Made a new coast to coast route

[lowrider73]

Yes, Helmsley, Cropton, Stape and Goathland is a good idea. Goathland is a favourite village of mine, Beckhole is a quaint hamlet. The Birch Hall Inn is one of them pubs, which England is proud of.

Once the New Year is out of the way and I get shot of my tickly chesty cough

, then I will get to plan my double coast to coast.

 

[coddy]

Is that the bit just north of Blue Bank? I seem to remember a rather unwelcome final hill hiding just north of Sleights on a YACF night ride a couple months back.


Your route from Tan Hill looks similar to the one I'm planning lowrider, but 'm thinking of going a little further north up to Yarm and Stokesley.

The Stape road runs to the west of the main A169 Pickering to Sleights/Whitby road, mcshroom. It runs through the Cropton forest and is accessible from Wrelton/Cropton or from Pickering using the road that passes the railway station and crosses the railway line shortly after at Newbridge. It goes over Wheeldale Moor, drops into Wheeldale Gill, climbs over Egton High Moor and then swings to the North East and drops down to Grosmont.

The Yarm/Stokesley route to Whitby from Richmond/Catterick works well and it is a lot quieter than passing through Northallerton from Leyburn and Bedale.

 

[coddy]

Yes, Helmsley, Cropton, Stape and Goathland is a good idea. Goathland is a favourite village of mine, Beckhole is a quaint hamlet. The Birch Hall Inn is one of them pubs, which England is proud of.

Once the New Year is out of the way and I get shot of my tickly chesty cough

, then I will get to plan my double coast to coast.

Good stuff. We might have started something here. Any more C2C home made routes..??

 

[lowrider73]

I , originally did have the idea to mountain bike the coast to coast, next year which is still possible as well as the double as mentioned in the other post.

Although, this is not new stuff to me, being a long time coast to coaster. I've done the double coast to coast in 1993, done the C2C 7 times, most of it there and back, can't remember getting the train to Whitehaven. The best coast to coast is Wheelwright's, super route, bit hard going over the mountain passes, esq Black Sail. The following route is the inspiration of the Wheelwright's.

I've also walked the Coast to Coast 6 times, always camping it. i guess it's getting a little overcrowd on the path nowadays and this is the reason, why I'm returning back to my cycling touring after years of absent from it. I tell a lie, I did a short tour of the North Pennines the other year.


Anyway, this the Coast to Coast MTB route. There are some Lakeland Passes and some of it does run long side the Wainwright's walking route, but it is on bridleway's.

St. Bees - Egremont - Ennerdale Bridge - Croasdale - Ennerdale Valley to Ennerdale.

Ennerdale - Scarth Gap Pass - Honister Pass - Borrowdale - Greenup Edge - Grasmere - Great Tongue - Grisedale - Patterdale.

Patterdale - Hartsop - The Knott - High Street - Loadpot Hill - Keld Head -Bampton - Shap - Oddendale - Orton - Mazon Wath - Brownber - Smardale - Waitby - Kirkby Stephen.

Kirkby Stephen - Barras - Tan Hill - Keld - Muker - Gunnerside - Reeth - Grinton.

Grinton - Marrick - Richmond - Brompton on Swale - Catterick Bridge - Bolton on Swale - Danby Wiske - Ellerbeck- Osmotherley.

Osmotherley - Scarth Nick - Scugdale - Raisedale - Urra Moor - Lion Inn - Glaisdale Rigg - Glaisdale - Grosmont - York Cross - Fylingthorpe - Robin Hood's Bay.