The Penine Way, anyone done it?

counterculture
counterculture Posts: 507
edited March 2009 in MTB rides
how is it for cycling? are you allowed to cycle on it, especially with englands silly access laws restricting everything fun? how long did it take, etc etc
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  • stumpyjon
    stumpyjon Posts: 4,069
    Most of it is footpath so it's off limits. However we now have a Peninne bridleway as well, starts near Buxton, not sure how far north it goes at the moment but it certainly goes up to Settle.
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  • rockylee
    rockylee Posts: 31
    yeh it starts at middleton top and follows a different line then the actual pennine way, as stumpy said dunno how far it goes but it does plan to go all the way upto the north east by 2012 or somthing like that. ive ridden parts of it around holling worth lake near roch dale , both ways and its generally all weather ridable , 6ft wide hardpack fast tracks , a few boggy bits but alot of ups and downs.

    check it out .

    http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/PennineBridleway/

    hope helps :wink:
    Rocky-M-Slayer.
  • sniper68
    sniper68 Posts: 2,910
    The Pennine way is all FP(98%) apart from Cam high road in the Yorks Dales(i know this as my parents at Camm farm just off the PW)the Pennine BW as stated runs from middleton top to settle(130miles).It will however run over 300 miles when complete and finish(as does the Pennine way)in the Scottish borders.
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  • Tank-slapper
    Tank-slapper Posts: 968
    As stated above, the Pennine Way is essentially a footpath and you are not allowed to ride a bike on it (you could push a bike along it though). The next best thing is the Pennine Bridleway:

    http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/PennineBridleway/

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