Boring roads

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Thu 24 Nov, 2011 9:05 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Skeltons Lane at Red Hall, Leeds 14 seems to go on for miles, and miles in a dead straight linehttp://g.co/maps/8d9ja Not Leeds but if you want a long straight road try the road called 7 mile straight. http://tiny.cc/y9w5uIt runs from the outskirts of Belfast to the outskirts of Antrim and other than one very minor kink is straight

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 24 Nov, 2011 10:11 pm

Leodian wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: Skeltons Lane at Red Hall, Leeds 14 seems to go on for miles, and miles in a dead straight linehttp://g.co/maps/8d9ja Yep Skeltons Lane sure is a long straight road. It's not without interest though looking out when sat on the top floor of the bus service that goes to and from Thorner and beyond. When using your link I was casually moving around and came across this place on Red Hall Lane (or nearby) http://tiny.cc/nju21It looks interesting, though probably not a gatehouse that you have recently been interested in. I wonder if the old railway to Wetherby passed here on its way to Thorner? That was a lodge for a building called Red Hall house, although I don't know when it was demolished.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 24 Nov, 2011 10:43 pm

Cheers Phill.

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 24 Nov, 2011 11:58 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Skeltons Lane at Red Hall, Leeds 14 seems to go on for miles, and miles in a dead straight linehttp://g.co/maps/8d9ja And to be disected in the middle by the A6120 bypass when it arrives as indeed will the site at Redhall which is home to Parks & Countryside and the Council nurseries.

Richard A Thackeray · Fri 25 Nov, 2011 12:59 pm

electricaldave wrote: The roads around Selby and Sherburn are worse, flat boring, featureless, no wonder the cyclists around call the area the 'Desert' And full of motorcycles on a weekend, or sunny weekday evenignsDoubtless thy'll be quieter for us now, as all the sports-bikes get put away for the winter.Oh, I'm not sure about featureless?One of my regular (but 'not much time for a ride out') routes is;Through Whitwood (passing site of old station) > new ASDA > Glasshoughton (cast-iron Pissoir at roadside) Up Holywell Lane/Sheepwalk Lane towards FerryBridge (old B&W signs for FerryBridge still up there) > FerryBridge.Over the old (john Carr designed) bridge (sometimes) > up to the Brotherton Fox > up the 'Turnpike Road' towards Monk FrystonThere's a couple of partially hidden (early 18th C?) milestones in the undergrowth up there(sometimes detouring through Sutton, Birkin, Hillam, into Monk Fryston)Over 'Monk Fryston roundabout (jct with A63) > through South Milford > Sherburn-in-Elmet (The Bear is an old coaching Inn) > tea at 'Squires' (New Inn) Then back either over the 'field road' (Gorse Lane), & past Steeton Hall Gatehouse > Lumby > Butts Lane (archery practice venue??) > Fairburn (old lock-up/'Gaol', & Ropewalk) > over the Ings > down Barnsdale Road into Castleford > then back via Whitwood/Altofts & homeOr; over the 'new' A1 (York Minster can be seen from here), under the 'old' A1, left into Ledsham & past 'The Chequers'.Down 'Mary Pannal Hill' towards CastlefordHere's a good site about the 'GNR' & its superb featureshttp://www.biffvernon.freeserve.co.uk/contents.htm

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Fri 25 Nov, 2011 2:02 pm

From The St Johns Center up to The Three Horseshoes (and the reverse), especially at peak time, not boring but a right old b4ll ache.

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Fri 25 Nov, 2011 4:44 pm

Chrism wrote: From The St Johns Center up to The Three Horseshoes (and the reverse), especially at peak time, not boring but a right old b4ll ache. Got to agree with that!I think the A61 Leeds - Harrogate is a also pain in the nethers. It's not the road but the dozy drivers who never seem to go more than 40 MPH. At most times of day it is just a long line of cars from one end to the other ,all crawling along.

electricaldave · Post by **electricaldave** » Fri 25 Nov, 2011 7:43 pm

RichTThe are you illustrate is indeed pleasant enought riding, especially for the winter when you probably don't want to go too far out, but still want to get the miles in - so you take a more circular route, however.....Try that ride out from Selby toward Bubwith and tell me it isn't tedious, especially when the wind is against and makes every mile drag out like a line of ever stretching wire - the little roads between Selby and Sherburn are not exactly exciting either. Obviouls I would never recommend the A19 from Selby northwars, apart from being utterly bleakly boring, its quite dangerous for cyclists, and the cycle track doesn't begin until you are north of Selby a few miles, and thats pretty dull too until you canget on to the Sustrans cycle track that leads to York.The ride from Shaw lane up to Adel lights can be something of a grind too, during rush hour its no fun and when the wind is against, it hardly improves the experience.The various little lanes around the back of Headingly toward Hyde Park can be surprisingly pleasnate, on a summer day with all the trees giving leafy shade, its an experience to be taken nice and steadily. You can loop around to Woodhouse ridge to extend it.

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 25 Nov, 2011 9:23 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Leodian wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: Skeltons Lane at Red Hall, Leeds 14 seems to go on for miles, and miles in a dead straight linehttp://g.co/maps/8d9ja Yep Skeltons Lane sure is a long straight road. It's not without interest though looking out when sat on the top floor of the bus service that goes to and from Thorner and beyond. When using your link I was casually moving around and came across this place on Red Hall Lane (or nearby) http://tiny.cc/nju21It looks interesting, though probably not a gatehouse that you have recently been interested in. I wonder if the old railway to Wetherby passed here on its way to Thorner? That was a lodge for a building called Red Hall house, although I don't know when it was demolished. It's still there isn't it Phil?Looked today (26th) to be sure - and yup still standing

simon2710 · Post by **simon2710** » Sun 27 Nov, 2011 9:50 pm

As Leeds' roads have become an utter disgrace and riddled with potholes and dipped manhole covers, pretty much all of them. Although regarding the actual layout, it would probably be Willow Road between Kirkstall Road and Burley Road - The crossroad at the lights is a nightmare, traffic turning right onto Burley don't get a single chance!Also 3/4 very dangerous junctions on Cemetery Road, Beeston at the bottom of the hill, one coming off the M621 and the other heading back on to the M621.