for another one on your next trip I'd be up for it.
Re: weardale/north yorks
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:30 pm
by hath
Jordi i will give you a shout it will probably be one Sunday in December not sure which yet