[Closed] If you had 4 days to ride in the Peak - what would your chosen routes be?

Something in Ambergate. Maybe the quarries drop to Eyam/Stoney Middleton

Pook - the quarries into stoney are a bit tame aren't they?

yes, but if you ride them fast enough they're cracking. I'm thinking one particular path - couldn't comment on the others.

The 5 dales ride out of the 'V' graphics White Peak book is really good when the weather's fine, for your day 4.

ooh ooh, Peep O'Day? Is it? Jayne? The good one down to the barn?

Waves to Pook.
Peep O'Day is part of Hayfield loop.
No, 'Far phoside' is the good one down to the barn. They both end up on the same road though.

Ok, I revise my quarries to say that!

Good list, I'd make #1 Hayfield but 2-4 would be nice, can you make it 5days and head to Wharncliffe for a bit of a difference at the end ?

if i had 4 days spare to go riding i wouldn't go the peak district...

Good plan Si 🙂

Good plan Si 🙂

if i had 4 days spare to go riding i wouldn't go the peak district...

thank god for that.. I wouldn't want to look at your miserable face.

I'd do
1.Hayfield/Edale loop
2.Hope Valley/Ladybower
3.Bakewell/Chatsworth area
4.Linacre Reservoir area

Three Gates epic.
Cut Gate (N > S), Chapel Gate, Doctors Gate. Ideally start from the bottom of one of the Gates so somewhere like Edale (finish on Chapel Gate), Fairholmes (finish on Cut Gate) or Glossop (finish on Drs Gate).
Long route, about 100km, easily an all dayer.

racing ralph: yes it is, you're right but in good weather conditions I reckon it's one of those trails that you should do once just to say you've done it!

In the drought of April/May last year where even the boggiest bits of the Peak became rideable, it was actually really nice. After rain though the bottom bit becomes a horrible swamp and the top part is always stupidly tech.

Plenty of nice routes there but it all depends when you;re going, Cut gate will be terrible at the moment, Linacre reservoir not much better, and frankly Dale 2 of the 5 dales ride is always sketchy unless it's been bone dry for months 🙂

ahwiles - Member
if i had 4 days spare to go riding i wouldn't go the peak district...

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thank **** for that - is it because its too hard ;)- where would sir like to go in his spare time?

crazylegs - drs gate is terribly unrewarding ime

ahwiles where would you go,if you had 4 days?

Rob,i like Doctor's Gate,its just all the road pap to it i dont like.

the road bit is shite!!

I had forgotten Stanage 🙁

I'd do
1.Hayfield/Edale loop
2.Hope Valley/Ladybower

I'm planning a long weekend in the area this year. It used to be my stomping ground many moons ago, does anybody have a route they could send me for these, pretty please? 😀

PP - mail me and i will sort you out 🙂

(oh in a none gay way)

RR, will do. Many thanks 🙂

Blower - Member
ahwiles where would you go,if you had 4 days?

scotland - where riding bikes isn't illegal.

if i had 4 days to go away and ride my bike, i wouldn't be drawn to this:[img] [/img]

it's good fun for a jolly after work in summer...

yes - because the peaks is all grass - incredible!

PENIS!

now now,

play nicely.

X

ah whiles you really are an odd character aren't you, i am glad you will be off up to Scotland 🙂

it's not all grassy in the peak district,

some of it's rocky/sandy:
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again - penis!

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oscilate wildly - reread your post - lol!! Sounds like some dodgy porn!!

incredible! PENIS!

PMSL!!! 😆

Coupled with

Oscillate Wildly - Member
again - penis!

I can't breath now!!!

Ohhhhhhh!!

back on topic...

1:jacobs ladder route
2:from cutthroat bridge up to wlt, down to fairholmes, up to lockerbrook, down hagg, up to win hill, down a nice cheeky, back up to wlt, down another cheeky.
3:easy day; cut gate (bone dry of course) plus a play at wharncliffe.
4:start at thornhill, up to win hill,hope cross, down the beast, up the permissive track on to win hill, down parkin clough in the day, pooks night ride route in the evening.

I'm not getting involved in this argument.

Oh sod it

😆 😆

ralph - what macc route do you do?

id defo include stanage in a top 4 easily, if not top 1! tag the end of it or start over WLT way and go that way over for a longer one! may well just do that in the summer!

Good choices, but what/where is this route please? 😳

day 1 - Macc forest 3 shirres head maybe and hayfield area in the arvo

1. Hayfield area (including new allotments, middle moor, lantern pike)
2. Ambergate and surrounding area cheeky
3. Castleton / Hope / Ladybower circuit (taking in Mamtor bobsleigh descent, Beast, cheeky descent off Whinstone)
4. Matlock / Two Dales / Rowsley (including Copy woods, Northwood, Carlton Lees, Stanton Moor cheek)

A good mix of rocky days trails and some lovely woodland singletrack.