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Cycling the High Peak Trail in Derbyshire

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Cycling the Tissington Trail - full route

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The Tissington Trail

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Mountain Biking on the Blue Trails at Newbold Comyn (Leamington Spa)

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Cycling from Wolverhampton to Birmingham Along the Main New Line Canal

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Along the Birmingham Main Line Canal from Bromford Junction to Wolverhampton

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High Peak Trail - Parsley Hay to Middleton Top

The High Peak Trail from Parsely Hay to Middleton Top
Here's a video (at 2x speed) of the full route between Parsely Hay to Middleton Top along the High Peak Trail in Derbyshire on a rather wet and cold wintry day in December 2024
I'd ridden up the Tissington Trail from Ashbourne to Parsely Hay, had a quick break and then headed off along the High Peak Trail towards Cromford Junction.
The rain started about halfway along and the wind picked up and I ended up feeling pretty cold and wet despite having, I thought, dressed appropriately.
Because of this I decided not to go beyond Middleton Top to Cromford as I didn't really fancy slogging back up the 2 gradients (Sheep Pasture/Cromford and this one at Middleton, both of which are ~12%) so I turned around
If the café had been open at Middleton Top I may well have ridden further as I could have had a hot drink - but I imagine that opening on a wintry Friday in December was unlikely to be very profitable
It's a very scenic route - just not in December so I'll be back in the summer to enjoy it more
There's a couple of good resources for the Cromford and High Peak Railway which is the route of the High Peak Trail here:
www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/c+hpr/c+hpr.htm
www.gracesguide.co.uk/Cromford_and_High_Peak_Railway
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Cycling the High Peak Trail in Derbyshire

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Cycling the High Peak Trail in Derbyshire

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The High Peak Trail from Parsely Hay to Middleton Top Here's a video of some highlights when I cycled along the High Peak Trail in Derbyshire on a rather wet and cold wintry day in December 2024 I'd ridden up the Tissington Trail from Ashbourne to Parsely Hay, had a quick break and then headed off along the High Peak Trail towards Cromford Junction. The rain started about halfway along and the ...

Cycling the Tissington Trail - full route

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Cycling the Tissington Trail - full route

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Here's a video of the full length of the Tissington Trail from Ashbourne to Parsley Hale. It running at 4x speed and about 15 minutes long It was a pretty cold and gloomy December day and I had hoped to dawdle and look at the sights but unfortunately I really needed to keep moving just to keep warm It's clear that there should be many opportunities to enjoy the views - just not today! I have up...

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The Tissington Trail

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An edited video of cycling the Tissington trail from Ashbourne to Parsley Hale on a gloomy December day Starting at the beginning in Ashbourne it goes through the tunnel and onwards and also upwards as the first 10 miles or so is a gentle 1-3% continuous gradient We see some of the old stations and many of the bridges and cuttings. The views could have been better on the higher reaches but the ...

Mountain Biking on the Blue Trails at Newbold Comyn (Leamington Spa)

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Mountain Biking on the Blue Trails at Newbold Comyn (Leamington Spa)

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In the ongoing efforts to improve from Rubbish Mountain Biker top Barely Adequate Mountain Biker I went to the trails at Newbold Comyn at Leamington Spa Lets be honest that for someone of my ability the trails were great. After a slog from the bottom to "the top" I had a choice of trails. I decided that for a first run discretion was the better part of valour and chose a Blue Trail However the ...

Cycling from Wolverhampton to Birmingham Along the Main New Line Canal

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Cycling from Wolverhampton to Birmingham Along the Main New Line Canal

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An autumnal cycle ride from Wolverhampton to Birmingham along the New Main Line Canal A non-stop 4x speed of the canal towpath from Wolverhampton (just below the mainline station) to Old Turn Junction just outside Birmingham City Centre The towpath along here is really very good - wide and a smooth tarmac surface in good condition. There were a couple of areas where the leaves made it a bit sli...

