There was a thread a week or so ago that mentioned this wonderful descent but mentioned that there were issues once the trail entered the woodland. It would appear that the Dartmoor piskies have been about and have :-
Trimmed the sides of the main traverse, resulting in a scarily fast but still technical trail. Easily one of the best on the moor.
On entering the wood, stay on the main trail. It has become a water course due to a spring but the piskies have diverted the water and added a small rock garden over the damaged trail, between 2 boulders.
Navigation is then still tricky, but there are now 2 armoured stream crossings if you can find them. The more it gets ridden, the more obvious the route to and over the crossings becomes.
As a result, the whole of the boggy section is now rideable.
The trail then becomes obvious singletrack all the way to the bottom.
All hail the piskies.
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a true classic, got lost at the top 1st time i did it but the trail as it goes into the wood flat out is hard as!!!
will do it soon me thinks
I thought this was the way to avoid boggy sections of Dartmoor!
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Good pic there snaps... Anymore? We were just wondering what happened to those taken at weekend earlier.
And Easdon is now at warp factor 5.
I guess you are taalking about this one..??..[url= http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?x=273625&y=82440&z=120&sv=273625,82440&st=4&ar=y&mapp=idld.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=757&ax=273625&ay=82440&lm=0 ]here[/url]
indeed
Yes I emailed them to Jim as I don't have your addy.
princealbertofthemoor at googlemail dot com
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Ta Snaps.
well done the piskies. seems they've developed a taste for it eh?
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Yeah well done those piskies
Si - did you get my text re 24:12, sorry about the delay responding.
sounds fun. Have I been there?
That thread may have been me... Sounds ace. Will have to get up there soon to have a look!
jambo - not with me. It forms an eastern loop with Coombe Down and Nutcracker. Probably riding it Saturday from Bovey if you're interested.
[jambo]i'm liking my DH bike at the moment[/jambo]
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Probably riding it Saturday from Bovey if you're interested'
if you are... let me know... would be up for that...
Sure thing neil. Weather might be an issue but the plan is to loop round from Bovey and take in Smallacombe rocks, dingly dell, Coombe Down, Easdon and Nutcracker. If it's on, there'll be a post up on Friday night.
Better get the Five built up quick then else i'm on the SS 😀
[sharki]i cant stop breaking myself and have to resort to a gaybike[/sharki]
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