I did the kinder enduro ride out of the dark peak book today - first serious ride in the Peaks I've done. Good ride, but bleak as f_k to be honest, not helped by some pretty ordinary weather. Some random questions on the ride:
What is the script with riding up to the Kinder plateau? Worth it for the views, trails etc? Or bang out of order wrt erosion? The track up from Edale cross seemed decent (no doubt steep).
The Chapel gate descent was described in the book as 'famous'. Given it was an unremarkable, steepish farm track, I'm guessing something has happened to it like it got filled in? Bit of a shame, I wonder if there is a better way of getting down to Edale from around there.
I stopped at the bottom of Jacobs ladder for some pickled onion monster munch, then started pushing up the climb. I was thinking there is no way, and I mean no way, that anyone mortal can ride a bicycle up here over these rocks. I got to where it levels out a bit and I saw that I'd just hiked up a footpath. I guess I somehow missed the bridleway which seemed to join up. So when mighty riders talk of putting a dent in Jacobs ladder, they're not talking about riding up this footpath are they?
Pretty hard ride tbh - all those rocky bridleways running between two walls take it out of you.
