Uppingham Route - A-Z Britain for Bikers 

Enjoyed that - almost as good as being out riding myself, thanks chaps!

It's a train viaduct: Harringworth Viaduct (sometimes called Welland Viaduct) It used to form part of the main line to Nottingham, but is now only used by freight services and a couple of East Midlands Trains services daily. It has 82 arches and uses more than 20 million bricks.

I'm from Kent and I've just passed, taking delivery of my first bike this weekend. My other half is from Oakham - think it may be time to pay the inlaws a visit... The Fun Fact I heard about Whitwell, was they wrote to the mayor of Paris about twinning the town- stating in the letter that they should write back if they object, and if they don't they'll take it as a done deal- and they never heard back!

I love the roads in this area, indeed I lived in the area years back. The A47 is known for car drivers pulling out, and the bends are known for catching out riders who think they are better riders than they actually are (believe me, that's a lot)...

Great book, great route. One of my local rides. Brill vid. Thanks for doing it Bruce and Simon. 👍

Simon, was spot on about the speed of that car. 40MPH, no matter what the limit is

You are on my home ground, so I know every inch of this route. I think you missed a couple of great opportunities that I always ride. Out of Uppingham, I would choose the single track road around the Eyebrook reservoir .... simply beautiful. When you got to Morcott, you turned right and left to go to the viaduct, but a left turn and 1 mile would have taken you to the "Two Flags Cafe" a great bikers stopover. Finally - just after Thorpe BY Water, .... you took the long route to Caldecott, but I would have turned right on the small single track road to Lyddington, one of the most beautiful villages in England and then back up to Uppingham. Cheers

Great route!

A great route that is very local to me. As Simon said in the video, part of a longer route so there are many variations you can take from this depending on how much time you have. Nice one Bruce!

Listening to Simon is like listening to the shipping forecast................its great!

Can confirm they are cracking roads having ridden them many times with my local IAM Group

They are brilliant roads, I rode these for over 25 years before moving to Scotland!

What a superb route Bruce it just kept a good flow,twisties and a bit of up and down that will do me nicely👌. Regards Glenn.👍

Great video I had a similar problem with someone putting diesel on the road on some s bends a few years ago in Lincolnshire on a popular bike route the diesel was placed absolutely perfect were you would lean the bike in absolutely no respect for someone's life but again no proof that someone had put it there but luckily never came of the bike Stay safe 🇬🇧👍

Excellent finish………. Hair and Beauty 😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

The 1250 is such a perfect looking bike! Great roads and good to hear Simon too.

I absolutely love that route, and the remainder of the road from Uppingham into Market Harborough. These are local to me, so do it a few times a year. The book is superb, I got it for Christmas when it came out, highly recommended.

That route at the beginning and the hairpin best going the other way 2:29. I’d say the route from Melton to Uppingham via Market Harborough best the other way

That Horse Poo comment brought back horrific memories of me coming a cropper when hitting a couple of meters of Frozen Equine ordure. ( As they don't stop walking when "Taking their ease" do they). Just when I thought I'd made it....GS down!

Looks like a great route

19m 5 secs, I love how you paused to overtake the red car Bruce, looking ahead of Simon to see if the road was clear. Proper overtaking, versus some cars I've seen in my time.

Lived in Uppingham for about 5 years as a kid. Must get back there, visit some old friends and ride some of these roads one day.

I'm 24 and I'm already looking st GS's 😅 I'll stick to my crf300l for a while yet

Cheered up a wild wet day in North Yorkshire. Cheers

This is our local patch, we love these roads. I can remember during Covid, Carol and I took a breakfast pick nick and sat under that Welland Viaduct. Still in use by trains today.

Proper riding, just like your Rapid riding vlogs, brilliant.

Just bought myself a copy of,time to get some mileage on my 1200 bandit this summer,been subscribed for a few weeks,great channel mate

Love riding round Rutland, always stop at Barbara’s shop in empingham village to pick up a snack then sit and eat by the reservoir. Just watch out for sneaky speed cameras if you stray into Northamptonshire.

I’m lucky to live near to here, epic roads

Good to see you in my local area. There are some cracking roads around. I'd try to avoid having to fill at that particular petrol station, seems to be 25% more expensive than anywhere else around! Probably because its next to a Harley dealer 😅

Simon is the man fantastic bit of road and you had no problem keeping up with him Teapot.

