Is anywhere rideable in the North West???

ClimbBoy
ClimbBoy Posts: 105
edited December 2010 in Routes
Dying to get out tomorrow (Sun 19th)

Was thinking Lee/ Cragg, Macc Forest or Llandegla

Does anyone know if these are rideable?

Moreover, are the access roads driveable???

Any alternatives would be greatly appreciated

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  • omegas
    omegas Posts: 970
    Llandegla has been closed today(Sat)
    http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1844902/
    http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1844919/
  • John Moore
    John Moore Posts: 580
    North West is a big area, where are you based?

    And yes Llandegla is closed
  • ClimbBoy
    ClimbBoy Posts: 105
    John Moore wrote:
    North West is a big area, where are you based?

    And yes Llandegla is closed

    Liverpool
  • John Moore
    John Moore Posts: 580
    Same here, but not driving anywhere tomorrow.

    9.30 ride out from Aintree to Formby to Southport to Maghull via the Cheshire Lines

    Have a look at your local club as well http://www.thewoollybacks.co.uk/content.php
  • ClimbBoy
    ClimbBoy Posts: 105
    John Moore wrote:
    Same here, but not driving anywhere tomorrow.

    9.30 ride out from Aintree to Formby to Southport to Maghull via the Cheshire Lines

    Have a look at your local club as well http://www.thewoollybacks.co.uk/content.php

    Cheshire Lines eh?

    Never heard of them. Got a link?

    I presume Aintree to Southport would be the Trans Pennine but how do you get from there to Maghull?

    Thanks for the club link too
  • John Moore
    John Moore Posts: 580
    ClimbBoy - PM sent
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    Is that going to be doable, there is 9 inches of snow here at the end of the trail.?
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • John Moore
    John Moore Posts: 580
    antfly wrote:
    Is that going to be doable, there is 9 inches of snow here at the end of the trail.?

    It is on this
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  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    That's some pretty big tyres you have there but the snow is a lot deeper than that.
    I tried but couldn't even move.
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • John Moore
    John Moore Posts: 580
    The trail in the shot was next to the Aintree race course this morning was upto 8" deep and there were no problems sailing through it
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    Oh, it doesn't look so deep there. Have fun then.
    What route are you taking to Formby?
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  • John Moore
    John Moore Posts: 580
    Canal to Primrose Country Park
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    Do you mean Rimrose Valley Country Park, in Crosby?
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  • John Moore
    John Moore Posts: 580
    That's the one, it only leaves about a 1/4 of a mile on the road
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    I'm confused, so are you going from there to Southport or just turning back?
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • John Moore
    John Moore Posts: 580
    Do you want a map ;-)

    Heading north from the Iron men to Ainsdale then if time up to Southoport and returning back to Ainsdale, before heading inland to the Cheshire Lines.
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    A map would certainly help :?
    So are you going to ride on the beach then, from Crosby to Ainsdale?
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  • John Moore
    John Moore Posts: 580
    Yes, apart from near the rifle ranges
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    Interesting. Have you done it before?
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  • John Moore
    John Moore Posts: 580
    Every other weekend for the last 3 years as a training speed loop.

    Fancy it?
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    Possibly, but not in 9 inches of snow, that's going to be incredibly tough. I often go down the Cheshire Lines trail but then I usually come back the same way.
    Smarter than the average bear.

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