Camping with the family so probably only get 1 ride in. Would like to find at least one cracking descent and plan a ride around that. I have the VP guide book and map.
Any pointers?

Cheers 🙂

Hawk Combe and anywhere along that valley & along the ridge is good, just be careful of walkers near bottom. Granny’s ride also very good. There’s a nice one into Porlock Weir as well. We were there three weeks ago, excellent riding but very wet. 🙂

When are you down & where are you staying?

cheers starrman will check those on me map.
Camping near Lynton snaps but dont mind a little drive closer to the good stuff. Horner woods is on the radar, worth exploring or is local knowledge an essential?

I did an MBR route of the Brendan Hills last weekend.
Stunning ride with at least 3 or 4 quality descents.
One of those was Granny’s ride.
You can download the route here
I totally recommend it but bring your climbing legs too!
The scenery was stunning!

Horner woods has loads of ways down & the rooty ones are tricky when wet – local knowledge is a must to get the best out of the area – I’m up there most weeks if its not raining, happy to show you round.

Thanks for the offer snaps, looking at the forecast though, I guess you’ll be absent next week 😕
Should I be ignoring Dunkery hill?
Cheers

Snaps, any chance of a re run of that route we did a couple of years back with the descent into Minehead from Selworthy Beacon?

For me I’d say the run down from Dunkery Beacon to Brockwell. Long and rocky,just mind the walkers on the top section.

Twang – Wednesday looks OK, best of the week
Bern – yes sure, are you down for the EE? didn’t see a post about it on MTBB

Cheers Pete68, that looks like it might form part of a decent loop. Wheres this Grannys ride then? I’m guessing its better than it sounds… 🙂

the descent into Minehead from Selworthy Beacon?

Thats the last 7 or 8 kms of the route link I posted above.
Its a quality descent.

Granny’s is in Horner Wood, sort of between Flora’s and the decent to Horner Farm. If you head that way you will see signs but i’ve not seen it on an OS map.
BTW i dislocated my shoulder last time i rode it, got in wrong line near the bottom… 😯

Brilliant cheers starrman… [avoid wrong line at bottom] – noted 🙂

+1 for Horner Woods.

Selworthy to Bossington also well worth it but bit sketchy in wet.

Dunkery-stoke pero church- horner tea garden. or dunkery to brockwell.
webbers post to horner via tuckers

And add in Grabbist Hill too.

North off Dunkery Beacon, sort of what Knottie says, but I’d turn east onto Dicky’s Path (which you can see on the OS map), down to Webbers Pst – then either Dunster Path to Brockwell or down through Horner Woods if you know how to find the good stuff there. If you dont, head north from Webbers towards Horner Farm and you wont go far wrong.

Hawkcombe is good, but hits tarmac disappointingly early, if you ride that I’d suggest climbing back up when you reach Shillets Combe and riding along the balcony to the north. Lots of good options down to Porlock or Porlock Weir if you do that.

Must be pretty damp at the moment though…

agent…
Will let you know tomorrow after The Explorer, MudX’s have been fitted. 😕

A crowd of us rode Selworthy/Bossington/Hurlstone thurs night after heavy rain, was wet sure, but not boggy. I had RRs no problems, not gonna change ’em for tomorrow either.

Snaps, not doing EE this year due to work 🙁
Would you be happy showing me and a couple of lads from my club?
I’ll be in touch re some dates, cheers

Nice one agent,
A run down from Dunkery Beacon it is, hang a right down Dickies to Webbers post, head north and look for good stuff – sorted… now how the eckypeck do I get back up to DB??? up the valley (Horner Water) to Stoke Pero? or round and up Flora’s?
Looks like a muddy one whatever… 😀

Cheers all