Great video lovely roads. First time on these roads I was lead by a nice biker buddy she’s now my wife so happy memories 😊. Love Simons routes 👌🏼

That the small bridges with the humps are amazing, I love what I have 5min down the road of home, next time you are coming to this side of the world the tea on the Harleys dealer's it's on me bud

I literally rode 90% of this route today, some great roads but much nicer in the dry summer than todays mildly moist offering.

Cracking roads 👌👌👍👌

Can highly recommend Simon's rides. Downloaded and used a few now. The North Wales 'Mold favourite' is a belter

It's cue not queue, but we all knew what you meant 👍👍

I've been on quite a few of these roads on group rides, a couple of times getting Pork Pies from Melton Mowbray. very nice! 👍

Cracking vid it makes me want to go! Nice to hear Simon talking too, I imagine his instruction would be class!

Great riding for the road.

Looks like a cracking route, loads of fun! Thanks Bruce & Simon!

Another enjoyable 1/2 hour, thanks Bruce and Simon for the run ;-) Ride Safe Mr B \m/

That’s my road Bruce. Spent years annoying that geezer. Not seen any diesel etc mind. Love it. Great video guys. Thank you

I did Simon’s Brands Hatch Route just after Christmas, what a great ride. I would highly recommend all Simon’s routes. I did 6 of them now and they are all top class 👍🏻

This was one of the first routes I went on after passing the mods and getting my first bike, just exploring the local area and not realising this was an well-travelled route for bikers. It remains a staple in my ride outs

Geek alert! The Welland or Harrington or Seaton viaduct (whichever name you prefer) is the longest masonry built viaduct in the UK. Simon’s Rutland TT route is one of my favourites in this area and luckily, Melton Mowbray is just 10 miles away from me to hop onto the route. Great vid as always Brucie 🏍️🏍️👍

I bought the gpx route from Simons website, great value at a quid a go. I'm leading a group from Norwich. Can't wait. I hope there's only one budgens in Uppingham or we could be off to a bad start 😂

That looked absolutely amazing. Gotta love Simon's routes. I have all three of his UK books and use them all the time when planning tours / rides.

'The Rutland TT' was the 1st route I did on my new spanking GS as I live nearby. I've since rode some of this route with the 'Bike Safe' course with Leicestershire Police, it's a great road for them to assess you're lane procedure in those fast flowing twisties! (A606 & A6003). Other than starting from the BP petrol station there is public parking at the back of 'Ye Old Portk Pie Shop' in Melton, great to calorie up with a traditional pork pie before the route. Another stop off is the Square, slap bang in the middle of Uppingham, there is less parking parking but a couple of nice coffee houses and great patisseries from 'Baines Bakery' (3, High Street Uppingham). Also in Uppingham at the end of the vid as you see the BP petrol station, there are actually 2 bike dealerships either side of that garage, a Harley Davidson dealership & a Yamaha dealership, so worth a stop off there too. The push bike community have routes in the area too & although slightly off-piste (Tugby) the Cafe Ventoux is a great motorcycle stop off with awesome scenic views & free parking for plenty of bikes, there were a few bikers there when I last visited this year, I can recommend there too...Enjoy! thanks for the Vid guys showcasing this route 👍

Loved the bike nod! Have to get the book on kindle to find the routes for me and my friends on our cruisers

Buy Simon’s books 📚. Recommended.

been following your channel for a few year since i upgraded to my Kawasaki Versys 650 3 years back, this road (uppingham road) you ride with my local ride for the town Corby which i live in so welcome to Rutland/Northamptonshire Bruce. hopefully one day i will meet you in person! brilliant vids Pal

I just bought a Suzuki GSX 1250 FA two weeks ago as my first big bike. Have only been riding 5 years, getting my full licence 3 years ago. My aim this year (once the weather is less rainy) is to do out for some nice rides on the weekend, just for a couple of hours, to explore this magical island we live on and enjoy the solitary zen nature of riding a motorcycle. I am so glad to have found this video; i'll definitely be buying the book as, living in Peterborough, it seems I will easy access to a lot of these routes. Thanks guys

i'm the other side of Leicester, this looks great, I have just bought this route & a few others from Simons website and saved it in calimoto

Thanks Bruce, I've got Simon's earlier book and found it very useful so I've just ordered the new one. Looking forward to trying the routes out with the Yorkshire Lads On Tour.

Very nice 👌 👍

Great video! I ride a lot around this area so recognise a lot of the roads. I've used Simons books a lot so I've just ordered this new one 👍🏻

My local route when I pop out for a loaf of bread lovely ...Great vid thanks

I enjoyed this video, I think I’m going to do this route in the summer.

