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Background:- Covid restrictions severely limiting European travel – so toured in the UK.
Digs:- Alston, Cumbria. Pleasant ancient rural town
Quirky converted chapel hall, with plenty of space.
Off-road parking down a steep slope
Only 1 attempted murder in the street while we were there
Couple of nice pubs serving good food
Nice and central for exploring the parks/moors
Routes selected daily depending on the weather forecast
Terry’s clutch slave cylinder was failing so needed increasing top-ups of fluid and bleeding (every stop at the end)
Approx 1900 miles covered by all, additional 520 by Gareth & Terry
Paul & Terry &then Clappo Met at Cambridge Services on M11 and West Barn before travelling onwards together
Wear, Tyne & Tees Valleys
North out of town and up to Brampton
Local road closure re-cobbling the market square gave 5mile detour on all eastern routes
South to Langwathby, back through Alnwick and up to Corbridge for coffee.
A loop round on the lovely A68 bishop Auckland and on to Barnard Castle
John joined us at lunchtime day 2 in Barnard Castle
Through Romaldskirk and into Eggleston
Here we encountered a procession of over 50 tractors, as a mark of respect to a deceased local farmer. 15 minutes watching them all pass by.
Through Newbiggin and over the single track moor road to Westgate
Through Allenheads and back to the digs
Dinner at the Alston House Hotel
Route back to digs through market square blocked by Police tape where there had been a non-fatal stabbing
Yorkshire Dales
South down to Appleby in Westmorland
Down near Hawes and a big loop round to the west via Sedburgh and back to Hawes for lunch
On to Reeth where Gareth joined us in the day 3 afternoon at a very nice coffee stop at a place frequented by SAS
Up to Brough and Middleton in Teesdale, and back to Alston
Very good dinner at the Cumberland Inn
Drinks after at the Turks Head, excellent beers – very friendly barmaid
Lake District 1 – North
Over through Penrith via the fantastic A686 Hartside Pass
Stopped at the top for a cuppa and a chat with some gathered bikers
Across to Keswick and around Bassenthwaite lake
Held up here by an accident blocking very narrow road, waiting for the pick-up truck to collect the car
South through Keswick, past Derwentwater and Borrowdale
Stopped at the Honister pass mine for coffee
Past Buttermere and Loweswater, looping north over the Whinlatter pass and round to Keswick for lunch
Hearty lunch at the Filling Station cafe
South down to Ambleside and along the eastern shore of Coniston water
Coffee stop at the Lakeland motor museum, amid some lovely 70’s bikes.
Up west of Windemere to Ullswater, Pooley Bridge and to Penrith
Along the A686 and over the Hartside Pass in the opposite direction – Brilliant
Drinks in the Turks Head, our new local and purchased food & supplies
Eat in at the digs
Northumberland and Kielder forest
North East in a pretty straight line up to Alnwick, coffee at Bamborough and then up the A1 to Holy Island
Drove onto Holy Island as the tides were favourable
Stopped at the farthest end of the road for an ice cream
West to Wooler and down the A697 past Cragside and towards the Otterburn military ranges
Roads across the ranges were closed due to ongoing exercises
Stopped for coffee at Otterburn
Man in Range Rover barely able to walk let alone drive properly, told us he was a surgeon and had mended many motorcyclists – Don’t you just love these people?!
Used the Kielder Forest, Forest Drive – a 10 mile dirt track, E-W
Didn’t realise you are supposed to use an honesty box for payment
South on the excellent B6320 wide sweeping road past Kielder reservoir
Paul nearly had ‘SCANIA’ embossed on his helmet during one late overtake, but strongly denies it. We 3 who saw it were all mistaken.
Over to Greenhead and then south to Alston
Drinks in the Turks Head
North Yorkshire Moors
East over to Barnard Castle and skirting south of Darlington
Across to Stokesley and here the roads improved again
Down the B1257 which was an excellent fast flowing road
Stopped in Helmsley for coffee, sat outside in market square
Chatted to couple who had sadly lost their son to a bike accident
Through Pickering and up over the high moors, through Heartbeat country/Goatland to Whitby
Very good fish & chips lunch and a stroll round the busy town. The swing bridge broke down and blocked up the flows.
Headed for Middlesborough for a mystery tour – to see the famous ‘transporter bridge’ down at the docks
Back through Bishop Auckland and to the digs.
