I've googled about a bit and not come up with anything appropriate, so I'm throwing myself under the STW juggernaut for an answer...
What I'm after is a 40-ish mile route with plenty of up and down. Fun stuff is good, but super-gnarl is not required.
Anyone got any tracks they can send me (for use on a Garmin 705, but I can translate if required), or willing to show me around so that I can record it?
Thanks!
Where about on the North Downs
Well, I'm driving down from West London so I'm not too bothered about where I start. I usually start from Leith Hill or Holmbury St Mary.
*bump*
Someone out there must be able to help, surely!
Why not just start from Peaslake go up the hill to the back, all the singletrack is visible on Google Earth now as its so popular up there, find a track and go up or down it. Then drop down to Peaslake have some tea and cakes then go up Holmbury hill and do the same thing.
Most of the interesting tracks are found by riding along and looking out to each side and trying things out as you run across them.
Well, I have ridden around there a bit and I can find my way to this and that, taking in the odd good trail on the way, but I don't think I could easily put together a cohesive long ride there. I just moved down from the Chilterns where I had a variety of lengthy loops straight from my door, but it took a lot of map-reading and riding trails the "wrong" way to find something that worked.
Hopefully someone has already done the work for me! Then I can adjust to taste/mood 🙂
That's the Surrey Hills not the North Downs. When do you want to go? I can possibly show you around.
OK, if you want to be correct, then it's Surrey Hills.
I was thinking of going out on Sunday, but I'm actually free for the whole of next week too. It's be great if you could show me around njee20!
That bike mag link looks interesting (if advert-heavy).