Not sure whats happening with the Blue Ball Dibbs, was in there early Autumn and although trade looked slow, was under new management, albiet by a young couple with young kids.
The 'Carew arms' seems to be the up and coming pub for riders, they're considering providing an uplift service for riders staying there and/or dinning there.
Knottie just saw your edit.
Aye a guided tour with me when i'm fit is the best way to see most of the trails in a weekends riding, a usual weekends riding would go like this.
Arrive friday PM and if in summer, hit the trails for a teaser, one climb, a spin across the ridge and plummet back to base for beer and grub and more beer.
Early start Sat.. Dawn raid to ride through the sunrise away from the grockles, Share the trails with the Red deer as they make their way back to their day time shelter in the trees, stop for fried noms at either the back of my car or at the end of a 2mile flowing woodsy singletrack descent, climb out and enjoy the scenic traverses as the grub is burnt off, then it's down, up down up, etc snacking all the way, rests whenever, we've got all day…
Depending on the group, the DH trails will be visited so you can experience the more challenging side of the Quantocks, from flowing short jumpy runs, to root infested, tight, twisty steep gnarl of cockercombe south side.
From there we'll do the classic that is the chimney, then it's one last climb out, past the picnicing families back up to the main heath for one final descent of the day for more eats and beer.
Sunday, later start, crusing the hills, pub lunch, crusing the hills, sleep!
