Motorcycle Tour of The Yorkshire Dales - Ep 3
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- This final episode sees us leaving the haven of The Sawley Arms Hotel and taking in the delights of Ingleton, the Ribblehead Viaduct and a fruitless drone attempt, an overcrowded and sunny Hawes before riding the fantastic Buttertubs Pass. We checked out the quaint village of Muker, only because we've been watching "Our Yorkshire Farm" on Channel 5 and we love it! This is their local village and it was on our route so we dropped in for some great Yorkshire ice cream! A quiet night at The Streethead Inn and then we went north to the Tan Hill Inn, Britain's highest pub before reversing the Buttertubs Pass and got our photos taken by Shutterspeed Photography - a great idea if you want an action photo of you riding! We finished our brilliant Dales trip in Skipton. Hope you enjoy this final episode and as always, if you do please give us a thumbs up and comment, subscribe if you haven't already and hit the notification bell! Thanks very much for watching!
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Another of mine and wife's fave yorkshire rides.cheers
Another great ride! I don't miss the crowds when you go somewhere beautiful in the middle of nowhere and can't park. Lovely footage, really enjoyed it!
Thanks again Jenny! We’re not keen on crowds at the best of times - thanks for watching! 👍😀
The B6255, has to be one of the best roads I have ever ridden. ( on a quiet day I may add ). Really nice vids thank you
Thanks very much 🙏 it certainly is a great road! We appreciate your comments and thanks for watching! 😀👍
Ignore Clarkson - He's obviously never taken the road south from Hawes over Oughtershaw & down to Buckden.
Oh, and the wife & I stayed in room 2 at the Street Head too ! 😊
Thanks Kevin - I think there’s a lot of roads he hasn’t taken! 😂 and you’ve been to the Streethead - small world! 😀👍
@@midlifemotorcyclediaries We've stayed at the Street Head twice now, and we'll stay again because we love the peace and quiet - traffic in Bishopdale is rare after about 7pm until the following morning, so you're more likely to be woken by sheep than anything else !
Incidentally, it's not unusual these days for pubs/small hotels in the Dales to be staffed only at busy times. Brexit and Covid have really squeezed the hospitality industry in the area so for some it's no longer viable to keep staff around when the business isn't taking money to pay their wages. Street Head now has an intercom in the porch so you can let them know you're there and someone will turn up in a few minutes to let you in. 😊
@@Kevin-mx1viyes covid really was a business killer 😳 having that intercom is a great idea! 😀👍
Thankyou so much for sharing your Yorkshire Dales experience. :)
Thanks very much for watching - we really appreciate it! 😀👍
Thanks for posting these travel vlogs. To do them as well as you (two) do is not as easy as some might presume. It’s lovely to see the places you go and the places you stay, especially in early February during lockdown when the bike is firmly locked in the garage. But spring is just around the corner and you have inspired us to do the NC 500 and a Yorkshire dales trip, later this year.
I will be shamelessly ripping off lots of you’re itinery even down to staying in some of the places you recommend, so I know who to blame if it all goes terribly wrong! Stay safe and ride safe you two and let’s hope we can all get back to normal soon. All the best.
Thanks very much! We really appreciate comments 😀 it’s nice to get positive feedback! We hope you manage both trips this year 🤞we’re all pretty desperate to get back out on the bikes and do more touring whenever this madness ends! Thanks for watching! 😀👍
Really beautiful, The Yorkshire Dales. Thanks for sharing it was another great series. 😃👍❤
Thanks Erwin! Really glad you enjoyed our Dales tour! 😀👍
Great that looking forward to watching more of your adventures Ride Safe 🤞🤞👍👍👍
Thanks very much Craig! We hope you enjoy the rest of our adventures and thanks for watching! 😀👍
Great trip,thoroughly enjoyed it..Liked and thanks as always.....🏴
Thanks very much Ian! Always appreciate your support! 👍😀
Just finished the Yorkshire Dales videos and really enjoyed them. Your videos show how you can tour in GB and have a good time. Lots of good advice to follow. Many thanks.
