Took the Karate Monkey out towards Littleborough yesterday. Went scouting out some trails, trying to string together a handful of bridleways to make a decent evening loop. Had been warned the top of Windy Hill is a popular dogging spot, Hope trials hub managed to disturb a couple making the most of their bank holiday in the back of a Fiesta coasting towards the gate out to the main road.
Crossed over the motorway to Blackstone Edge, got a bit confused if I was on a footpath but as it's all fresh packhorse slabs figured I wasn't doing much damage either way, need to dig out the OS map tonight and take a look. The top's a bit of a boulder field but after that there's some nice flowy singletrack that brings you out by the reservoir. Rolled down to the Pennine Bridleway and back to the train station. Was nice to go on a shorter ride for a change and still managed to squeeze in few good ups as well as downs!
While I'm here...
Took the Karate Monkey out towards Littleborough yesterday. Went scouting out some trails, trying to string together a handful of bridleways to make a decent evening loop. Had been warned the top of Windy Hill is a popular dogging spot, Hope trials hub managed to disturb a couple making the most of their bank holiday in the back of a Fiesta coasting towards the gate out to the main road.
Crossed over the motorway to Blackstone Edge, got a bit confused if I was on a footpath but as it's all fresh packhorse slabs figured I wasn't doing much damage either way, need to dig out the OS map tonight and take a look. The top's a bit of a boulder field but after that there's some nice flowy singletrack that brings you out by the reservoir. Rolled down to the Pennine Bridleway and back to the train station. Was nice to go on a shorter ride for a change and still managed to squeeze in few good ups as well as downs!