toekneep
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toekneep said:Mrs TKP didn't fancy a conventional A to B tour but I don't like staying in the same place all the time. The compromise is we are cycling in a box and camping. The box has corners at Skipton, Harrogate, Richmond and Kirby Stephen. The idea is to explore the area more thoroughly than we might if we just passed through it and to spend one or two nights at a time in different places. Will it work? Who knows.
To answer my own question, no it didn't work to be honest. The Dales is too small an area and too relentlessly hilly for day after day touring. After five days we headed north west to the Solway Firth and then coast to coast to Tyneside. From there we made our way back to the Dales and home. It was still a nice tour but the lack of clear objectives was tedious and we won't be repeating the experiment.