Arriving back, Terry had an altercation with a very big fair-haired man as he walked across in front of his bike pulling in. Loud, rude words were exchanged
Meeting later at the Turks Head, there was a very big fair-haired man sitting at a table across the way. I went over to ‘clear the air’ with him and offer him a pint. He said he would gratefully accept the offer, but it wasn’t him!
Another very good dinner at the Cumberland Inn
Lake District 2 – South
Over through Penrith via the fantastic A686 Hartside Pass again
Turned south at Penrith for Shap and Kendal and west to Storrs
Used the chain ferry across Windemere
Stopped for coffee and cake on the far shore
Up to Hawkshead and the beautiful Tarn Hawes lake
Down the eastern side of Coniston water an lovely narrow lane weaving along the shore
West over to the Irish sea coast and north to Gosforth before turning east
Over the excellent Hardknott and Wrynose passes
Gareth had a small tumble on a hairpin when encountering other traffic
Up to Great Langdale and stopped at one of the very few the National Trust pubs
The ‘Sticklebarn’ was closed for a NT training day!
We had a drink instead next door at the open ‘New Dungeon Ghyll’
East over to Clappos-gate (Clappersgate), Ambleside and then up the Kirkstone pass and over to Ullswater.
John took a tumble when pulling up for a comfort break and the roadside soil was soft. Unfortunately it pinned him against a stone wall and needed help to lift the bike off him.
Through Penrith and along the A686
Stopped at the New Inn at Melmerby for a couple on the way home
– and again – over the Hartside Pass to Alston.
Last night dinner at the Alston House Hotel
Bought their raffle tickets and John later won a prize of a free stay
Watched Emma Radukana win the US open tennis on TV
Next morning we headed in seperate directions, Paul, Clappo and John heading south for home and Gareth and Terry riding north to join friends at Abington, Scotland
Scotland
North up through Greenhead and into the border counties
Stopped for coffee at Hadrian’s Wall at Gilsland
Rode across the border and up gentle valleys and hills and forests
Stopped in Hawick tourist info for coffee and cake
Surprised to need face masks still in Scotland
Watched a charity procession with a bagpipe marching troop
Over more lovely hills into Moffat, a surprisingly well appointed town
Clappo is right- it would be an excellent base for future rides
The roads north from Moffat, A701 for 10 miles is as good as anything in Europe – Superb – then into Biggar
Huge ice creams and eventually found a food shop for sugary supplies for the next day’s 27 mile walk
Last short run into Abington M75 motorway services Travelodge
Hid and chained bikes behind high wall as would be left all the next day.
Joined friends doing a Lands End to John O’Groats walk for Charity. The aim was to walk a 27 mile section with then from to Abington to Hamilton.
Had evening food in grim motorway services
Went for drink in tiny Travelodge foyer that already had 2 elderly guests sitting drinking
Turned out he was a fairly minted business man with terminal cancer on a late tour. They very kindly gave generously to the guys’ charity collection – unprompted.
Day of the long walk.
Set off at 4mph pace!!! Up and down BIG hills we tramped
Walked mostly along the B7078 which runs parallel to the M74
Companions did not wait for you at Pee stops, needing yet faster pace to catch up and sweet bars and drinks were taken on the hoof
Eventually stopped for a bite after about 20miles, I had a Haggis sandwich
Gareth’s and my legs stopped bending or moving in a forward direction after that stop
We let the other two go faster and hobbled on at a snail’s pace to the finish line at Hamilton Racecourse Hilton. Thank F*** for that!!
Race meeting was on, so was bustling. We sat in the bar and had pints of Stella delivered on repeat.
The long walk to the men’s toilet was agony
After the racing the bar filled with glammed up ladies and men in dinner jackets. 2 pissed ladies plonked themselves down on our sofas and would not leave, even whilst we had our meals.
Taxi home on the motorway took 25 mins at 70mph – incredible that we had walked so far.
Found a wheelchair in reception and took photos of each other in a disabled state. Wifey did not appreciate that photo from a bike trip with no explanation.
Slept well.
Journey Home
5 more bikes hidden with ours, blocking us in
370 mile ride home, it was fine sitting on the bikes and, being on motorway, we didn’t need to put our feet down much, but when we did – it hurt.
