Riding the entire Pennine Way

Rob1000SL
Rob1000SL Posts: 11
edited July 2007 in MTB general
Personal Challenge: This summer I'm planning to get the whole of the pennine way ridden. This is going to include, where possble, the new pennine bridleway trail that's been made. I'll link up sections of this with existing bridleway (starting in the peaks) and try to get as far north as possible, hopefully up to the borders.
So...
Anybody attempted this or had similar thoughts?
Any tips or spots u think are unmissable along the way?

Rob

Comments

  • ibbowmb
    ibbowmb Posts: 13
    The original Pennine Way is 90% footpath,so technically illegal for MTBs,i've walked bits of it and found these bits to be unridable,i've only ridden the Peak District sections of the PBW between Castleton and Hayfield and that section was pretty good.We were planning to do the Pennine Way a couple of years ago so i contacted the Ranger to ask about the suitability for MTBs and he told me that "technically" the only section on the whole route that was "legal"for MTBs is the Camm West/Camm High Road section in the Yorkshire Dales,I know this section well as my parents live at Camm farm and around a mile or so of this is (broken)tarmac!!I don't know if the legality still applies to bikes as i enquired in 2004.
    Its grim up north(snigger)