Good roads around Darlington

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Any good ones please? No single track potholed ones across the Dales like the road from Richmond to Kirby Stephen I drove last weekend!

Stokesley to Hemsley has had a few mentions, as has the Pickering to Whitby road.

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magpies said:

Hi
we are organising a North Yorks Moors run-out. If you email me I'll pass on details.

Thank you. I'll do that. I'm working 7 days/week for the next 6 weeks but will have some more free time from October.

The B6270 was tedious! Great z axis training but very short sight lines meant poor progress. I'm sure there will be better alternatives. Tan Hill is another name that has come up.

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magpies said:

try these for little run outs - they all start at The Parkmore on Yarm Road as that is where we meet.

These are about 90mins

https://goo.gl/maps/6BRuX9BpjLwAaYx26

https://goo.gl/maps/mDzwzt6pHjKeQQSD9

https://goo.gl/maps/nT4bJJTsBMAvJey5A

and a little further (about 2hr 30min)

https://goo.gl/maps/YUAQP4tmqrwS1Eya6

Thank you very much. I'll give those a try

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magpies said:

Hi brisel
if you are up for it we are meeting at The Parkmore (Yarm Road) on Sunday from 10:30 and going for a run up the Durham Dales before lunch

Alas, I’m working this weekend. Enjoy your run out

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The Blakey Ridge road north of Hutton Le Hole this morning. Thank you Magpies for this gem!

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I thought I’d bump this thread back to life…

I’m organising a little run out for a group and have most of the route sorted. I thought I’d ask the Illuminati of the Durham roads - Which is the best road from the Hexham/Haydon Bridge area down to Stanhope? Stanhope is a must but the northern start point is more flexible though will involve coming off the A686 from Alston heading north.

B6306 via Derwent Water, or B6295 via Allendale, Allenheads & Rookhope?

I will head up there for a look myself very soon. I need to find a venue for up to 20 for a lunch stop in Alston anyway.

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Gad-Westy said:

I’d do the rookhope option. You miss out a little on some great sections but the other options also have plenty of dull bits too where as the rookhope route is consistently decent.

If you have the time you could head north east from rookhope to blanchland and then come down into Stanhope from the north.

Edited by Gad-Westy on Thursday 30th December 08:38

Top advice, thank you

I drove both today. The Derwent route was actually a bit quicker, despite getting stuck behind some traffic and having few overtaking opportunities. The Rookhope/Allendale road was indeed far better. I’ll try the Rookhope to Blanchard road next time I’m up there, but ran out of daylight on this occasion.

I followed a couple of others who were also out enjoying the roads…

Edited by brisel on Saturday 1st January 11:11