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Seen some hills in the distance where I'm working. Hartpury
You can see the Malverns from Hartbury
North about 16 miles would be the Malverns, East about 20 would be the Cotstwolds, West about 20 miles Black mountains?
Plenty of places to ride near there- FOD is only about 40mins away
cheltenham is probably closet and for that you need leckhampton hill. park up at daisybank car park then walk up the fire road to the top, lots of single track and a play jumpy area. other than that [url= http://thefod.co.uk/# ]the fod[/url] trail centre is pretty good fun for a day out of xc/dh
walk up the fire road to the top
Or you could ride up it 😉
Plenty of riding in the town centre by the looks of the telly today. Hoody and scarf required though.
walk on lecky? where???? the hill isn't that hard to ride up.
In fact i would say there are very few tracks that can't be ridden with a little bit of belief.
Anyway from Hartbury, head to Maisemore and Gloster follow the bypass, up Birdlip hill, turn right at the roundabout, 2nd exit, carry on to the top of the hill just after the overtaking lane ends turn right, then fairly quickly turn right again. Dump car at the carpark here and follow your nose.
One point if you see anything odd in the woods its normal.
walk up the fire road to the top
I like you're style, I tell myself that my bike's to gnarrrr to ride up Lecky fire roads, could be my fitness levels letting me down though 🙄
the 'tramway' fireroad is easy enough to ride, the one above that to the very top is a bit more challenging - particularly if you're doing it repeatedly!
Dave
Birdlip parking spot is something!! I stopped there after visiting relatives in Gloucester. Thought I'd have my sandwich and admire the view whilst on my way to Oxford. I had a guy in a parked car get quite irritated with me as he kept getting out of his vehicle going through a gate into the coppice nearby. He repeated this about three times and then drove off after he gave me a grumpy look. Didn't realise it was one of those places til I mentioned it to a mate from Stonehouse who laughed his head off and told me what went on up there. Oh righto!!!
I would deffo head to FOD!!!
ha ha loving the 'ride up the fire road' posts! Yes i am lazy and i would rather push, when i went up last with a mate i road up and he walked and i got to the top a whole 20 yards in front of him and wheezing! 😆
enjoy the riding +1 for birdlip also
Shab hill? you can guess what its known as round here...try Cranham woods/painswick beacon for a roll, Im sure a local would show you round!