A few of us used to do a little road trip out to Wales each winter, up early Saturday morning to Afan.
Youth hostel that night, Chinese and some beer.
Cwmcarn on Sunday morning. Lunch, quick downhill then back to reality…
All my old buddies have emigrated to warmer climates and I am now Norman no mates but want to head out west and ride somewhere other than local stuff.
Don’t have a downhill bike anymore but want some fast a flowing stuff.
So from London what is doable in a day.
Up early in the car onto the M4 head West….

Forest of Dean & The Quantocks are doable in a day from the smoke .

Forest of Dean not that far off the M4 and worth a go, and if you can get as far over as Brechfa both routes there are great.

+1 for FoD, the main man-made XC trail is fast/flowy (at least in places :p ) and the DH tracks are all ridable on ‘normal’ bikes