Roads over the North Yorks Moors ...in the real world
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I was flicking through Evo the other night and it had a group test photographed on the road that runs past Fylingdales and the Hole of Horcum. It looked fantastic, particularly the little corkscrew section, but I've driven that road numerous times and never seen it like that.
Usually the tourist traffic seems to stretch from one horizon to the other, so I can only assume the shoot was done early in the morning, or in the dead of winter, or both. The only quiet roads I've found up there in the summer have been singletrack routes dotted with stray sheep, which aren't really appropriate for pressing on. Admittedly, though, I haven't looked that hard, so is there anything I've missed? Can you find decent roads in that area in tourist season or do they all have automotive sinusitis?
(Coincidentally some of the less obvious roads just south of the moor in the Malton type area are excellent...)
Usually the tourist traffic seems to stretch from one horizon to the other, so I can only assume the shoot was done early in the morning, or in the dead of winter, or both. The only quiet roads I've found up there in the summer have been singletrack routes dotted with stray sheep, which aren't really appropriate for pressing on. Admittedly, though, I haven't looked that hard, so is there anything I've missed? Can you find decent roads in that area in tourist season or do they all have automotive sinusitis?
(Coincidentally some of the less obvious roads just south of the moor in the Malton type area are excellent...)
4 years ago I was there for a long weekend in September. Got up on the Friday morning at 5am and went for a blast across to Whitby to see the sunrise (which wasn't that spectactular - pre-sunrise clouds were cool though). Passed 4 other vehicles in ~30minutes, and had one of the drives of my life!
There's the Blakey Ridge road from Hutton-le-Hole up to Castleton - great road but the sheep can be an issue. The other evo shoot road in the area is the road north of Castleton towards Lockwood Beck Resr/A171. They used that for the 370Z / TT etc cabrio test recently IIRC.
Most of the other roads on top of the moors are bumpy and straight so not much fun.
The other option in the area is the other side of the moors from the A169: the B1257 from Stokesley down to Helmsley. You can put together a nice little circuit there without too much difficulty.
Most of the other roads on top of the moors are bumpy and straight so not much fun.
The other option in the area is the other side of the moors from the A169: the B1257 from Stokesley down to Helmsley. You can put together a nice little circuit there without too much difficulty.
Edited by Mostro on Wednesday 9th June 13:36
Mostro said:
There's the Blakey Ridge road from Hutton-le-Hole up to Castleton - great road but the sheep can be an issue. The other evo shoot road in the area is the road north of Castleton towards Lockwood Beck Resr/A171. They used that for the 370Z / TT etc cabrio test recently IIRC.
Most of the other roads on top of the moors are bumpy and straight so not much fun.
The other option in the area is the other side of the moors from the A169: the B1257 from Stokesley down to Helmsley. You can put together a nice little circuit there without too much difficulty.
Shhhh! That's my daily commute to work. I drive it at rush hour twice a day and rarely see more than half a dozen other cars. Cracking road, if it we're smoother it would be perfect.Most of the other roads on top of the moors are bumpy and straight so not much fun.
The other option in the area is the other side of the moors from the A169: the B1257 from Stokesley down to Helmsley. You can put together a nice little circuit there without too much difficulty.
Edited by Mostro on Wednesday 9th June 13:36
From the south head up the A1 and then the (A168)A19 watching for unmarked police Volvos, leave at the A172 at Stokesley follow the B1257 to Helmsley, from there head towards Kirbymoorside then pick up the road to Hetton-Le-Hole that will lead you Blakey ridge, take that road through Castleton and then circle back via Danby and Rosedale Abbey, Rejoin the A170 and then follow it to the A169 (Past Flyingdales) all the way to Whitby, (if you turn off before Sleights towards Goathland some great smaller roads circle this village and out of tourist season the Heartbeat fans won't be there in droves). Then rather than follow the A171 back to the start at Stokesley take the Smaller roads through the villages along the Esk valley and you will end up just outside Great Ayton and almost where you started, follow the B1257 again but this time head the other way out of Helmsley and you will end up back at Thirsk and the A19 Via Sutton Bank.
Do this most weekdays and the roads will be fairly quiet.
No route through the Moors is complete unless it takes in Crag Banks railway bridge, try and one up the gouges left by others shattered sumps, 30-40ft from the take off.
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Chris71 said:
I was flicking through Evo the other night and it had a group test photographed on the road that runs past Fylingdales and the Hole of Horcum. It looked fantastic, particularly the little corkscrew section, but I've driven that road numerous times and never seen it like that.
I did this exact run last night in the TT.Stopped off at Wetwang for Fish & Chips (coming from Hull way on) and then up through Pickering.
Was about 8pm and encountered about 4 cars in total (both directions). The corkscrew was great fun, first time I've driven it in 4WD.
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