Winter meet SUNDAY 21st Jan

Originally Posted by robchester

You're used to it - you practically live there.

Ahh so you have seen my rocking chair with name on beside the roaring fire

Count me in, as long as I'm not working and weather not too bad. Must remember to get the bike MOT'd first though - it needed its first one in December - but as I've not been out cos of the weather I thought what's the point of spending the money just to have it sit there ?????

Suggestion for the ride out - The roads between Darlington/Northallerton/Thirsk are good and as they're fairly main roads dry out quite quickly - so is the A68 North from Darlo - there is also the wear view diner just outside Bishop Auckland.

The A68 is an absolutely cracking biking road between Darlington and Hexham. Apart from Bishop I'm not sure of any local cafe's though. There's loads of pubs though and I assume there's some cafe's near Hamsterley Forest.

[GMS]

Squires is fine by me and might be better for anyone coming from west yorks. / Manchester .
Im free 21st Jan or 3rd / 4th Feb.
Graham

It looks like most people are free on the weekend of the 21st. Squires is a bit far for me really. It's not easy to find a place that everyone can make it too by the look of things. I'm probably one of the most Northern going though as I'm in Carlisle.

thats the problem with the pennine massive we are bloody massive lol this could be a hard one to please all peeps...... i'm pretty much an any where guy if times and days ok got nothing else on.
could do any of the northyorks villages ripon leyburn
think hartside to far for the west yorks this time of year
so ideas on a post card to.............teeside rob he started this off lol

Will Aycliffe to Ripon not involve the A1 though? Boring riding on the A1. Hartside is too far for the west yorkshire lot though.

C'Mon Teeside Rob :P It looks like this could be a good run out.

can go back road ish ..... northalerton thirsk ripon avoid a1

or even head up towards barny then across to richmond then leyburn ripon

know roads rounds here quite well would of been out today if was not getting over bug kids brought home from school ..... ralf and huey time

I used to live in Darlo but only ride the A68 over there now. Speed camera free and a great road in summer.

Originally Posted by Heed

I used to live in Darlo but only ride the A68 over there now. Speed camera free and a great road in summer.

last three times ive gone up the 68 it was twice at a crawl pace behind a plod unmarked scooby cam car and once in the wet to drop some stuff off while swmbo was on camp with the guides. must admit in its nice road if your not with me lol

nice warm day the road from woolsingham through westgate ect is great aswell