FAO Heebeegeetee

[v15ben]

You posted up a few weeks back in my thread about a fun route from Leeds to Nottingham and asked if I could report back once I had tried the route.
I am going to give it a spin this weekend so I will tell you how it goes. Thanks again:

heebeegeetee said:

No real obvious route is there? If you're interested in the Peak District, how about the following, btw I've assumed you're on your own in the car, so you will have to map read and drive at the same time, so have tried to keep it simple: If you look at a road map: head down M1 and come off at J37 nr. Barnsley. Head west on A628 and pick up A616 after approx 9 miles. Pick up the minor little lane heading south-east from Langsett. Then once past an initial little complication of lanes in the first mile, just keep heading south. All you have to do is turn right at every junction, or leave a lane to your left - 'miss a left' as we say in road rally parlance. Due to the fact that there is nothing but moor to your west, you can't go wrong. This will take you over the strines moor, its a great road, and a small hatch (going by your profile) will be ideal for it. This will bring you down to the A57. Turn right (west) and go to Ladybower reservoir, then contine south on the A6013. Then you'll have to do a bit of homework - write down a list of villages and/or road numbers to hack through heading south eastish to Nottingham. Something like Hathersage, B6001 to Calver, Baslow, B6012 past Chatswoth, (very picturesque) then A6 to Matlock. The A6 is always too busy to spend much time on, so from Matlock take the A615 to Wessington then Alfreton. Then if you can pick it up, from Alfreton you can follow the B600 all the way into Nottingham. The Strines road is great, especially if you get a nice bit of weather. Can be quite dramatic if you don't. Strines Inn is an intersting place for a break. If you use any of this let me know how you get on. Heebee.