GREAT ROUTES FOR 2018
If you’re anything like us, your new year’s resolutions always involve plans for some madcap mega-riding adventure, with a team of mates. Riding to Mugello for the MotoGP, finally getting to John o’ Groats, or riding to meet the family in Spain for the summer hols. But somehow, every year, you end up not making it much farther than your local bikers’ café.
It’s hard for most people to make time for big trips these days. But we’re here to make it even easier for you in 2018, with a selection of top jaunts in the UK and Europe-land, all parcelled up and ready to go. Pack your tank bag and your top box, check your tyre pressures, and let’s go…
ENGLAND
NORTH PENNINES: A689 CARLISLEALSTON AND A686 ALSTON–PENRITH
We’ve taken this diversion when schlepping down the M6 from Scotland before – you can make a fairly efficient triangle by coming off at Carlisle and back on at Penrith, enlivened by some amazing scenery on one of the highest roads in England. Starting from Carlisle, you head east on the A69