Along the Birmingham Main Line Canal from Bromford Junction to Wolverhampton

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Along the Birmingham Main Line Canal from Bromford Junction to Wolverhampton

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A sunny November ride along the Birmingham main Line Canal from Bromford Junction to Wolverhampton Cool but sunny meant that the light was good and it brought the colours of Autumn out beautifully. We've had interesting weather in the Midlands (UK) in October and November 2024) and it has meant that the tress still had a lot of leaf even in late November and the colours were beautiful. Although...

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Cannock Chase - Lower Cliff Trail

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I am a very novice MTB'er (although an experienced Road Biker) and here's me riding down the Lower Cliff Trail at Cannock Chase - probably the longest continuous down hill section. It's part of the Monkey Trail I had ridden it before a year or so earlier and this was a faster descent that the first attempt. But comparing my times to those at the top of the Strava leader board I am a million mil...

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Cycling down the Tardebigge Lock Flight

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A video of me cycling down the Tardebigge Lock Flight on a beautiful Autumnal day Tardebigge Locks or the Tardebigge Flight is the longest flight of locks in the UK, comprising 30 narrow locks on a two-and-a-quarter-mile (3.6 km) stretch of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Tardebigge, Worcestershire. It raises the waterway 220 feet (67 m), and lies between the Tardebigge tunnel (580 yards ...

A Climb and descent of Col de Spandelles near Argeles Gazost

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A Climb and descent of Col de Spandelles near Argeles Gazost

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A video of a climb and descent by bike of Col de Spandelles near Argeles Gazost A bit of a damp day all in really so not particularly good views and really quite cold on the descent The video show fairly random parts pf the route (both the climb and descent down the other side) as the visibility wasn't that good. The climb from Argeles Gazost is probably the easier side with longer shallower gr...

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Cycling up the Tardebigge Lock Flight

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A video of me cycling up the Tardebigge Lock Flight on a beautiful Autumnal day Tardebigge Locks or the Tardebigge Flight is the longest flight of locks in the UK, comprising 30 narrow locks on a two-and-a-quarter-mile (3.6 km) stretch of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Tardebigge, Worcestershire. It raises the waterway 220 feet (67 m), and lies between the Tardebigge tunnel (580 yards or...

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A Climb of Cambasque by Bike

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A Video of a climb of Cambasque in the summer of 2024 Starting in the village (town?) of Cauterets, the video shows at 3x speed an ascent of the small but challenging Cambasque - ~5km and 400m of ascent Passing through Cauterets you can either turn right after the village for the Cambasque as I did, or carry straight on to the Pont d'Espagne I was staying in Argeles Gazost and the climb from th...

A Descent of the Col du Portalet by Bike

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A Descent of the Col du Portalet by Bike

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A video of my descent of the Col du Portalet in the Summer of 2024 2 hours of climbing 27km to the border between Spain and France meant only one thing - the chance to ride 27km of continuous descent back to Laruns It was awesome - perfect roads, little traffic, beautiful weather and clear skies. The only down side was how windy it was at the summit and at 30 mph descending there were some hair...

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A Climb of the Col du Portalet by Bike

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The Col du Portalet - An awesome climb - just over 27km of relatively gentle (for the Pyrenees) climbing through impressive scenery including tunnels, canyons, dams, villages, avalanche tunnels and open valleys all the way from Laruns, France to the Spanish border on the top of the pass We'd driven up it about 6 years previously and I immediately put it on my cycling bucket list and finally got...

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The Peak Forest Canal and Marple Locks

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A beautiful Autumnal ride with my son on the Canals around Manchester Starting from Droylsden we rode along the Ashton Canal seeing many interesting bits of Canal engineering and architecture as well as the colours of Autumn in the very rural setting We then turned onto the Peak Forest Canal and rode due south. Again a very rural and beautiful route with very little urban environment We had to ...