+1 for this 'narnia' trail.
You'd find it by going and looking for it.
Narnia is almost as obvious to anyone with a modicum of curiosity as the beast or potato, its just some stuff people have built in the woods, its not a right of way, it is private land.
The one that Me, Pook & Tom had a go at Hora for isn't a right of way either but its out in the open meaning its easily visible to walkers / rangers / general moaning bods and is fun because its not been ridden a million time as isn't 10 foot wide with an ever expanding chicken run down the side of it.
Fancy a look this weekend (couple this with the cheeky 'higher up'?)
I'll need to take my Ardent off the rear though I imagine.
no, you wont like it & will mince / moan. just like you did when Morton, Tom, Me & pook went in there and you didn't tell anyone & went down the beast instead.
Can we not share a little extra detail??
You are not referring to Parkin Clough as that is not inbetween the starts of Beast / PA.....
I have pushed up through some woods to the right of the beast (as you look up it) one winter in 6ft of snow (possible embelishment for good of story)....but can't imagine this is what you are talking about....
More info appreciated - as locals should stick together 😉
I think I can have a look this weekend. Sunday morning again barring lurgy
The Beast is harder and steeper, which is precisely why I generally prefer Potato Alley ! Hard enough to make you think, but not so hard you need to have your brakes full on.
Plus after doing PA, you've got an easy climb and then do Lockerbroke - an even better descent IMHO
Cool. It was lonely on Sunday morning. Podge shut up or I'll publish all the cheeky in a VGraphic's new edition 😆
stilltortoise - Member
Years ago I would have said the Beast. The satisfaction of getting down with no dabs on a fully rigid bike with canti brakes and toe clips cannot be underestimated.
Is that no dabs totally, or are we applying Podge's Peak Park Dabbing Rules V23 revision 2?
For those who don't know it, Narnia is the one that used to have a door for a gate so it was (supposedly) like going through the back of the wardrobe. I realize that describing it as "the one that used to have a door for a gate" is unhelpful if you weren't there 10 years ago. If you need a hint it's before you get to hope cross but it may be crap as I've not ridden it in years.
Know what you mean now, pretty shonky but fun. The beast is still better mind.
Zzzz
Bit damp on that narnia at the minute best saved for drier times
The Beast is beyond my abilities so for me potato alley is best. Cavedale is nice too as long as I have left my bike at home and I am walking my dog 😉
rogerthecat - Is that no dabs totally, or are we applying Podge's Peak Park Dabbing Rules V23 revision 2?
"No member of the ride should ever report for active duty in a ginger toupee"? Thats an unusual one to apply in this instance.
Always important though.
Potato Alley for me. Partly because it links in to the rideable climb unto Hagg farm over the road leaving a decent from hag farm on the way back
My word. We have a Red Dwarfesque gag
I have no idea so i googled it
Strava time for Potatoe Alley is 1:45
The Beast is only 1:03
I'll get my coat
Anyone riding the Beast in 1.03 is sessioning on a DH bike - seen em doing it tbh.
That or a crosser.
That, or a decent rider.
'Beast DH' segment was done in 1:15.
KOM guy, not sure what bike, is very rapid WC DH rider but level KOM was Yeti SB66 with Fox 34s. And a decent rider!
2:30-3 shows Potato - good fun when ridden like that!
^The problem is with riding that fast is that all of the routes in the Peak District suddenly feel very small. At least at my speed I get a decent day out 😆
1.03? Pfhh. I set that time in the vet
did the beast yonks ago and didn't rate it, did it again recently and thought it was alright (I'm not a big fan of wet rock, had it been dry I may have really liked it) Yonks ago I preferred PA, not ridden down it recently so dunno how they compare but the beast does have one (or two) of the few corners that the peak district has to offer, so it's got that going for it.
2:30-3 shows Potato - good fun when ridden like that!
down the chicken run on the side, do you mean?
But then it's "his back yard, also known as the Peak District". I guess he can do what he likes if it's his.
Strava time for Potatoe Alley is 1:45
I can do that if chuck my Garmin off the top - hang on, didn't I find one halfway down on the Pootle? Someone needs an extra Weetabix!! 😀
Paul, you weren't the one who ran half the way back up to tell its owner.... Weetabix for me please
Today I found a track through a petrified village off Hope Cross. Was 'ok'. Anyone else know that singletrack? Plus I got my ear pulled by the logging lads. I tried sneaking up but was collared. 😀
down the chicken run on the side, do you mean?
The (PA) chicken run is more fun though. It's tight and quite hard to ride fast. Whereas the main path is just another peaks rock-smash-a-thon - doesn't really take much skill.
Today I found a track through a petrified village off Hope Cross. Was 'ok'. Anyone else know that singletrack? Plus I got my ear pulled by the logging lads. I tried sneaking up but was collared.
I thought that was what people were calling Narnia? I know the one you mean, and I love it. More than the beast anyway.
Found it. I cleared quite abit of branches/logs off the top section/start today. That drop bit looks scary (I veered right). At the fork where the trail splits in two- is the left any good? It looks claggy as ell.
