MTB trails: Follow the Dog, Cannock Forest, Staffordshire
June 17, 2009 by Coop Dogg
Filed under Cycling routes, MTB, Off road
Whilst this trail is in the mainland UK, we like to give you ideas for MTB trails further afield than just the Isle of Wight.
Start: Birches Valley Forest Centre, Cannock Forest , Staffordshire
Finish: circular
Effort: 4 out of 5
Distance 7 miles
Marked route: yes
OS Grid: SK018170 http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/
This single track route tests your skill rather than your speed and is aimed at the intermediate and experienced rider. The trail courses takes you through an 8,700 acre beauty spot, whilst avoiding sensitive terrain elsewhere in the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Tight twists and turns along the way can be expected on this route.
Families and leisure rides an choose less challenging routes which start out from Birches Valley.
Follow the dog was named by Gary Galpin of Chase Trails, by the way in which his Jack Russell dog led him through the route.
MTB trails: Deadwater Mountain, Northumberland
June 17, 2009 by Coop Dogg
Filed under Cycling routes, MTB, Off road
Whilst this trail is in the mainland UK, we like to give you ideas for MTB trails further afield than just the Isle of Wight.
Bike trail, Kielder Forest Park, Northumberland
Start: Kielder Castle Forest Park Centre
Finish: circular
Distance: 9.5 miles
Effort: 4 to 5 out of 5
Marked route: yes
OS Grid: NY632934: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/
Description: Two single track trails with some superb views of amazing countryside in Britain. Deadwater red grade trail or the tough ‘up and over’ black grade trail will take you across the 1,900 ft summit of Deadwater Fell, which straddles the English/Scottish border and gives you a 360 degree view from coast to coast on a clear, fine day.