Yet another great ride, Dave. That Swainsley Tunnel was quite spectacular! The trains that used to run through it (until it closed in 1934) travelled at a maximum line speed of 15 mph, so you were travelling just slightly faster than they had. Re the speed demon with his trailer, they go that speed because they don't think. My brother-in-law lives in a farm lane area of the Midlands and always blats around blind corners in his SUV; one day he'll meet someone else going in the opposite direction and I sincerely hope it's not a motorcyclist. The bike rider will stand no chance.

Beautiful country roads, thank you for sharing!

Evening Dave, you are indeed in my neck of the woods on this one, in more ways than one. The trail you crossed is the Tissington Trail, based on the railway track that ran from Buxton to Ashbourne, where I hire out pushbikes on the trail, part-time. The wee tunnel you rode through is just below my village, and Wetton Mill was a place I drank far too much tea when I was on duty as the local bobby - in Staffordshire incidentally! If you do come camping at Hulme End, you must call fr for a brew - all nationalities welcome! 😎

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi Martin, I will make sure I bring my passport with me! You sure do live and work in a lovely part of the country. When I was on the beat it was back streets of a rough inner city area of Leeds. I'm out for a ride today around Castleton. Ride safe mate, Dave

@martintraffordmoorlandbike7121

2 ай бұрын

Different job altogether Dave, I did the occasional day in Stoke, and stints during the inner city riots in places like Toxteth and Brum. Always glad to get back to Happy Valley & sheep worrying......WORRYING I said! 😅 Enjoy Castleton. 👍

The trail you pass over is the Tissington Trail from Ashbourne to just beyond Parsley Hay where it meets the High Peak Trail where there’s a cafe and cycle hire workshop , one of my favourite off road cycle routes 👍

My word Betsy will have needed a good clean after that ! What superb roads and views 😊

Wonderful ride on a great bike. Stay safe! Thank you for sharing!

Beautiful countryside. I bet one little motor bike needed a bath after some of that mud. Thanks for another great ride 🤗

Hi that bloke on a moter bike, great vid and Derbyshire is one of my faverit part of the country

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi Paul, mine as well. Ride safe, Dave

Wetton mills one of my favourite places to ride to from north Manchester, on the way back heading towards Glossop, I head for wild boar clough then straight over the cat and fiddle through the goyt valley then to Whaley bridge, lots of little quiet lanes 👍

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi, that sounds a cracking ride, if its dry(ish) tomorrow I will be back out doing more filming. Ride safe mate, Dave

Great video. I love to see the English countryside. I have a Classic 350 here in Thailand and I love it. Now you have got me thinking of a name for her. Thanks so much.....Sal : )

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi Sal, glad you enjoy the videos, when you think of a name let me know. Enjoy your rides and stay safe, Dave

Lovely, nice ride out..

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi, cheers mate, Ride safe, Dave

A great ride around some wonderful Peak District lanes. Some of them were very ‘rural’ lol.

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi Martin, you could smell the "rural" in the air. Ride safe, Dave

@martinowl

2 ай бұрын

I could smell it in Doncaster! lol. Proper country air.

I will likely never get to your part of the world. But i. Love your. Videos! I'm in Illinois.. formerly iowa. Beautiful rural roads here too. Thank you.

Tremendous ride. And the perfect bike for it.

Hi Dave, the lovely tunnel you went through is Swainsley Tunnel, and was part of the Leek and Manifold Light Railway. It was a 2'6" narrow gauge railway that ran from Waterhouses to Hulme End through the Manifold valley. It closed in 1934 and the local authority bought the trackbed for use as a footpath and cycleway. The tunnel is the only bit used as a road. The station at Hulme End survives, and is well worth a visit on your next ride that way.

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi. Thanks for the info I will be sure to visit the station next time I'm down there. The tunnel was really good. 2ft 6 guage explains the size and it being straight. I drove a 15 inch guage steam train that went through a double track full size tunnel. Ride safe, Dave

Hi Dave , again thanks for an absolutely great run out. The wife and I loved this trip….mud n all. From a boring Essex your trips out are so gorgeous. Thank Calimoto for roads it finds for me to cheer me up. If you ever need a companion on a ride when you soon retire can I be your first customer…😀 stay safe.

