LOCAL KNOWLEDGE INGLETON

Awesome scenery that changes at every turn; challenging climbs and glorious descents; fresh, smooth, Tour-quality tarmac lanes with few cars... it doesn’t get better than the Yorkshire Dales. Ingleton, stunningly set amid limestone mountains, valleys, rivers and caves, offers easy train access (Bentham), bunkhouses aplenty and cosy pubs and cafes all around.

ROUTE ONE

Dales daredevil 61 miles Fleet Moss, fab valleys Big, dramatic climbs, huge descents and superb views all day long. Up (up, up) past Ribblehead Viaduct and down to Hawes (coffee), then Fleet Moss’s brutal ascent. Down wonderful Wharfedale, up lovely Littondale for a well-deserved break (pub) and then cross-country back. Get the route: komoot.com/tour/58536530

ROUTE TWO

Delightful Dent 50 miles Quintessential Yorkshire dale Lots of climbing amid stunning scenery. A65 to Kirkby Lonsdale (cafes) then remarkable, uninhabited Barbondale to booktown Sedbergh (cake). Up Garsdale and the back-lane ladder to Dent station, England’s most spectacular. Cobbled Dent (cafes, pubs) and hilltop back lane home. Get the route: komoot.com/tour/58536605

ROUTE THREE

Walk or just view 26 miles Three Peaks Easy half day with optional extra walks up and down the Three Peaks. Across via Clapham (coffee) to Horton (can walk Pen-y-Ghent, three-hour return). Round to Ribblehead Viaduct (Whernside, two hours) down to nearby Old Hill Inn (Ingleborough, three hours). Downhill back. Get the route: komoot.com/tour/58536669