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Any ideas of good 3 day (mainly off road tour)
Posted: 2 Jun 2014, 3:33pm
by Mike777
Hi all
Any ideas for a good 3 day off road (mainly sustans routes) tour.
Would be travelling by myself with loaded bike and fancy some where by the coast.
Would aim to do about 140 miles (40/60/40)....
Any ideas or recommendation would be great.
Many thanks for your time
Regards
Mike
Any ideas of good 3 day (mainly off road tour)
Posted: 2 Jun 2014, 5:23pm
by Dean
Day 1 - Darlington to Cow Green (it's possible to link a few off-road bits to ride almost completely along the Tees, or on the road), pick up the Pennine Way and descend High Cup.
Camp on the moss, or there's a YHA in Dufton.
Day 2 - along to Knock and up the military road to Great Dun Fell, then carry on along the bridleway over the Tees to Tynedale.
Camp on the fells, or there's a YHA bunkhouse in Alston.
Day 3 - back over Yad Moss and down Teesdale back to Darlo. You could cut through Hamsterley if you wanted a bit more off-road, of course.
Re: Any ideas of good 3 day (mainly off road tour)
Posted: 18 Jul 2014, 1:24pm
by DaleFTW
Dean wrote:Day 1 - Darlington to Cow Green (it's possible to link a few off-road bits to ride almost completely along the Tees, or on the road), pick up the Pennine Way and descend High Cup.
Camp on the moss, or there's a YHA in Dufton.
Day 2 - along to Knock and up the military road to Great Dun Fell, then carry on along the bridleway over the Tees to Tynedale.
Camp on the fells, or there's a YHA bunkhouse in Alston.
Day 3 - back over Yad Moss and down Teesdale back to Darlo. You could cut through Hamsterley if you wanted a bit more off-road, of course.
Might give that a go next week actually. Is that one you've done Dean?
Re: Any ideas of good 3 day (mainly off road tour)
Posted: 26 Jul 2014, 5:58pm
by Dean
Not in one go, no, and I haven't done the track down Tynedale in years. Maybe later in the summer!
The Cow Green-Dufton stretch is the best bit, mind.