Durham Riding?

gnarwhal
gnarwhal Posts: 22
edited March 2009 in MTB rides
HI, new to all this, both the forum and MTB. Can anyone recommend places to ride in and around Durham? I currently go to Hamsterley Forest once every couple of weeks but it's an hour away and i have to find babysitting. It would be much easier if i could fins somewhere nearby that i could go through the week.

many thanks
:)

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  • guscat2811
    guscat2811 Posts: 3
    Hamsterley's good, depends where you live really!....You could do worse than this book MOUNTAIN BIKE GUIDE,COUNTY DURHAM,DEREK PURDY,P/B 1997 which I found on ebay for a quid! or even better is the book 'beyond Hamsterley - where to ride your mountain bike in and around County Durham (Loose Leaf in a handy folder with pull out routes) by Neil Gander. Some good routes near bear park, depending on your ability and where you live.
  • Royal Dragoon
    Royal Dragoon Posts: 270
    Why not ask the question here, I think there are some guys on from Darlington, Hartlepool, Durham way who may very well be able to help you out. :wink:

    Just click on the link..........

    http://www.mtbe.co.uk/

    Hope that helps.
  • mark1892
    mark1892 Posts: 77
    Im from peterlee mate, and often nip down to guisborough woods, Hamsterley, chopwell woods near stanley and for a bit further fun - kielder and now dalby. where abouts are ya?

    some good flat railway routes around if thats your thing(haswell to hart railway, haswell to wynard park - nice cafe :wink:
  • Stephen-Hawking
    Stephen-Hawking Posts: 320
    FYI the Castle Eden walkway (haswell to wynyard park) is closed just north of the cafe for about a mile - there's no way round and it'll be closed for at least two months.
    Be happy, communicate happiness.

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