I am off to the Quantocks soon for a long weekend.

Has anyone got any recommendations for good routes – approx 20 miles in length – starting at Nether Stowey.

Any must do descents, or climbs to avoid?

We have a map and a compass!

Thanks in advance

Mrs_spooky_b329

The Quantocs are built on an east-west ridgeline. Once you’re on the ridge, you can pick anything with ‘coombe’ in the name (Smiths, Hodders, Holford…), and it’ll be awesome.

Mrs Spooky
I trust you are taking Singlespeeds? 😉
TM

P.s. Mrs Twiglet_monster has had the maps out tonight. She’s been chuckling away suggesting there might be some challenges heading your way….
TM

Unfortunately my ‘singlespeed’ is not in working order……

There appears to be quite a lot of contour lines on the map for the Quantocks!!!!!

bincombe is my favourite
smiths isnt worth the climb out imo frog isnt great imo
stert/sommerton is great
anything over great wood is fun
weacombe is a nice way to finish.
cant remember any of the other proper names as we know the trails by other names…

Hodders Combe is a must,one of the prettiest natural trail sections that I know,runs parallel to a beautiful stream,breathtaking. Smiths Combe too,both decent climbs/descents but unforgettable for beauty.

frog isn’t great

Try the other side of frog.

Weacombe
Great Bear into Concrete block into Holford Combe
Hare Knap into the bottom of lady’s edge

Bin Combe, possibly my favourite track. Sublime

The Quantocs are built on an east-west ridgeline.

Really? they must have moved since I drove to work across them tonight. 🙄

weacombe is a nice way to finish.

Not if you’re staying in Stowey.

Not if you’re staying in Stowey

See, local knowledge is gold. 😉

All we need now is some ballroom blitz…

Really? they must have moved since I drove to work across them tonight

Alright, north-west to south-east. Seemed a pretty straightforward way to explain it to someone who’s not familiar with the area.

Perhaps you can offer a better explanation?

All we need now is some ballroom blitz…

Nooooo!!!!

Perhaps you can offer a better explanation?

I find it easier to say North South, If you head East you’ll end up in Bridgwater and if you head West you’ll end up in Minehead and you really don’t want to go to either. 😕