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Settle Loop is only about 12/13 miles. with some fun descents if you arrange it right.
You can do a nice little moorland ride with a descent down Mastiles Lane into Kilnsey from Grassington.
I'd plump for Grassington of those two. I think the walking is better out of there, plus it's much easier to 'nip' over into Wensleydale or even Swaledale to mix things up.
Malham Tarn along the "Monk's Road".
Will be excellent for your max HR with the farmer chasing you up the hill!
Thanks Martin, I do like the look of grassington as a base.
Although Gaping Gill is impressive, there's not a lot to see unless you book a "winch" (but these are few and far between) and you can't see anything from the outside! If you're walking up Ingleborough anyway then it's en-route almost so a worthy detour.
Mastiles Lane is great and not too far from Grassington - and as suggested that might be worth looking into (but it is small-ish compared to Keswick).
The Kearton in Thwaite at the top end of Swaledale is well worth a lunch stop.
http://www.keartoncountryhotel.co.uk/
Not much else there but I'd certainly be happy doing a couple of nights at the hotel and moving on somewhere else for a couple.
Will be excellent for your max HR with the farmer chasing you up the hill!
Monk's Road is best saved for night time. 😆 The classic "bridleway to nowhere".
Nobody mentioned the area around Kettlewell yet? Beautiful area and place.
Will be excellent for your max HR with the farmer chasing you up the hill!
We're talking walking routes I believe.
I live in Skipton and think it's ace. Most of the above are easily accessible too.....
Although, Settle is probably the answer. Lovely walking and biking right on the door step and the town itself is worth a potter. I'd choose it over Grassington simply because there's a bit more going on.
The winch meets at Gaping Gill are run at Spring Bank and August Bank by Bradford and Craven pothole clubs respectively. If you can make these dates then the winch is well worth the trip. See the web-sites for more details. Beware it does get busy and you can be waiting to go down and come back up ( where it is wet and cold ! ).
Gunnerside Gill is stunning
We're talking walking routes I believe.
Ah yes, crossover post from him asking for bike routes! Sorry. 🙂
PS the farmer will still chase walkers up the hill. Miserable old bastard.
Ah yes we drifted onto biking didn't we? Sorry for any misunderstanding. I have been up the Monk's Road a few times (on foot) and never been chased by the farmer. I am aware he isn't at all keen on bikes though.