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Im heading up to cheadle in manchester from oxford. debating taking the friday off and doing a days riding some where.
Id like some thing with lots of roots and rocks.
any ideas?
Macclesfield forest?
You are not too far from the peak district there.
I was hoping to ride some where on the way up.
I suppose one might ask why not Cannock itself? Thing is there isnt much between the two. Manchester is surrounded by great riding in every direction other than South. M6 North from Cannock goes through the Cheshire plain. Not much great riding there. You could detour to Llandegla which is certainly worth a trip. Or as mentioned above you could head into the Peaks. Macclesfield Forest has some good riding but you need to know where to go and be cheeky agnostic. Farmer John's in Stockport is meant to be a good laugh as well. If roots n rocks is your thing then the Pennines is a good bet. Hebden has a myriad of steep rooty and rocky trails and there's always Lee Quarry if you want to overdose on the rocks..
macc forest defo. great place. how long will you have?
Cannock is closer to the M6, just 10 mins off junc 12.
Easy enough to extend Macc Forest up to Three Shires Head and Cumberland Clough way.
If you went A34 south for a bit then M4, M5, to get on the M6 you could do the Croft trail behind Nationwide in Swindon 🙂
Roots? Swing through the shire on your way up. Hopton, Bringewood, Eastridge etc. Then up the a5 and m56
Ive done cannock quite a bit, fancied a change.
the plan is a day of work and travel straight up in the morning. so macc forest is looking good. just need to plan where to start etc
to be fair might as well go to the peaks really
park here dude, it's free and at the bottom of the final fantastic descent.
email me for a gpx for a route if you like.
Hi - I've dropped you a line too - fancy a change of scenery
God knows who I sent the email to
Probably my mother
Will go again
Cheers
Edit: sent it to J. Paul any help appreciated
Another 75-90 mins north on the M6 and you're at Gisburn forest. Well worth a visit if you get the chance.
lolz "where to ride between cannock and manchester?"
The lake district