Description
Mountain biking along ancient routes in the north.
The Pennine Bridleway follows a landscape of trails and ancient routes connecting valleys and moorlands. This guide focuses on Lancashire and the Yorkshire Dales, and the connections towards the northern end of the trail. It offers a regional selection demonstrating how a continuous route can be used for both an extended journey and as a basis for local cycling days from various bases in the area.
A main route and eleven circular tours.
The guide includes the main Bridleway connection and a section of the Mary Towneley Loop, in addition to eleven day trips utilizing the marked route. This allows you to choose between a continuous tour or several self-contained options. The circular tours offer variety in scope and challenge, making the book useful even if you do not wish to move between accommodations every night throughout your planned holiday.
Maps and gradings for practical planning.
Route descriptions and maps provide support for following the connections through areas including Ribblehead, Garsdale, and Mallerstang. Gradings help you compare the different day trips. The book is useful both before your journey, when selecting a base and cycling itinerary, and during your stay when time, weather, or daily form may make an alternative to the original plan more suitable for the day’s ride.
Choose your itinerary based on terrain and experience.
Trails, rocky sections, and open moorlands present varying demands on technique and capacity. The continuous route and day trips should therefore be assessed specifically, not just by length or number of stages. The guide is suitable for mountain bikers seeking multiple options and who can use route information in conjunction with local conditions, considering surfaces, access, and other users on the shared trails and routes along the way.
A long tradition of hiking guides.
Cicerone has published guidebooks since 1969. The publisher emerged among climbers and mountaineers who wanted to share thorough knowledge of their routes – a tradition that still characterizes the publisher’s books on hiking, trekking, and other outdoor experiences.
About this edition.
Author: Keith Bradbury. English language. 208 pages. First edition, published in 2012. ISBN 9781852846558.