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Thanks very much Doug! Glad you enjoyed them and you’re absolutely right about touring in the UK. - there are so many amazing places to see and roads to ride! 😀👍
Thanks for another enjoyable set of trip videos. Great views and route guides. Plenty for us to follow! Much appreciated.
Thanks very much! We appreciate your comments and thanks for watching! 😀👍
Great trip and a good insight to the area that you covered. I’ve lived in Yorkshire all my life and still can’t get enough of the dales.
Keep on with the vloging. Real people doing real trips. Love it.
Thanks very much Chris! It is a beautiful area and we loved it 😀 thanks for watching and commenting! 😀👍
Smells péteux all over. Countryside looks great all the same. Thx
Thanks for watching! 👍😀
Another brilliantly edited video. Great riding roads and some brilliant ideas, as well as places to stay. Thanks very much, sub added, ride safe both of you.
Thanks very much Dave 🙏 we’re glad you enjoyed it! 😀👍
We have traveled much of the same as your selves last year before the second lock down,
Thanks for the video Yorkshire Gods Own County all the best
Thanks Dave! We really loved the Yorkshire Dales - it is God’s Own! 😀👍
Loved this series around Yorkshire, definitely need to go myself
Thanks Kevin! It really is a beautiful area - hope you get to see soon. Thanks for watching! 😀👍
Another great video thanks for sharing
Thanks very much Jim! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching and commenting! 👍😀
Excellent as always, shame you didn't stop at Hawes, big car park round the back, brought back memories of our tours of Yorkshire,.👍
Thanks Kevin! Will know about the car park next time! 😀👍
Great videos! Cheers from Canada!
Thanks very much! You live in a beautiful country! We appreciate your comments! 👍😀
Loved watching the videos, keep them coming, love a good pie myself.
Thanks very much Stephen! Can’t wait to get back on the road again ! 😀👍
Literally found you guys yesterday so being catching up ! I'm out in New Zealand now (since '95) but rode these roads regularly back in the 80's, early 90's. Managed to get back for 1st time in 2018 and would love to retire back there but can't see that happening with our exchange rate so this is the next best thing.
Thanks for watching David! You live in God’s Own Country 👍 love NZ it’s the reason I started riding bikes 😀! Where do you live? It looks really bad at the moment with the lockdown 😳 ?
@@midlifemotorcyclediariesUnfortunately down in Wellington which is the #rse end of nowhere. Used to live in Hamilton (central North Island) which is MUCH better. Down here there are only 2 roads out so it's a good 1.5 hours before you can get onto anything different and it's generally a pain.
Lockdown not too bad at moment. Things could be a LOT worse, and despite all the wonderful international press we get, the government is making total mess of it with dodgy border control and buggering about with vaccinations.
Toured both North and South Islands and South has some of the best biking roads ever! Shame your in windy Wellington 🌬 makes riding more difficult 🙁 ! Hope you manage to deal with lockdown and get free soon! 🤞😀
Love watching your adventures. Would be great to see inside some of the old pubs you visit.
Thank you 🙏 we do sometimes film inside if there’s something interesting to see - we’ll try and remember to do more next time - thanks for watching! 👍😀
@@midlifemotorcyclediaries great thanks, Both my wife and i were born in England and moved to New Zealand we=hen we were very young. i love exploring NZ by Motor cycle, wife loves seeing all the old villages and places that you explore. keep up the great vidieos
@@HeritageRider God’s Own Country! NZ is my favourite country - great roads and fantastic scenery! 😀
Recognise so many of those roads, you had great weather. We stopped at the Street Head Inn in 2014. It was climbing the side stairs there I found I could hardly walk after 300+ miles cramped on my Speed Triple. It was there I decided I was going to sell it!
You mention Ted Moult, he was a farmer local to me who I occasionally did work for, very sadly he took a shotgun to himself.
Great vid, really enjoyed it.
Thanks Richard! We really did have great weather- it makes such a difference 😀🥵 very sad about Ted Moult, I had no idea.
Hi to you both. This is the first time I've subscribed and left a comment but I just had to say how much I've enjoyed this little series on your ride through the Yorkshire Dales. Thank you..
