Morning,
There's 18 of us staying in a bunkhouse in near Alnwick, 5 or 6 of us are taking our bikes and although I been up in Northumberland climbing many times I've never ridden there. Could anyone suggest a medium sized loop somewhere around Alnwick
Ta very much
The closest thing would probably be Thrution Woods however all the singletrack sections are not marked and if you dont know them then you will miss them.
For marked trails you would be best with Kielder - you can hire bikes there if nobody has one and its about a half hour drive - not far more winding roads.
You also have Simonside at Rothbury and the cheviots but you will need maps etc.
Hmm, Kielder may be a bit too far but what's at Rothbury
Cheers
🙂
Simonside is at Rothbury, Forestry Commison woods and crags. There are some posts on here about it - I can never find anything other than forstery tracks there though. If you email me a carl r donaldson @ g mail . c o m i will send you a route map of thrunton woods. Which I think will be your best option.
Thrunton is about 5 mins from Alnwick. http://www.multimap.com/maps/?#t=l&map=55.37492118542293,-1.8753122197060356|14|4&dp=841&loc=GB:55.37492118542293:-1.8753122197060356:16
Where are you staying? I live 9 miles from Alnwick so if you need any local advice ask away.
There is a guy at Rothbury who does tours and trips etc http://www.northumberlandbikebreaks.com/ but i dont know him or ever used him so have no idea what he is like.