Kielder: Lonesome Pine , Deadwater & Lakeside Way ( pic he
Aug 29, 2016 20:03:03 GMT
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Post by hodgy on Aug 29, 2016 20:03:03 GMT
..The hard lads version ( lol) ...
That's to say the bits that most of Joe Public miss out on the Lonesome Pine as it involves a lot of climbing...namely Ant's Path ( yes that Ant ) ..the climb after that which has no name , the switchback grunt that is Simon's Tester..Capon Hassock..the greatest section of trail in the whole forest due to the way it was built and Stairway to Heaven ..which is best avoided if it's even slightly moist !
3.5 hours and the only riders I saw were on the short section of the Lakeside Way at Lewisburn where I started and again on the way back from Kielder at the end .
So the pics ..
The start of the singletrack at Lewisburn
The section after Ant's Path
The entrance devised by yours truly ...Hodgy's Hump ..so called at the time ..but nobody knows !
And the exit at soggy bottom which I always checkout first ..bottle at the first attempt but manage to clear by the third !
The first couple of pics ..and I can see you thinking what's the problem ...and it doesn't look too much of a test does it?
But the last pic is from in the stream and shows the true gradient ..
More pics to follow ...
That's to say the bits that most of Joe Public miss out on the Lonesome Pine as it involves a lot of climbing...namely Ant's Path ( yes that Ant ) ..the climb after that which has no name , the switchback grunt that is Simon's Tester..Capon Hassock..the greatest section of trail in the whole forest due to the way it was built and Stairway to Heaven ..which is best avoided if it's even slightly moist !
3.5 hours and the only riders I saw were on the short section of the Lakeside Way at Lewisburn where I started and again on the way back from Kielder at the end .
So the pics ..
The start of the singletrack at Lewisburn
The section after Ant's Path
The entrance devised by yours truly ...Hodgy's Hump ..so called at the time ..but nobody knows !
And the exit at soggy bottom which I always checkout first ..bottle at the first attempt but manage to clear by the third !
The first couple of pics ..and I can see you thinking what's the problem ...and it doesn't look too much of a test does it?
But the last pic is from in the stream and shows the true gradient ..
More pics to follow ...
