Yep, that sounds amazing! I've done a very similar walk with friends years ago, we went via Fur Tor right in the middle of one of the most remote... But also rather boggy... Bits of the moor. I remember jumping from island to island of peat, and sinking up to the knee wherever you placed a foot...
Do it! Haldon is a good option for a quick spin, but it's always the days out on the moors that stick in the memory for me.
Drop me a line if you need any inspiration for routes 🙂
Super, thanks 🙂
175mm is good for me (don't think I can even tell the difference between 170mm and 175mm cranks to be honest, and never felt the need to go shorter.... even though there does seem to be a lot of hype around that right now).
@CTK will drop you a PM 👍
Picked up the camping stuff from the car and headed back up the valley (definitely a route that bears re-riding well!).
The weather forecast was better overnight than earlier in the week on Dartmoor, so I'd taken a tarp & bivvy bag instead of a tent - a much nicer way to sleep outdoors in my...
Dropping back down into Badgworthy valley is an excellent little descent, short but pleasingly techy. Great fun to bomb down on a bigger bike, also great fun to pick your way down on a cross country retrobike :D
Once you get to the bottom, it's a gorgeous three or four mile cruise down the...
Starting out from near Malmsmead by Lorna Doone valley, I took some scenic back roads to climb up onto the top of the moor, coming out near the start of the excellent descent from Hawkcombe head to Porlock.
From here I picked up part of the bridleway network heading South back towards...
I was planning on doing another big day out on Exmoor this week, but the poor weather at the beginning of the week, and then just life in general, sort of got in the way.
However, I did manage to fit in a lovely afternoon ride yesterday with an overnight camp in one of my favourite spots on...