Has anyone heard of or done the Frosterley loop? Supposed to be a hard 22 mile cross country loop taking in part of Hamsterley Forest. Only trail i can find is Egglestone Circular which is 36 miles.Can Anyone help me please

I <think> you are getting the name wrong. Doctors Gate (Hamsterley one) is around 22 miles, goes very near Frosterley and takes in Hammers.

Route can be found on Hamsterley Trail Blazers Website. There are a few, ahem, modifications I’d make to the route shown to take out the road sections, but look at a map and you’ll see where the short-cuts are. There is a couple of hints on that link too 😉

We did that. It has some pretty clear signs about not going down the cheeky tracks. That means a lot of road descent. I wouldn’t bother doing it again