Local knowledge: Peckforton ?

nom de plum

Does anyone know if you can get over (on a road bike) Waste Hill in the Peckforton range from Higher Burwardsley to the village of Peckforton. I've checked it in Memory map which shows an unmade road!!??
Thanks
Steve

on the road

I've looked on Google Earth and it looks like it might be just possible, it's only showing a small section as not being a road and there's an official footpath which runs along the small section of unmade road (according to my ordnance survey map) before it becomes a road again. If it becomes impossible to ride it then you could alway get off and walk your bike the rest of the way.

If I can get to the top of Moel Famau with my bike then this should be a doddle. Although I didn't have clipless pedals in those days.

OllyBianchi

It's only ridable for the brave on a road bike - it's fine if rough until you get to the bridge then it turns to a 17th century pack horse road with huge cobbles of which about 60% are missing. Pretty steep too.
There's probaby 200 yards of this then it gets easier and it becomes a quarter of a mile of sandy road until you get to the top and back to tarmac.
The only time I've done it we rode from the other side - which was a pretty tough climb in itself - and found ourselves walking down the roughest section of the descent. It's one of those ones which is probably easier to ride up than down.
Give it a go though - the worst that can happen is walking or turning around...

nom de plum

Thanks OllyBianchi, on the road.
I'm going to give it go...I'll let you know how i get on