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi Michael, glad you both enjoyed it. I'm sat planning a ride for tomorrow as long as the weather holds out. I will hold you to that ride. Stay safe both of you, Dave

I was out that way around 10 days ago planning a Peaks ride for the Honda Superdream Forums in 2 weeks time , out there again over the Bank Holiday weekend , absolutely love it there and this video as certainly wet my appetite , oh and Crowdecote here I come 🤟

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi Paul, I bet it will be an amazing sight with loads of Superdreams on Peak District roads. I have a 400T Dream, the one before it went Super. Love that bike, wish I still had it. Have a good trip mate, Dave

@Paul.Gascoyneuk

2 ай бұрын

@@thatblokeonamotorbike Thanks and will do , are you familiar with Wildboarclough which is’nt far from Wetton around 10 - 15 minutes ride well worth the journey on a clear dry day 👍

Beautiful ride Dave, lovely and lively commentary with some great filming. 😊

Thanks. That’s a new cafe for me to go and find 😀

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi Andy, it's a good cafe as well, I can recommend the Tuna butty. Ride safe, Dave

Thanks for a lovely ride Dave. All the best from a Hunter rider in NZ.

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi, glad you enjoyed the ride, Betsy sends he best to your Hunter, Ride safe, Dave

What a beautiful ride those little valleys, what a lovely place to live, we are very blessed in this country, when for my first ride on my 350 classic, went to half penny green air field. Unfortunately the cafe was shut as they are decorating so no coffee , I was shaking when I got off bike , felt very nervous riding, too many years gone by , very rusty and had trouble getting boot under gear leaver to change gear so I think I’ll be fitting a heal and toe much better.😊

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi, it's brilliant you have your classic 350 now. It will feel strange for a while after a long period of not riding. Short rides, with plenty of stops and take it steady, it will all come back. When I had my bike training school I did lots of back to riding courses and just about everyone felt nervous at first. I had the same problem with the gear shift on my bike. I took the bolt out of the shifter and very gently eased it along the splines. You don't need to take it fully off, half way and move it up one spline. Press it back in and refit the bolt. Ride safe, Dave

@MsDenver2

2 ай бұрын

@@thatblokeonamotorbike thankyou very much for the encouragement, watch your videos help because of all the great rides you go on 👍🏍️

Another cracking video. Cant wait to move up north and get a Meteor. Stay safe fella!

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Cheers Colin, it's a great place to live and ride. Stay safe, Dave

Into the territory of Shotto’s Travels (same bike as yours) & Martin Trafford with his Himalayan. Love the “Derbyshire dual carriageway” comment. I tend to add the moving map from Relive app on the end of my vids in case anyone wants to follow route

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi, I love it down there. i haven't hear of the Relive app, I will have a look at it, could be a nice tough on the videos. Thanks mate, Ride safe, Dave

Great vid.. all our places over yrs been on bike and car. Tnx lv 👍

I always try and follow your route, even try some myself. The campsite looks to be run by the Royal Oak, entrance down the side of it. Rode the parts of the last one I'd never done before. Manifold valley is absolutely heaving in summer, literally thousands there. I take it you didn't know about the tunnel, the local landowner didn't want to see trains going past his house !!

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi Chris, I had no idea about the tunnel at all, just glad I didnt meet anyone coming the other way lol. What did you think to the lanes you rode? I'm off back down around Hathersage tomorrow for a bimple with the camera on. Ride safe, Dave

@chrislaunders8283

2 ай бұрын

@@thatblokeonamotorbike They were a bit rough down in that bottom what with the mud, gravel and potholes, and the single track blind up hill corners towards Ingbirchworth had me thinking "I really, really hope nothing comes the other way". I went out via Grenoside Woods/ Wortley and back via Crane Moor, Pilley and Wentworth.I had to smile, that lane with the grass down the centre in this video is Pasture Lane, very aptly named.

Mine is called Purdy ! As in Joanna Lumley ! Retro but still sexy !

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi, definitely agree on that one. Ride safe, Dave

Good morning!

