its the best! loads of trails to try on the wrekin….
1. straight up the main path and down the far side, past the needles eye, then turn right do the “round the wrekin” path (great name) clockwise.
or 2. when you’re descending the main path, take the little singletrack that’s parallel on the left side, right from the top, it keeps popping back out to the main path, until after the main path’s first steep descent (the one that’s got concrete re-enforcing it). when you get to that plateau – dive off left into the woods, on the downhill trail. or finally coming down the main path, carry straight on at the gate just above the half way house and check the singletrack that cuts the corner and skirts the sloops down to the start where everyone parks.. its all good! and then there’s the ercall! my home turf.
don’t go riding over the bronze age settlement gateway mounds though! bad juju…. especially “hell’s gate”
probably that’s all very confusing, but then i don’t wanna make it too easy to find the best bits…..
(my friend crick sutcliffe rode it all 3 times in a row without putting his foot down, but that was in the 90’s on a diamond back, and now he lives in california. which is nice.)