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Got a cottage for the 2nd week in February, I know it will be cold, but there are several reservoirs in the area, does anyone know if there are MTB trails around them? Or anywhere close for off-road riding
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Gareth C
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- Location
- North Pennines.
https://gcrapper.wordpress.com/2017/05/07/high-cup/ (if it's cold and crisp, the longer loop via Dufton (and even longer, Garrigill) is good: https://gcrapper.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/disaster-strikes/).
Swaledale is close too, or Hamsterley forest (access via Eggleston-Stanhope road - parking by the roadside at the old mine road into the back of the forest).
Swaledale is close too, or Hamsterley forest (access via Eggleston-Stanhope road - parking by the roadside at the old mine road into the back of the forest).
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Found that there is an old railway line Tees Railway Path which passes the village that we are staying in, goes from Barnard Castle to Alston, so I think I will give that a go. https://www.durham.gov.uk/media/4422/Railway-Path-Tees/pdf/RailwayPathTees.pdf
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It looks good, but I think it only goes SE from Middleton to Barnard Castle, but not NW to Alston?
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I was only taking that from the PDF I know the area at all, but looking on the map, the mention of Barnard Castle to Alston I now understand was where the original railway went from/to.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
On my OS map I can see the disused railway line from Barnard Castle as far as Middleton but there is no sign of it onwards to Alston. They would have had to dig a 30 km long tunnel through a massive hill to continue it NW.
Anyway, it looks a great area for cycling (and walking). I've never been there but it is on my list of places to visit one day.
Anyway, it looks a great area for cycling (and walking). I've never been there but it is on my list of places to visit one day.
- Location
- Inside my skull
Yeah the track up to Gregs hut on Cross Fell is worth an outing if your bike is suitable. A walk along the Tees to the pub at Langdon Beck then bus back is worth an outing.
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The bike might be suitable but I suspect that the engine won't cope
galaxy
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- Location
- Middleton On The Hill
Beautiful area. You will have a great time
rogerzilla
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I know it's on-road, but it's worth hauling yourself over the Langdon Beck to St John's Chapel road just to say you've cycled the (joint) highest road pass in England, the one with a special cyclists' warning sign about adverse weather conditions at the bottom! I did it on a Cannondale MTB and I'm ashamed to say that I used 24 x 30 most of the way up, with a very cold headwind. I also did it on a Brompton and had to stop for a rest. A lot.
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I don't get ashamed, if I can't do it I can't do it, we may consider that one in the car
