Did a big loop yesterday, and got totally lost 😉
Started off on some of the usual trails near Exeter, but decided to head off towards Dartmoor on some FC trails to see where it lead me. Ended up following some deer trails through the woods and sliding (at speed!) sideways down a 45 degree wooded slope.
Then I tried to find a track shown on the GPS and got told off – nicely mind – by a game-keeper on a quad. At this point I had to backtrack about a mile to find the footpath, even though it was only 100m past him.
Discovered a delightful, though very cheeky, piece of wooded and then steep sunken-pathed singletrack. Then found my bearings at the A38 and had a happy hour or so riding through the woods near Ashcombe and Mamhead – bloody steep hills on a single-speed though!
Finally, found some nice twisty singletrack through the aptly named ‘Big Wood’, and then down some of the Haldon cafe side DH trails and finished off with the marvellous St Andrew’s lane descent.
I was just back in time to get an ice cream at the lovely Orange Elephant Cafe near Kennford.
36 or so miles, and a cracking day out! 😀