Ambergate (shining cliff)
From Mansfield – A38 south to Ripley then across to Ambergate
At junction with A6 (Hurt Arms pub) turn left, take first right almost immediately, before you get to petrol station, its a narrow singletrack road at side of a cricket pitch.
Go over bridge over river, layby on LHS half way up hill. Park there
Tracks you enter the wood opposite layby at the obvious greenlane, follow track then when it starts uphill take a right, (concrete bollard thing in middle of path i think) go through the old mill buildings, keep on that track almost to the gate at the end marked private (caravan park) tracks are just before there on LHS you will see the end of a few coming out onto the path, just follow them up
Ride courteously and don’t go if its wet, it’s a bit cheeky
Across the river and canal there is some stuff at Crich and just down the A38 towards Derby there are some short tracks and occasionally jumps and timber ladders (depending on local builders v landowner) at Drum Hill
THe decent from top of black rocks back to the canal is also good fun, in three sections, top is rocky, then some flowy singletrack above the high peak trail followed by a really fast double track blast down to the road it’s easy to do a 20-30km loop linking black rocks Crich and Ambergate, or another linking Ambergate, The Chevin (Belper) and Drum Hill (but that one involves a fair bit more road)
