North of England Shenanigans via Cruiser

[MotoUKRider]

I've just taken advantage of the nice weather and a quiet time at work to do an overnight trip up to the North of England via the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District with B&B just to the west of Carlisle. This morning saw a cheeky photo stop over the Scottish border at Gretna Green, then following the Hadrian's Wall path and finishing with a lovely ride down through the Pennines.

Here's a basic plot of the route - I've joined them here, but there were 4 files (Day 1+2 Morning+Afternoon) :

Plotted in Garmin BaseCamp, exported to GPX and loaded into Cruiser at the start of the journey: Faultless navigation through 493-miles of rather nice roads and some stunning scenery. With a number of Shaping-Points placed at crucial points, there were only 2 instances where Cruiser thought it could do better(!) A road-closure required me to revert from my preferred theme to the default "Light" one so that I could pick a new course on a suitable road.

A photo montage of the highlights :

Now I just need to find 3-4 clear days (and some decent weather) before "camper-van/silly season" starts so I can do a bit of Scotland!

[devemux86]

@MotoUKRider Thank you for sharing your experience and for the wonderful photos!

[bios4]

GREAT scenery! 🤩

[MotoUKRider]

@bios4 Thanks - the whole of the north of England is stunning: It's perfect for walkers, cyclists and motorbike'ists 😄
If you don't mind country lanes (and the odd sheep running across the road) then there are some great views.

If you venture up into Scotland, it permits "wild" camping - so in the warmer months your trip only costs you fuel+food.