Thanks very much Terry! It’s lovely to have your feedback we really appreciate it! Thanks for watching! 👍😀
@@midlifemotorcyclediaries It's a shame you couldn't include Kirby Lonsdale (Devils Bridge) and the Trough of Bowland in this trip, perhaps you could do the Lakes some time (assuming you haven't already) and tag both of the above in on your way back home? Anyway, watched your edited video of the NC500 and once again, thoroughly enjoyed it, must dig out the full six edition version now.... 😊
Thanks Terry! Yes, Devil’s Bridge is another we want to do 👍 if we do a Lakes tour we’ll definitely factor that in ! 😀👍
Great adventure I am going in may 2023
Hope you have a great trip Kevin! It’s a beautiful place to tour! 😀👍
Can't wait for your next adventure 👍👍👍
Thanks Alfonso! We’re glad you like what we do! 😀👍
Loved this as it's on my doorstep. But been watching your videos for two day solid . Can't get enough of you both !! Keep up the good work.
Thanks a lot Joseph! Glad it’s helping you pass the time in lockdown 😀👍
Nice video cheered me up on a wet dark February day seeing all my favourite rides it just a pity everyone knows about it lol
I used to drink in the woolly sheep but it was called the Brick Hall then an is supposed to be haunted!!! as is sheep street, but the only spirits I’ve ever seen came out of a bottle
Ride safe going to watch your back catalogue now 😃👍
Thanks very much Robert! We loved doing that trip 😀 it’s great to look back and see the sun and great roads - can’t wait for lockdown to end 🤞 thanks for watching! 😀👍
Hi MMD, lovely video keep on riding
Thanks Leon, we really appreciate your comments! 😀👍
You were in my favourite part of the dales , done the run from Ingleton via Hawes to Tan hill several times in my 3wheeler. Back via Kirkby Stephen, Sedberg and Dent.
Thank you Neil - it’s definitely one of our favourite places to ride! 😀👍
I have a few videos on my UA-cam channel, nowhere near as professional as yours!
OMG the butcher in Ingleton is now an Indian Restaurant. Thx for the video I worked on a farm in Bishopdale one spring a long time ago. I don't think I saw another bike in Hawes at that time. I lived within a couple of miles of Ingleton eventually in Lancaster for 35 years b4 emigrating. Learnt to ride on those roads, a fabulous place. Next time you'll have to visit Skipton Castle. Definitely worth it if you are interested in History. Also, the Wensleydale Creamery is a must. The best cheese in the world IMO.
Your parking spot in Ingleton is where my Nanna used to park her motorcycle, a Douglas & or a James, she used to get her sister on the pillion. Auntie Gertie wore leg braces, she had polio as a child. Then she used to bump start it down the hill. I think her crazy motorcycling tales got me interested in bikes. I also saw the Flying Scotsman go over the Ingleton Viaduct as a young un. Thx again.
Thanks Bernie! The video must have been a walk down memory lane for you 😀 ! Next time we go to Skipton castle hopefully it will be open 😂 I’m guessing 35 yrs ago things were a bit different - any regrets about emigrating to Oz? Not quite the same as The Dales! 😀👍
@@midlifemotorcyclediaries We left the UK in 89. I was 35. The North of England was in a mess. I was spending my time roofing in London. The opportunity presented itself & off we went. I got a job with Aus Post 2 km from home & I stayed there until I retired. My wife got a Govt. job and we're all good. I miss a few things mainly food orientated such as Wensleydale cheese. Plus things like Skipton Castle. The heat gets a bit much in summer, but 300 days a year of clear blue skies what's not to like. The roads here are different a lot of straight roads it takes me an hour to get to interesting places & there are lots. The roads similar to say Bishopdale are often gravel & not always well maintained. That said with careful planning you can keep on the tar. Country Pubs usually have a bed for $40-50 a night and a decent meal. Lots of free or low-cost camping in Showgrounds etc. Country hospitality is great. The grey nomads & their caravans help keep country towns alive. The UK looks to be in a lot better shape than in 89 thankfully. All the best looking forward to some more of your videos.
