Rode their singletrack route on Monday. Was really quite pleasantly suprised - nice little 4 mile trail, nothing massively exciting but tight and flowy in sections - a really enjoyable afternoon's riding.
Rode it 3 times and considering it was a bank holiday & not actually pouring with rain I didn't get held up too much & most people were very courteous and quick to move aside for a faster rider.
Of course there were a couple of muppets on a tandem (!) riding the wrong way....
Overall... highly recommended if you're in the area & got a few hours to kill
Agreed,,,,,,,
its only a 10min ride from my house so i tend to pull in sections of it most rides, its just a shame walkers and muppet tandems cant read the one way signs and no entrys as it really spoils your flow when you hit someone head on a blind bend (but thats the attitude and respect towards mtb'er in the new forest area, for you)...
Next time check out the mini bike park and trails at watchmoor too
need to ride it at night when they've all gone home - when the wrong way round is fun too, though one or two "awkwardly placed" trees if you're not careful
xterra - is the pump-tracky thing rideable ? (all looked a bit run-down when I had a look but that was a while ago and only with a headtorch from the fence)
No its looking pretty good these days, its had a revamp recently, in time for all the young rippers to use it during half term... TBH the kids that ride down there are quite well behaved and do pick up a shovel and help build and maintain the trails most of the time. As with eveything there is one of two nob heads, but genrally its a top place to ride and progress your skills
Am planning to be there on friday with the kids. It's a great singletrack to introduce the little ones to riding. No big ascents etc... and good fun.
The rock fairies really know where to put them too - just when you start to relax a little, there's a cunningly positioned lump of stone.
Great fun.
Its a shame there isnt a stash of them nearer to watchmoor as ive built a short downhill run near there and a rock garden would have finished it off nicely 😉