As a route enthusiast I sometimes enjoy planning my own versions of WRC rallies. After archiving old RAC rallies I came up with the idea of planning a version of the current Rally GB that would be situated in Northern England and contain the classic Kielder and Grizedale stages. I just don't know anything about the roads in the area other than what was driven 30 years ago, and nothing about how the roads are today, or how the current political situation would interfere with driving a stage or two in Scotland. But here's something I came up with

Version 1: Newcastle-based

Thursday: Ceremonial start in Carlisle
Friday: Morning leg consisting of Comb and ~30 km Grizedale (combining the old East and West versions). Repeat, drive towards Newcastle and do one run of Stang on the way towards afternoon service in Newcastle. Evening leg has Hamsterley, repeat of Stang and then again Hamsterley, super special in the late evening.
Saturday: Three stages in Kielder, for example Pundershaw, Wauchope and Redesdale. Midday service in Newcastle and repeat of the stages.
Sunday: Two ~10 km stages in Yorkshire – versions of Gale Rigg and Dalby with latter as power stage.

In this version the long liaisons on Sunday morning and Friday midday bother me, so I came up with another one

Version 2: Carlisle-based
Thursday: Super special in Carlisle
Friday: Morning leg again Comb and 30 km Grizedale, both repeated, then midday service on Carlisle. Afternoon leg on the North side with a stage combining Twiglees and Castle O'Er (20 km) and 10 km Craik. In the middle single-run 10 km Kershope and then repeats of Castle O'Er and Craik.
Saturday: Kielder, as in version 1
Sunday: Stang and Hamsterley, latter as shorter version and as power stage

If we could find more stages in the area between Carlisle and Grizedale we could base the whole Friday in that area and have instead Sunday in Scotland to make the timetable looser and have even less liaisons.

If you know about stages run in the area, drop a comment