@@berniebne8243 Really glad it worked out for you! 😀🏍
Thank you for the lovely ride out on roads I used in the late sixties. Never saw that much traffic ever. Yes I know I am a bit old. Still riding . Wing and GS.
Good on you! I bet the roads were a bit different in the 60s 😀 Wing and GS good choice of bikes!👍 ride safe!
Cracking series guys. We are fortunate to have the Dales and North York Moors on our doorstep. Safe riding.
Thanks very much! You are indeed lucky 😀 it’s a fantastic area to ride in 👍!
Hi Guys I have just got Back from 3 days in the yorkshire Dales on my Ducati Multistada 950S Stopped at one night Kettlwell and 2 nights Grassington taken on Board some of the stops and routes you covered in your last two Videos , Couldnt Do it all this time so im hoping to head back next year ,Weather was Great and food was plenty Did Bolton Castle and Tan Hill cafe and loads more thanks again .
That sounds great Eric! So glad you had the weather on your side 👍🥵 thanks for letting us know!
Another great video guys, have enjoyed the series! Subbed, looking forward to more.
Thanks very much and appreciate your comments and support! 👍😀
@@midlifemotorcyclediaries no problem, always nice to see other UK motovloggers. We live in Yorkshire with the Peak District on our doorstep. If you got time check out the channel.
Will do! 😀👍
Subbed! 😀🥵
@@midlifemotorcyclediaries why thank you. If you ever tour the Peak District please let me know.
I’ll be going out up there tomorrow with my son on pillion with me. It’s such a great place.
It is a great place! Ride safe! 😀👍
Enjoyed that I was there twice in 2018 Great videos and well edited and like the way you rate the places you stay at. Parking is always top of my list no local parking I won't stay at it. You mentioned the graves of the navvies and you passed it twice. The great we village of Dent I visited Bolton Castle and Abbey while I was there and the Brimham Rocks free parking for bikes there to
Thanks very much Steve! We appreciate your comments 😀 didn’t realise we’d passed the navvies graves once let alone twice 🙁! It is certainly a great place to ride - we loved it! Thanks for watching! 😀👍
I really enjoyed that. I love seeing the tiny villages and the old buildings. I was never a city boy when I lived there, always loved going up on the moors. My wife and I where over last year, for 12 weeks, settling family buisness. By the end of the trip we had really got back into the British way of life. The beer also, is second to none. Keep up the good work. KnJ
Thanks Keith! I think that’s exactly what we would miss if we emigrated - little villages and country pubs! 👍😀🍺
Really enjoyed your tour folks, and good to see high standard riding too. Stay safe 👍
Thanks very much! We really appreciate your comments and support! 😀👍
just about on my back yard well about 38 miles from my home.we've covered all those areas that you have mentioned. glad that you both like and enjoyed your trip up north.we're not all beer and flat cap as depicted in Andy cap. tan hill its always windy.nice coal fire if your cold.
Thanks John! We absolutely loved it and can’t wait to go back and ride some more of your beautiful countryside! 😀👍
@@midlifemotorcyclediaries try yorkshire moors plenty of nice rides/Whitby, Scarborough .about 20 minutes ride for us.plenty of B&B's.
They’re on the list!😀
Well put together very enjoyable,
It’s always busy at weekends in the Dales, its known as the Yorkshire TT😃
Thanks! - Yorkshire TT! Brilliant! 😀😀👍
Brilliant trip absolutely cracking these videos of yours. My first ever trip to that area was just 3 weeks ago, met up with the Christian Motorcyclists Association in Ingleton who advised me to take the route to Hawes via the Ribblehead viaduct what glorious scenery. Yes it was packed with bloody tourists when I was there as well! Also managed to visit Tan Hill and it was very windy then too. I wish I had taken that road you did from Tan Hill it was stunning as I also went to Skipton next. Really enjoyed your trip with you with a very well presented and edited video. All the best to you both and ride safe as always.
Wow! Looks like you did pretty much the same route 😀 ! Thanks again for watching - we really appreciate it! 😀
Great vids - keeping me going in these restricted times, your tours are the nearest I get to riding....thanks....
