Hi Moorlander Coming from Keighley, and contemplating Garrowby hill I assumed that you would have been looking at the York route taking the A64 ring road around to the south of York. If so then where you come off that road at the Brid turn off you have two choices, either Stamford Bridge and Garrowby Hill or the A1079 signposted to Hull. If you take that A1079, about half a mile after the A64 turn off, on the left hand side is a long layby with a cafe where you can pull in for the loos if required and which is a rather handy rest place en route. This road takes you past Pocklington and on to Shiptonthorpe where you join the road you mentioned that comes from Howden. I suppose that if you head North from Keighley on to the A59 to the Harrogate road that may be a way to get to York. Nice run along that road past Menwith hill. When we go that way we don't go through Harrogate but turn off at the first roundabout after the Lord Nelson pub (on your right). its a few miles after that pub. That is signposted Ripon and takes you into Killinghall. At the end of that road turn left towards Ripon. At the next roundabout at Ripley turn right and that takes you to Knaresborough past the Club Stite. In Knaresborough, at the end of that road, there are traffic lights, and its left then immediately right into Knaresborough Town Centre and straight on to the A59 to York. If you work on the basis that whatever gear you go up a hill in without the van you need to be at least one gear down with a van you can get stumped on Garrowby Hill if you are behind a lorry. Many a time on that last third of the hill I have had a lorry grind to a halt and had to get into first to get speed up to pass it. There is nothing lower than first so with a van you may just stop then its a hill start at about the 1 in 6/7 part of the hill Langlands Garden centre at Shiptonthorpe has a car park big enough to get the van in swing it round and park facing forward to come back out. Nice place to stop for a streatch, loos, coffee etc Hope this helps. Phil
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If you're not on a fell your wasting your feet and for 2014 it's.......Feb Castleton Mar North Yors Moors; Apr Sutton on Sea; May Thirsk; Jun Clapham/Riverside (Lakes); July Wharfedale; August Crakehall; Sept Knaresborough; Oct Wirral Park/Clitheroe
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Topic: Which route to Flamborough
