[Closed] Gisburn forgotten routes.

Gisburn is ace!! Would like to know some of the old routes. Working Saturday and some scum had it away with my bike Friday night just gone. Oh well must sort new bike first. Enjoy 😉

Most of the interesting bits used to be off the fire road between Tennel Hill and Geldard Laithe(names off the os map). However I'd rather do a couple of loops of the most recently built jumpy bit as the old stuff was mostly crap, other than the more free ridey bit if you enjoy that sort of stuff.

Meant to be rather wet at the weekend 🙁

The best bits of the old route have been included afaic, there weren't many of them. It's possible that there were some other little sections of note from the old days, but I never found them.

Some of the best bits have been lost to tree felling. There were some great sections in the trees on either side of the red route where it bypasses Hully Gully. This were part of an old NAMBS downhill course used in the mid to late nineties. There were some other great bits of singletrack in the trees just after this on the other side of the fireroad around the remains of Fairhill Farm. Again, this was used by NAMBS, but for the XC race. We had actually taped out this bit as we thought that Martin was going to use it as part of the red route (the 8), but unfortunately it got obliterated by the loggers. Maybe it will get used when they extend the current red route.

Anyone else remember these bits??

yes the fairhill bit was excellent

As has been said, most of the good old stuff has been included in the 8, or flattened, there is a bit of cheeky trail over the road at the top of the forest. As you climb in to the top of 'Home baked' carry straight on rather than turning right into the woods, turn left when you get to a path, this takes you to the road, over the road and follow your nose downhill. This will bring you to the car park by the res, then take the road for a short while and turn left back on to the 8.

Something a bit like this

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