[Closed] Any opinions on this planned Peaks route for Thurs?

it will be wet

That much I figure.....

....the opinions sought were more of a 'if you wanted a dayer would this be as good as anything else' kind of thing.....

It is definitley a good ride and a long ride. I've never really got the awe that Cut Gate seems to provoke on this message board and it's an area that does seem to hold on to the water. It's peeing down at the moment and it's not going to do much stopping right up and through the weekend according to forcasts.
I'd be looking at doing a Macc. Forest, Goyt Valley, Buxton, Perry Foot, Hope, Edale, Hayfield, Macc. Forest day out instead. Boggy peat moorland in the chucking down rain? Not my cup of tea.

if you want specific opinions ask for them

I did a very similar route 10 days ago from home, I live 2 mls from the North end of Cut Gate. The better way of getting from Dunford to Royston Vasey (Padfield) is to follow the Northern Horse Route instead of dropping down to the West end of the Woodhead tunnel, it's much more interesting than the old railway line. Also the Cut Gate track will be very wet after a week of continuous rain, when we came down it was dry and dusty but that will not be the case now. Also the bridleway across Thurlstone Moor is a bit dodgy, there is a 100m section just before you drop onto the TPT which is a footpath, the house owner at the end is very aggressive and knows the situation, you may be ok on a weekday but whoever published the route is obviously unaware of the history. Hope this helps, have a good ride.

Monksie - cheers, will check out Goyt Valley.....had been meaning to try that area anyway....

Piston - cheers

Cruz - in the through the nose, out through the mouth....and relax....better??

Monksie - do you have a gpx file or anything to help with your recommendation please??

Google is not helping much.....

pistonbroke

The better way of getting from Dunford to Royston Vasey (Padfield) is to follow the Northern Horse Route instead of dropping down to the West end of the Woodhead tunnel, it's much more interesting than the old railway line.

good views rather than a dull flat track 2nd that

I only bought my first GPS yesterday mate, sorry.
The above is a ride I do when I'm out for the day from Stockport. It has a bit of road, canal towpath and converted railway line as a means to an end to get to some of the Dark Peak's finest.
I'll see if I can plot something together from Macc. Forest. I prefer Mam Tor and Roych Clough to Jacobs Ladder to get to Hayfield.

Monksie....cheers would appreciate it.

http://www.theedgecycleworks.com/mtbroutes/hayfield-and-goyt-valley
http://www.theedgecycleworks.com/mtbroutes/macc-forest-hard

I guess I could try link these up if I can find an OS Map?

http://www.theedgecycleworks.com/mtbroutes/hayfield-and-goyt-valley

This is what I was trying to link the Macc forest up to.....

Fair old trek to get from Macc Forest over to the Rowarth Loop... It's certainly do-able - I've done it on the CX - but there's a lot of linking roads, canal towpath, farm tracks etc.

While the Rowarth Loop is good it's one of those that I'd describe as a night ride/after work special. Good riding if you're local and want to get out for an hours blast in an evening but not really something I'd travel a long way to ride.

Combine it with a loop over Chinley Churn (which will also be very wet at the moment) and the Hayfield Classic and it'd be a great all-dayer though. Alternatively, try the Hayfield Classic with an extra loop over to Cavedale, down into Hope, up Hope Cross, turn left, down Jaggers Clough and into Edale then back over Jacobs Ladder to Hayfield.

Have a read of [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/going-peaks-next-week-which-ride ]this thread [/url] for some alternatives. I read that Cut Gate is best avoided after rain.

I'm going to throw this Bryton Rider 50 GPS at a wall in a minute!
I'd seriously consider Crazy leg's latter option over Cut Gate in the wet or dry. That'd be a good ride.