Glentress off piste
Sept 26, 2016 11:55:00 GMT
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Post by andyr on Sept 26, 2016 11:55:00 GMT
Is bloody great!
The wife could tell I was getting tetchy from not being on the bike for a while so ordered me to spend a day at the weekend out and about. I had planned on doing a ride around the cheviots but with the overnight rain I headed up to Glentress where it was drier than I expected.
Did a full loop of the red from Buzzards before taking the fireroad climb all the way to the mast.
I've got the trailforks app so was planning on using that to locate the downhill that goes all the way back down into Peebles. Fortunately I met a friendly local (cheers Kenny) who escorted me to the top and pointed me in the right direction. Its a cracking descent winding through the trees before coming on to the exposed part of the hill as a high speed root fest. I got really bad arm pump along here so was glad of a chat with another rider at the top of a bit called zoom or bust to give the arms a rest. Another twisty, rooty section then a bit of fireroad around the green and a techfest down to the main road next to the Peebles hydro hotel.
Next time you're up there if you haven't already ridden it you really should. The start is called Carls Lane and is extremely obvious at the mast (the big sign gives it away) and you can also cut over to spooky if you prefer.
What really made the day though was the amount of nippers out and about with big grins on their faces. Passed a few on their balance bikes going down berm baby laughing their heads off. They were everywhere. The future is bright.
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The wife could tell I was getting tetchy from not being on the bike for a while so ordered me to spend a day at the weekend out and about. I had planned on doing a ride around the cheviots but with the overnight rain I headed up to Glentress where it was drier than I expected.
Did a full loop of the red from Buzzards before taking the fireroad climb all the way to the mast.
I've got the trailforks app so was planning on using that to locate the downhill that goes all the way back down into Peebles. Fortunately I met a friendly local (cheers Kenny) who escorted me to the top and pointed me in the right direction. Its a cracking descent winding through the trees before coming on to the exposed part of the hill as a high speed root fest. I got really bad arm pump along here so was glad of a chat with another rider at the top of a bit called zoom or bust to give the arms a rest. Another twisty, rooty section then a bit of fireroad around the green and a techfest down to the main road next to the Peebles hydro hotel.
Next time you're up there if you haven't already ridden it you really should. The start is called Carls Lane and is extremely obvious at the mast (the big sign gives it away) and you can also cut over to spooky if you prefer.
What really made the day though was the amount of nippers out and about with big grins on their faces. Passed a few on their balance bikes going down berm baby laughing their heads off. They were everywhere. The future is bright.
www.strava.com/activities/725019010/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-GB&v=1474835028
