@Nelly Good News! I cycled out to the Granites last Sunday taking the NCN 1 route through Carrington. The down and up between Carrington and the B6372 had just been resurfaced. That used to be a shocking piece of road, a really rough surface on a fast descent that felt decidedly dodgy. Now it is silky smooth tarmac(except for the bit over the bridge at the bottom for some reason).
There has been some improvement to the NCN1 a wee bit further south as well (although this have happened last year - I can't remember). What used to be a uniformally awful surface past the old limeworks (I'm sure K will correct me if that's not what they were ;-)) and the current quarry has been resurfaced in places (again, no idea why it hasn't all been done).
Unfortunately, the road at the farm at Middleton is covered in mud (at least I hope that's what it was), but there's not much that can be done about that, short of paying the farmer to hose it down after every sortie. It was so bad I had to stop at the bottom of the hill to scrape the mud from under my mudguards to prevent them acting as a massive break on the ride up the Granites...
So pleased was I with these new bit of smooth tarmac (there are few things better on a road bike, I hope you all agree) that I'm contemplating starting a new thread so we can share (and even map, if I can get the IT skills) sightings of sections of fresh tarmac for those long summer rides. I may get on to this later...
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