I have fond memories of the high peak circuit taking us 7 hours to complete one winter
Including my missus in tears after being terrified that a highland cow was going to kill her.
Sett valley trail car park.
It’s £4.50 for all day I think
Tonto… watch out for the girl on the purple bike… she’ll hoover up GF cake…;-)
Hayfield camp site has camping pods, but i think they are quite big so might be costly.
There’s a few b+b in New Mills that might be worth a try it’s only 2 miles down the sett valley to the start. If anyone ends up there let me know and we’ll get you to the start!
tonto – Member
I will supply GF cake for any awkward eaters. Anyone want a lift from Rugby/Coventry area?
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*waving wildly!!*
I would normally bring some gf goodies but we will have to rush off afterwards as family are visiting – hence no time to make nice yummy portions of cakey goodness…. next time for sure 🙂
No, we have a route, it just got boring when a route was announced and then all and sundry tried to rip it to bits to include their own favourite technical bits and stuff that probably wasn’t suitable for taking a 50-odd strong group down at a “leisurely” pace. We know a route, we have many options to cut it short or extend it as conditions dictate, and all should be entertained
for those who are unable to make it this time, there’ll be more, we’ll see you next time
Hayfield camp site has camping pods, but i think they are quite big so might be costly.
Closed until 31 March – the most obvious local accommodation is the Travelodge in Glossop. There’s also quite a cool-looking mini-barn conversion thing up opposite Peep o’Day, right on one of the bridleways. This place:
Easy to plan a route when it’s you and a handful of people you regularly ride with. These routes need a certain degree of fluidity as we won’t know until after the ride has started, what we’re actually capable of as a group.
RoCkEtDog (couldn’t resist) – you are welcome to stay at our gaff on Saturday night. Just email nbt if you’re taking up my offer. Promise I won’t snog you (well no tongues anyway). 😯
Now if, hypothetically, one were to have just found out they’re free on Sunday, would a comically unfit rider on an 8yr old Carrera hardtail with Tektro vees be able to tackle the elusive route?
Have no doubt, this is proper mountain biking. There are cut outs to shorten the route, though some will involve riding along a main road. There will be rocks and stream crossings and some fairly technical riding. People will get off and walk at times. I’ve ridden these trails on a hardtail with vee brakes (some walking and not a little swearing might have been involved)
you’ll fit right in
(I realised half way through typing that that you weren’t asking about bringing along an 8 year old child riding a bike with v-brakes 🙂 )
(I should point out that in the pic above, minipips was about 7 yrs old I think, Crazylegs was riding CX and Rich was riding fixed CX)
The half hour looking for a dropped Garmin that had already been found was a highlight for me
Was that the one found at the bottom of potato alley ?
Yes.
Glad I made it onto the list of positive memories of past pootles. 🙂
The Garmin now lives in my Camelbak on MTB rides.
Did Hayfield loop over Christmas, plenty to go at around there; enjoy the ride, family over so can’t make it.
Look forward to a summer outing when it happens.