Thanks very much! We’re glad they’re passing the time for you in these grim lockdown times 🙁 hopefully it’ll all end soon and we can get back to proper riding 🤞thanks for watching! 😀👍
Great stuff guys, and good job putting it all together. Looked like it was a Great Adventure over all. Yeah never mind about the Drone footage, good excuse to go back one day and do it all again. Fair review on the Street Head Inn and as long as the beer is good, you cant go wrong LOL. The Tan Hill Pub looks like a good place for a Beer, I could only imagine being snowed in for a week Haaa. That guy took a couple of great pics of you and Sue on the Bikes, came out very good. Great to see Nigel recognise you from your UA-cam Vids, .Yeah thumbs up on the last meal and washed down with a couple of drinks, good way to end the last night. Ride Safe Party On!!!
Thanks very much! It was indeed a great adventure 👍 who’d have thought you could have such a great time riding around England! When you get the right weather who needs to go abroad! 🥵😀👍🍺 besides which, the beer is always better in the UK!
Just stunning and thanks 🙏🏽
Thanks very much!
Cheers . So is down south .
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Beautiful country to ride in for sure. Thanks for taking us along again 😎🏍💨💨💨🇨🇦👍🏻 cheers from B.C.
Thank you for following our journeys! 😀👍
Fantastic series Guys, look forward to your next adventure. Stay Safe
Thanks very much Norrie! We appreciate it! 😀👍
I thought you would pull up at the tubbs and have a look down with the drone it's brilliant
Thanks Jim - you’re right 😩 hopefully next time! 😀👍
Hi new subscriber loving the videos and like the information you give on places you visit a refreshing change to constant bike talks
Thanks very much! We like to have a slightly different approach to the usual vlogs and include more than just bike footage 👍 glad you liked it and thanks for watching! 👍😀
A very nice trip around the Dales, we live in a village 3 miles from Haworth so this is all my biking stomping ground. Is it any wonder that God choose Yorkshire as his very own County. As for the drone, I spend a lot of my younger days Hangliding in the Dales. The views you get drifting silently over that landscape will stop with me forever.
Thanks very much Tony! You do live in God’s own country - what a great biking area! Thanks for watching! 😀👍
Brilliant, thoroughly enjoyed your company. Some of the best scenery in the country.
Thanks Allan! You’re right it really is some of the best scenery in the UK! 😀👍
takes me back to when i had my bike great times motorhome now so slowly slowly catches the monkey great vlog keep it up guys
Thanks Allen! Glad it brought back some good memories - thanks for watching! 😀👍
Loved watching this,, was born and went to school in Muker many years ago. And your pronunciation of Muker was nearly right! 😉
Thanks Trevor! We loved the area and what a great place to grow up! Sorry if I didn’t get the pronunciation quite right 🙁 thanks for watching! 😀👍
So glad my wife and I stumbled across your channel, we are now binge watching all your videos. We find you quite relatable and enjoyable to watch. I like the hotel reviews too! We are looking forward to your future videos :) thanks for sharing
Thanks very much Nick! We really appreciate your comments and thanks for following our channel! 😀👍
Thanks for another great episode. It’s going to be tough to pick what to see with only one week in Scotland, and another week in England and Wales. (Any advice appreciated, other than “take more time.” We wish we could, but alas obligations here limit our time.) Like you, I dislike crowds so maybe we should skip the places in this episode.
Thanks Marco - if you only have 2 weeks and one of them is Scotland, it would make more sense to do the second week in England and maybe do some of the Yorkshire Dales? As it’s fairly close. We think it’s best not to try to do too much in one trip 😀👍
I’m new to your vlog ,very professional and informative, I’m looking to change my bike for a tourer and do a bit myself,keep up the good work
Thanks very much Shaun! We appreciate your comments - go for a tourer you’ll have so much fun 😀 thanks for watching! 👍😀
A lovely channel! I love seeing other parts of the world.
