Hopped on the train to Oxenholme on Wednesday night. Headed along the road to Garsdale then up the Coal Road onto the Pennine Bridleway. Had 4h "sleep" above Dent Fell then rode down the PBW back to Hebden Bridge.
The Yorkshire Dales section of the PBW is excellent, stunning views even with the low-cloud and pouring rain, lots of up and down and very quiet all around. Pendle to Calderdale had some nice riding too and there was one point you could turn round and see all the way back to the Dales. The bit between the Dales and Pendle featured a lot of skirting along field boundaries, non existent tracks, cow poo, sheep poo, more cow poo, several fields with angry bulls and a few farms with unfriendly dogs... Not in any hurry to ride that bit again!
Hopped on the train to Oxenholme on Wednesday night. Headed along the road to Garsdale then up the Coal Road onto the Pennine Bridleway. Had 4h "sleep" above Dent Fell then rode down the PBW back to Hebden Bridge.
The Yorkshire Dales section of the PBW is excellent, stunning views even with the low-cloud and pouring rain, lots of up and down and very quiet all around. Pendle to Calderdale had some nice riding too and there was one point you could turn round and see all the way back to the Dales. The bit between the Dales and Pendle featured a lot of skirting along field boundaries, non existent tracks, cow poo, sheep poo, more cow poo, several fields with angry bulls and a few farms with unfriendly dogs... Not in any hurry to ride that bit again!
Waking up...
Just after the rain stopped...