Buttertubs Pass - Yorkshire

[JCW_Matt]

Anyone been there? Reviews or heads up for any nastys I may experience.. Planning a trip there in a few weeks for a bit of paced driving in the panoramic sourroundings..

Thanks in advance,
Matt

[Shay HTFC]

cw42 made a video of it in the 'Best Driving Roads' thread

http://www.scoobysmacs.co.uk/Videos/buttertubs%202...

Got to wait till about 3 mins in or so until the actual pass starts.

[r129sl]

I've been over Buttertubs Pass a few times recently, taking the long way back to Edinburgh from Leeds (very long way). I have to say I was rather disappointed (although I should point out I was in completely the wrong type of car: a 1986 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC).

The scenery is spectacular, but the driving is not so good. Unless you have a rally-special Subaru/Mitsubishi job, you may find these roads a too narrow, too bumpy and, well, just too slow: there is none of the smooth, wide and fast sweepers you find for instance between Penrith, Alston and Haydon Bridge or around Middleton in Teesdale. Rather, these are the most minor of minor routes.

The route I took was Leeds to Bolton Abbey (boring suburban mostly), Bolton Abbey to Kettlewell (challenging), then Hubberholme to Hawes over Fleet Moss (stunning but slow, narrow and bumpy), Hawes to Thwaite (Buttertubs Pass), Thwaite to Kirkby Stephen (again, stunning but really difficult), then to Middleton-in-Teesdale, Stanhope, Alston, Brampton, Longtown (the absolute highlight, great driving roads and good landscapes). From there I went A74(M) to Moffat (heavily policed) then A701 Devil's Beeftub Road to Edinburgh (again, wonderful motoring).

I knackered the suspension on the SEC!

[cw42]

Shay HTFC said:

cw42 made a video of it in the 'Best Driving Roads' thread

http://www.scoobysmacs.co.uk/Videos/buttertubs%202...

Got to wait till about 3 mins in or so until the actual pass starts.

Cheers for posting that It is indeed an awesome road for a rally car!

While you're in the area, I highly recommend "BEGGARMANS ROAD" out of Gayle to Hubberholme, video here from Hubberholme - Gayle. See for yourself:
http://www.scoobysmacs.co.uk/Videos/buckden%20to%2...

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&ge...

[Planet Claire]

cw42 said:

While you're in the area, I highly recommend "BEGGARMANS ROAD" out of Gayle to Hubberholme, video here from Hubberholme - Gayle.

Aww, don't go and tell everyone, I like that run too, but not many people go over that way!

A circular route I do from Leyburn goes something like this:

Leyburn - Reeth - Tan Hill - Keld - Buttertubs - Hawes - Gayle - Hubberholme - Buckden - Kettlewell - Park Rash (Coverdale) - Middleham - Leyburn

[dcb]

Planet Claire said:

A circular route I do from Leyburn goes something like this:

Leyburn - Reeth - Tan Hill - Keld - Buttertubs - Hawes - Gayle - Hubberholme - Buckden - Kettlewell - Park Rash (Coverdale) - Middleham - Leyburn

It is a good one, but I thought no one knew about
Coverdale.

I also recommend the Kilsney Crag [ good shop there],
NW to Halton Gill, SW to Stainforth, E to Malham Tarn,
E to Arncliffe & back to Kilnsey.

Anywhere from Grassington to Aysgarth is worth a look
- just avoid main tourist season and the bus loads of
kids at Malham Tarn.

[john7]

Try doing a search on this. There was quite a bit on the Buttertubs Pass a while ago.

[JCW_Matt]

Ah nice, thanks guys. I will use this to plan a route :-)

[Darkslider]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WLebmoXOukc&feat...

Jeremy Clarkson driving an Escort Cosworth.

[delboy735]

Shay HTFC said:

cw42 made a video of it in the 'Best Driving Roads' thread

http://www.scoobysmacs.co.uk/Videos/buttertubs%202...

Got to wait till about 3 mins in or so until the actual pass starts.

Love the fact that in 8 minutes of driving, the only other vehicles on the road were a tractor, a clio and a van and a parked mini.Weather looked okay as well, so guessing wasn't filmed in hte depths of winter. Definitely a road to explore at some stage.

[Wacky Racer]

Here's a picture I took last Thursday on the road that runs alongside Buttertubs, the pass between Muker and Askrigg......

[cw42]

delboy735 said:

Shay HTFC said:

cw42 made a video of it in the 'Best Driving Roads' thread

http://www.scoobysmacs.co.uk/Videos/buttertubs%202...

Got to wait till about 3 mins in or so until the actual pass starts.

Love the fact that in 8 minutes of driving, the only other vehicles on the road were a tractor, a clio and a van and a parked mini.Weather looked okay as well, so guessing wasn't filmed in hte depths of winter. Definitely a road to explore at some stage.

It was actually filmed in Feb 08! No snow though thank god!

[gedG]

There's another on Streetfire.net http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Buttertubs-in-C...

[kazino21]

That is beautiful with the snow but I think I'm rather glad I drove it in summer, great road

[spoonoff]

Beware the cattle grid on the run in the Muker to Hawes direction. My friend nearly skidded over the edge in his Z4- he was going too fast, but still...