Right, Craig has a lot on his plate just now, house move and all that entails, so I've come up with an extra route, different to his original scratchy route, 'cos three lanes on that route are now TRO'd!!
Route length ~84 miles, Some scratchy lanes, at least a couple quite tight, but if you drive good lines there's loadsaroom
Foliage is mostly hawthorn hedges .. some lanes might be a little muddy if it rains, has rained or is raining. This route is NOT extreme ... I am NOT doing Hollinsclough, too political and probably too gnarly for standard vehicles. There are some slippery rocky inclines and declines, and there is one ford on the route as it is, but it's on an 'offshoot' so very optional. A good place for a snack and a video opportunity maybe.
If people want to do fords, I have an alternative route I can do that includes two decent fords that don't need snorkels, as long as it's not been too wet. I also have another alternative route for a particular lane that looks and feels awesome, the vehicles go sideways at about 40 degrees and feel like they're tipping .. indeed they might if someone tries hard enough! But it _is_ an alternative .. I've done it a few times both ways in my Disco on AT's and it's pretty easy if careful! I would encourage anyone to have a go to see what their vehicles can do ..
There are some awkward road entries and exits from lanes, that's the nature of the area.
I have driven all the lanes on my route at least once in the last year, some of them a few times, there is nothing on them that a standard Disco, driven reasonably, can't do, they're lanes after all! Any Defender should find them a breeze, but again care might need to be taken.
As of last weekend they were all open and driveable, but as we all know that might change. If Peaks Authority decide to TRO a particular lane in the next week it's not an insurmountable problem, the good thing with the peaks is it's pretty compact, so if you miss one lane, you can usually pick up another! Which is also probably part of the problem of crowded lanes.
So, a list of lanes my route covers .. dunno how to get a list of 'em off Memory Map, so a couple of pics'll have to do!!
The routes on the map are main route in yellow, the alternative to take in two extra fords is purple, the alternative for Two Dales, the sideways lane, is light blue.