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Forumite meet up and a state visit to 'Durham Dave'
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Forumite meet up and a state visit to 'Durham Dave'
Hi Peter. It's a pity you didn't drop down to Middleton in Teesdale and then do the 22 miles up the B6277 to Alston. If you catch this road when it's fairly quiet or empty it is just sublime Has to be one of the best 'fast' roads in the country
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Forumite meet up and a state visit to 'Durham Dave'
Hi Simon..yes that's a good one..I've done it a few times..I was interested in the more off piste runs that Mike as a local was au fait with..patriot66 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:23 pm Hi Peter. It's a pity you didn't drop down to Middleton in Teesdale and then do the 22 miles up the B6277 to Alston. If you catch this road when it's fairly quiet or empty it is just sublime Has to be one of the best 'fast' roads in the country Screenshot_20210610-121745_Maps.jpg
I think we plan to do a few more runs to flush put more interesting roads
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Forumite meet up and a state visit to 'Durham Dave'
Fair do'sPbondar wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:29 pmHi Simon..yes that's a good one..I've done it a few times..I was interested in the more off piste runs that Mike as a local was au fait with..patriot66 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:23 pm Hi Peter. It's a pity you didn't drop down to Middleton in Teesdale and then do the 22 miles up the B6277 to Alston. If you catch this road when it's fairly quiet or empty it is just sublime Has to be one of the best 'fast' roads in the country Screenshot_20210610-121745_Maps.jpg
I think we plan to do a few more runs to flush put more interesting roads
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Forumite meet up and a state visit to 'Durham Dave'
A favourite of ours at The National,as you know Simonpatriot66 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:23 pm Hi Peter. It's a pity you didn't drop down to Middleton in Teesdale and then do the 22 miles up the B6277 to Alston. If you catch this road when it's fairly quiet or empty it is just sublime Has to be one of the best 'fast' roads in the country Screenshot_20210610-121745_Maps.jpg
Cracking road
Those roads are good round Mike's way,done quite 3 few on Paul Gs North East runs years back,and doing some again on my Scottish-English Borders runs this year etc....looking forward to doing them again
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