Southampton vicinity
Have searched for this but not found much... Fairly new to MTBing and based in Southampton I am looking for some reasonable XC rides locally. I don't mind a mixture of road and off-road but do want something slightly challenging, preferably without having to travel too far to get there.
There is obviously the New Forest nearby but it seems that the only bits you're meant to ride are the desginated tracks which don't seem to go anywhere particular and are also fairly flat and boring. I've tried a couple of random routes nearby made by finding bridleways and byways on the OS map but it seems that a lot of the bridleways are incredibly narrow and very overgrown with nettles, brambles, branches, thistles etc and hence not all that fun to ride down (and clearly haven't been used by a horse in a long while!)
I know I'm not that far from the SDW which I will try to attack sometime (probably in bits to start with!)
Does anyone have any good circular routes within a reasonable distance of Soton, or recommend any areas to try exploring?
Cheers
There is obviously the New Forest nearby but it seems that the only bits you're meant to ride are the desginated tracks which don't seem to go anywhere particular and are also fairly flat and boring. I've tried a couple of random routes nearby made by finding bridleways and byways on the OS map but it seems that a lot of the bridleways are incredibly narrow and very overgrown with nettles, brambles, branches, thistles etc and hence not all that fun to ride down (and clearly haven't been used by a horse in a long while!)
I know I'm not that far from the SDW which I will try to attack sometime (probably in bits to start with!)
Does anyone have any good circular routes within a reasonable distance of Soton, or recommend any areas to try exploring?
Cheers
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There's also Swinley which is a bit further but just head straight up the M3 to J3 and follow the sign for the lookout.
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this is where i tend to go dude
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