Green Laning

Aldo,
at the moment I can only ride "local" as I dont have a van or trailer. Although my DRZ is better than I expected, a long ride will not be good, especially if I break it & cant get home.

Hopefully that will be resolved.

Lately, I have had a couple of rides out around the North Yorks Moors area.
Some quite technical (challenging), mainly because of the rain / mud on the steeper climbs.

As I mentioned, I am starting to collect info on trails within the Durham area, I have the OS maps & will mark them up as I receive information. The TRF is very helpful. I have just received a full set of police approved trails for Durham & will gradually work my way around them.

There are a couple of internet sites, TrailWise etc, that can add to this.

As you know, there is only a certain amount of info that can be derived from these maps & the only way to check on conditions / access / interesting sections is to actually ride them.

I am all up for riding further afield (little pun there), with areas north of Newcastle / Hexam / Hartside having lots of places to entertain. As you know, its always better to ride off-road with others.

Last time we spoke, you were saying that its a different ball game north of the border, access to land & trails is severly restricted.

Hopefully I will soon get my feet set & can plan routes (from experience or maps) that will be good for anyone from the T-Zone, I know Felix is interested, fitting in fuel / food stops with somewhere safe to leave the van / trailer. :thumbup

Good to see you are on the mend Felix.

I am sure there are loads of interesting places around Harogate you can show us.

The hilly areas of the country definitelly make for the best rides.

Cheers Aldo, I am sure I will take you up on your kind offer. I might even get you some Emva Cream to show you my appreciation.

Like you say, its no fun falling off if no one see you, especially if its spectacular or done with style.

When I have been out & well & truly stuck in some deep muddy rut half way up a steep bank after falling off, its really funny when there is a few there, but I doubt if its much fun by yourself.

Mr F, (its getting a bit like reservoir dogs on here), I have been out with one of the north yorks locals a couple of times, we ended up at Whitby & there is loads more routes that are not identified on Trailwise or as "approved trails - BOATS" on ordanace survey maps.

Thing is, when I get back & try to track the route from memory on OS maps or Trailwise, its impossible because the route we took is not even shown anywhere as any form of track.

I have concluded that local knowledge is best.