Very enjoyable route & banter along the way,, I will look out for further routes from you. A great idea for you to team up with Simon on this, should keep you busy for a while😁

Welland viaduct..Midland main line . Great vid 👌

Hey guys, I never thought Uk had so much fun roads to ride. Thanks for the vid. Thumbs 👍🏼

Thanks ...I appreciate this was made in 2022 but I enjoyed watching....not least because I am a bit of a saddo...I like to watch vids of advanced riders dealing with UK corners. Vids of long tours &/or new premium bkes have an appeal....but as you know... I enjoy content like this. All the best for 2024 👍

Thanks for this, great for the summer

Good one Bruce. Did the Rutland TT earlier this year with Simon Hargreaves for Ride mags favourite routes feature. Nice that tall Simon has altered it to miss the kill joy bits

Book ordered thank you your a star

Great ride that fellas 🙌🏻 Simon is a very smooth and makes ‘progress’ but within the parameters of the limits (just) 😂

Looks awesome... ive forgotten what its like to ride in nice weather like that... Not so local, so a fair bit of a jolly for me... however.... I am well into Jollies... As always... cracking vid...

Great stuff Bruce (and Simon). I've just downloaded 3 of the routes. 👍

I just can’t get over the channel growth much congratulations to you

Cheers for all the stuff you have posted this year bud. It's been highly entertaining! I wish you and yours all the best for '24

I like watching these not only for discovering routes away from areas usually associated with the best riding but also for the conversations along the way. Bruce is effusive whilst Simon is a bit more restrained & the contrast works well.

I received this book as a Christmas gift! 🤘

Enjoyed that Bruce, one thing for sure, if you follow one of Simons routes, it won't square your tyres off. Thank you.

Nice one guys. I’ve ridden that loop solo in 2022 and part of it with you both on your East500 tour this year. It’s a good’un.

Great vid guys. Simon’s great to follow ( except his signaling 😂) so smooth and deceivingly rapid

Great video Bruce.

Simon is so tall, his bike is slowed due massive aerodynamic drag 😂

Great video as always, amazing roads. Think im gonna have to purchase simons A to Z

Oi, I love my Superduke. My last bike was a Beemer, a S1000R

I can remember petrol ⛽️ at 34p a gallon around 1974 , My first bike was a Gilera 50cc with in a year petrol was £ 130 odd 😮 it’s never stopped climbing in price,

How about an A-Z down in the south coast area Teapot ?? Keep up the great work 👍👍

I know the routes are downloadable through the website but I feel like the book would be perfect for an app

TeapotOne when you are up Newcastle way give us a shout for a ride out.

Rutlands TT babyyyyy

Lovely weather in the UK for once 😂

Roads i'm very familiar with. But as Simon said, the limits are changing as are the amount of kill joys with dash cams ready to send in they're footage of you.... love those roads...it can also be used as part of a route accross to east leake and onto Matlock and up to glossop ! I didn't tell any of you that... ok... use your imagination... 😊

Am I enjoying these you asked? Oh yes very much!

40 cents per gal in Canada back around 1971 plus 1 cent more,for premium now here in British Columbia area 1.58 per litre regular 178 for premium 😮💩😎🏍💨💨💨💨💨👍🏻🇨🇦

Cue us putting the world to rights!!!!

I was on some lovely route in Wales last two days…..interspaced with the new mandatory 20mph zones 😒

Cracking vid Bruce! How do you find is best to capture audio from Simon?

BMW needs to expand their dealership networks in the us if they want everyone on a gs. I have never even seen one in real life.

Nice, not far from me, i love Rutland. How come it took you 18 months to upload it Bruce?

If you end up on a route through Wiltshire and nearby counties. I would be interested to join you if you have not already done any routes and want a third wheel?.

🤘👍👍👍🤘

I bought the full calimoto app licence. Are these routes available for download anywhere? Ignore me, I found his link :-)

I keep meaning to do the rutland tt or some of simons other routes. But couldn't finger out how to change the start point in calimoto, as I live nearer to the other side than the start on the gpx file. Kept trying to take me half way round it, then do a lap, then take me half way round it to go home, which is a bit of a pain. When I tried to adjust the points i ended up messing up the route.

what road had the guy putting tacks and diesel down i feel a massive clan and other tube channel ride out ..at the same time get a few hundred bikes passing the moany gits house

Is this route downloadable from Simon’s site? Cant seem to find it? Or is it only available in the book?