Does anybody know if you can link up the return W2 high level section with the Blade Trail, don’t want to do all of the Blade but would like to pick up the sections forwards the end of the Blade.

Yep you can easily link up the trails using the forest roads, depending on where you want to start and end the ride. There are large maps at the centres to plan a route.

Thanks chop chop, I have had a look at the available trail maps, on W2 at the point where you would pick up Energy it isn’t clear on the trail maps whether you can continue and maintain height to get across to join the Blade, for e.g. The fire road intersection of Helterskelter?

At the junction between the end of windy point and the start of energy there is a fire road. You can turn left and climb up to the start of helter skelter using that fire road.

As chop chop says.

When return on the W2 homeward bound leg, don’t turn into Energy.

Instead carry on the fire road, keep on this fire road, going up, long draggy fire road climb past the end of the Black run section.

This will bring you back up to the top of Windy Point, the top of the long climb out of Glyncorrwg.

Instead of turning left and going on the outward bound leg of The Blade, keep straight ahead.

After a mile or so, the entrance to Helter Skelter will be on your right hand side.

Thanks chop chop and Dennis, that’s exactly the info I required.

Or turn left and go up through the wind farm to come out on the cross roads at restington place.