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I'm no fan of grouse shooting, but the maintenance of the access roads to the butts makes for amazing riding.

That's okay then, we'll forgive the uber rich their environmental crimes then.

No gravel in London

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I feel like your argument is with the wrong person - the tracks are there because of practice I find abhorrent, just like lots of the 'gravel' we find. Can dislike everything associated with grouse shooting while enjoying the tracks.

Absolutely not. And you shouldn't be riding on old drive roads either, because meat is murder.

Jeez, beautiful. Did you have to travel far to get there?

Frustratingly this is within an hour loop from my dad's front door. The frustrating part being that I live in York and this is a 3 hour journey away. This is far from unique too; there's a load of this around the borders, I could only explore a tiny part.

This looks great. Do you have a route?

Also in the Borders, absolutely no gravel.

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Those windmills look familiar; whereabouts is that?

I don't have a route but it's up the Swire from Ettrickbridge to witchie knowe then right at the top and follow the tracks to Craighopeburn head. From there you can take any path down through Bowhill to the bottom. If you're coming from the north then it's up from Yarrow and left at the top.

All (just about) rideable on a drop bar bike with very average handling skill.

No gravel in the Peak District.

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Thanks! Photos are from Soutra windfarm, which spans the A68. It’s a great ride - kind of amazing being among 60 turbines on a windy day.

No bartape in the Peak District.

Discovered a great new section in the Surrey Hills this morning

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Shame that beater is hiding it.

Touché

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where is that?

It's from the top of Green Deene to 3/4 the way up Whitedown.

It's a really good surface, gently downhill and no-one around

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thanks!

chefs kiss

Seriously though that bike is a beaut.

Oh nice, I’ve looked for this trail before but only ever figured it was the horrible steep looking footpath off the west side of Whitedown and having always climbed it from the south I’m yet to have been in the mood to stomp up

No gravel in Cornwall

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@leggy_blonde Where’s that? New to off road and I know no routes down here.

There I was, thinking this was a bike thread.

No gravel furniture.

No gravel in the Forest of Bowland this weekend.

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