This was a two day trip to Shropshire. We stayed at the Shropshire camping pods. These were conveniently next door to the Station Inn where we had our evening meals plus cooked breakfast each morning. There’s also the Blazing Bikes shop and Shropshire Outdoor shop on site. The pods have everything you need: walls, a […]
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This was a sneaky recce ride that Phil and myself did at the newly opened red grade trail at Hopton Woods in Shropshire. The trail had a mixture of surfaced parts, muddy sections, a really interesting section round the quarry and also linked into some of the easier downhill tracks. A really interesting trail and
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Map Video Photo gallery We were all uncharacteristically early for this ride and actually set off within about ten minutes of the published start time. We had fifteen riders, mainly from MBSwindon, with some extra riders from the “Unfit riding club”. Ex-local Mike Hickey had devised a route for us. After leaving Church Stretton the
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New start time: 9:30am! The photo on the front of the Good Mountain Biking guide 2011 is on the Long Mynd. It’s another area of natural single track that’s worth exploring. Wikipedia entry on Long Mynd. Local rider Mike Hickey is going to show us the best parts. He’s also going to show us around
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I’ve added a few more uplift day links to the UK mountain bike trail location map. The Taff Buggy is run by MIJ Downhill events with selected down hill days. See their uplift days page for booking information. Pearce Cycles in Ludlow, Shropshire run a number of downhill days at Bringewood, Bucknall woods and Hopton
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