I'm hoping to ride the Hawes to Skipton Road on Sunday. Iv riden up from Eastbourne to visit my cousins around Skipton and colne this weekend. Hope I have the same weather too
Thanks Reg! Hope the weather is as good too! Have a great ride! 😀👍🥵
Really well done! Very interesting video.If you get the chance to visit the dales again try Middleham.Lots of history ,Richard 111's castle.Lots of 'vertically challenged' people,turned out to be the centre for the horse racing fraternity.
Thanks very much David! Will definitely check it out when we get to The Dales again - we loved the area! 👍😀
Just found this while cruising YT on an 'lazy Sunday', thank you so much, although I ride these roads regular your vid was so relaxing and enjoyable to the extent I've subscribed (which I dont do a lot of ;-) )
Thank you both again and ride safe.
Thank you very much - we really appreciate your comments! You’re so lucky to be in a fantastic biking country! 😀👍
Love all youre vlogs . Youre a lovely couple . Im doing my direct access asap
Thanks very much Robert! Glad you’re enjoying our channel 👍 good luck with your direct access - let us know how you get on and thanks for watching! 😀
Thanks a will . Stay safe and enjoy scotland again . Im in glasgow . Come through the borders , next time you come north . Lovely villages. Selkirk . Dunns etc . X
@@robertcanning1888 We’d love to come back to Scotland - such a stunning country! 😀👍🏴
Have you got in helmet coms? Absolutely lovely ride. Roads looked empty between villages.
Hi Sue, yes we have Shoei Neotec 2 helmets with integrated Sena comms systems - absolutely brilliant! 👍😀
Great viewing keep up the good work don’t suppose you have the Gpx files for these 3 episodes
Regards john
Hi John! Thanks very much for watching , unfortunately I don’t have any GPX files - I basically planned each day using Google maps and then programmed the sat nav every day!👍👍
Thank you
I watched it,, :)
Also ingleton is part of the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge. .. you missed a lot there guys .. loads and loads more you could have seen
We had to save stuff for the next time! 😀👍
Let me know when you visit again and I'll show you 😎
I really enjoyed “riding along” on your adventure. I am curious, what model Klim jacket are you wearing? Very smart looking. (I’m a sucker for red!)
Thanks very much for your comments for following our adventures 👍! The jacket is a Klim Induction mesh - brilliantly cool in the summer 🥵 - it really made a difference in the heatwave! 👍😀
Thanks a lot! Ride safe.
Just started your Alaska trip Prudhoe Bay, hells bells.. Where is your accent from north somewhere? Me original Blackhall Rocks. Co. Durham .
Thanks for watching! You’re right- The North it is - Blackburn!😀👍
Surprised that you didn't visit Devil's Bridge .. hugely popular with bikers.. to such an extent that they have their own large parking area.. it just a few miles from ingleton..
Thanks and you’re right should have gone to Devil’s Bridge 😩!
As I live in France the word "Desormais" above the entry portal of Skirton Castle hit me in the eye . Apparently "Henceforward" was the motto of owners in 1700s. But you knew that, sorry.
Didn’t know that! Thanks for the translation 👍 France is a great biking country- we should have been touring there in May 😩!
Thoroughly enjoyed that guys, well done. Been to most of the places you visited, mostly on beemers ( I've had an 1150GS, 2 X 1100RT, 1 X 1200 RT and an 1100R ) - currently without a bike but that will change - am looking to downsize as I'm a shortarse at 5ft 8 and 11 stone wet through!!
Ride safe, and perhaps I may see you on the road sometime - oh, and if you venture into the cotswolds let me know - my neck o the woods.
Ride safe both........ a few of my vids.....
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Thanks very much Steve! We appreciate your comments 👍 I’m a short arse too 😀 you’re lucky to live in such a beautiful area ( loved the photos on your On my travels vid) - thanks for watching! 👍😀
Wow do you get paid per advert. There was amount 14/15 adverts on a 40 minute clip???? That your choice?????
No that’s ridiculous 😱 I’ll look into that - thanks for the feedback 👍
@@midlifemotorcyclediaries Apart from the ad's, fantastic video. You have a new subscriber 👍
Thanks Damo! Just tried to do something about all the ads 😀👍