Getting offroad legally near(ish) Newcastle

New GS Rider although started out on Trail bikes. Looking for somewhere to get to grips with being off road but nothing to tricky. Any suggestions with out being shot by a farmer near the North East.

Definitive Map for Northumberland here, not the most user friendly, you have to zoom in and out all the time

http://maps.northumberland.gov.uk/prow/presentation/chameleon/map.asp?Cmd=INIT&Height=422&Width=614

Cumbrian legal trails here, on OS-style maps

http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/roads-tra...de-access/HOTR/Hierarchy_of_Trails_Routes.asp

Maybe you should have posted this in the Offroad forum

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=141

Have fun,

Craig