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Morning, not a very good day for riding here, rain again today. Stay safe, Dave

Really enjoyed that, I think your in the area where another of my favorite KZreadrs comes from, Martin Trafford Moorland Biker he does a lot of great videos in this part of the world if you haven't seen his channel, a very nice and interesting chap to listen to, look after yourself and see you on another ride out soon, Nigel.

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi, Nigel, I do watch Martin's channel, really good videos. I'm out again tomorrow doing more filming. Ride safe, Dave

@martintraffordmoorlandbike7121

2 ай бұрын

That's a very nice comment Nigel, thankyou very much. 👍

@Wigglesway

2 ай бұрын

@@thatblokeonamotorbike all the best, thanks for your regular videos, really enjoyable stuff 👍

@Wigglesway

2 ай бұрын

@@martintraffordmoorlandbike7121 no problem, enjoying your current Scotland videos by the way, it is certainly a stunning country that I need to see more of, all the best Nige.

Brilliant 🏍️

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Cheers Ivor, not long for me now and retirement, then I will be able to ride every day. Ride safe, Dave

Some lovely lanes and views there. Where was the road leading down to the tunnel? I lost track!

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi the tunnel is off Ecton Road. What 3 words is ///dance.chiefs.this Hope it helps, Ride safe, Dave

You manage to find some cracking roads, beautiful 😊👏👏

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi Graham, I'm looking over the maps now looking for more little lanes and interesting bits of info. Fingers crossed the weather pick us. I was supposed to be flying a Cessna 150 today, a pressy from my lad, got in the aircraft and the heavens opened. just like on the bike. Ride safe mate, Dave

My part of the country … lovely lanes. The path was the High Peak trail that goes from 6 miles south of Buxton to High Peak Junction near Cromford. I was at a Wetton mill this week but by cycle. Enjoyed the video thank you.

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi, glad you enjoyed it, I love getting down there, finding new lanes. Thanks for the info about the trail, I will have to try the pub there on day. Ride safe, Dave

Another good ride out and nice to see the cafe you stopped at its a nice touch as people who would like to visit it have a idea what the place looks like Keep up the video's the really good 👍

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, ride safe, Dave

Lovely lanes - grass, muck - perfect 😂

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi, thanks mate, we do like the same sort of roads. I'm planning a ride over Bowland area for the summer, it's a very long time since I was up there. Ride safe, Dave

@Lanes-Explorer5733

2 ай бұрын

Be good to meet up for that coffee we talked about a while ago now when you're over in the Trough if you fancy it. These 350s are just the perfect bike for those roads and lanes.

Love your rides very scenic better that the flat fenland roads around me, just running in my RE Bullet 350 and will be trying out some of the areas you have ridden, Keep up the great content

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi Paul, thanks for the lovely comments, I'm really glad you enjoy the rides. The new Bullet 350 is a great looking bike. Enjoy riding it, hope we meet up on the road sometime. Ride safe, Dave

Spent many happy hours all around the Peak District great video

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm heading there again this weekend. Ride safe, Dave

“Idyllic” described that ride perfectly!

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi, glad you enjoyed it, ride safe, Dave

Good run out again pal😊

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Cheers mate, Ride safe, Dave

Great ride Dave, we used to do The Peak rally, a bike rally held at The Royal Oak in the 80's, a poor lad who was a rally Virgin ended up in that phone box starkers 😅, and it was about a foot deep in snow! ❄️ ,he had to come back in through the pub and downstairs to the pool room to get his clothes back off the women 😅. Good days, and still great roads around there 👌 Cheers Mel 🍻

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Ho Mel, I couldn't stop laughing when I read that. Hope it wasn't too cold for him, not sure what would be more embarrassing lol. Ride safe mate, Dave

@melfzs

2 ай бұрын

@@thatblokeonamotorbike he'd taken refuge in the phone box after they'd rolled him in the snow, he didn't know where to put his hands for the best running through the pub ! 😅😅

Ey up People say some of the most beautiful parts of Derbyshire are in Staffordshire 😂😂

What is this route?

@thatblokeonamotorbike

2 ай бұрын

Hi, it went from Derbyshire down in to Staffordshire then back though South Yorkshire, Ride safe, Dave