Blackpool ?

road_donut

Hi all,

I have been roped into going for a long weekend with the inlaws to Blackpool (Marton Mere) i do like Blackpool however 4 days with the inlaws will kill me so i'm taking my bike

Any advise on local trails, trail centers to keep me busy for lets say about 4 days would be great

Cheers

Ian

The Northern Monkey

Gisburn if you want a trail center?

sparrowlegs78

There's Gisburn Forest near Slaidburn and Lee Quarry in Bacup a resonable distance from Blackypuddle
Caz xx

The Northern Monkey

ha.. blackypuddle... I can think of more apt names

I'll be at Gisburn this weekend trying out the uber wide bars hehe.. last time riding in the NW for a while

road_donut

Cheers for the info guys .....

I'll check those out

gregsd

The Lake District is only about an hours drive away up the M56/M6.

gregsd

The Lake District is only about an hours drive away up the M56/M6.

fyldesmurf

surely it would be M55/M6

Gisburn and Lee Quarry are both about an hour away, IMHO Lee Quarry is better, but every time i ride Gisburn Hully's Gully seems to be cut up and horible or closed, so if that's open it's well worth the trip.

stumpyjon

Hully Gully is fully open at Gisburn, apart from a bit of loose stuff at the start it's in pretty good condition since the repairs. 3 of us also walked and repaired 90% of the volunteer section yesterday so that's running pretty smoothly to. It is a bit if a challenge on some of the contractor built stuff, good techincal line choosing challenge or stuttery uphill nightmare depending on your view

Cragg and Lee Quarry are pretty good if you're after a good technical challenge too.

uber wide

Should be fun on Homebaked!

The Northern Monkey

stumpyjon wrote:

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uber wide

Should be fun on Homebaked!

hehe... am looking forward to it... 760mm wide to be precise! But I need a proper ride out to determine how far i'm going to cut them back!

broken weeble

stumpyjon wrote:

uber wide

Should be fun on Homebaked!

Clipped one of them 2 trees that are very close together on there at wekend, dropped the bike and gouged the end of my brake lever :evil:
Need to sand that down before Sunday.

On topic..
Lee Quarry from Blackpool is about 45mins, and dont forget crag quarry also.

road_donut

Nice one guys ... looks like i have my 4 days filled out

For a second there i thought i might have to spend it with the inlaws

Cheers for the info

broken weeble

If you are coming to Lee quarry and want a butty before/after the best place is about 1/2 mile before the quarry on the right, snak attack its called.
TBH, its about the only place round here to get a decent bacon butty.