A "new" climb in Surrey (Hindhead)

malcolmfrost

For anyone not aware there is a new climb available now the Hindhead tunnel is open Southbound (and Northbound Friday). I rode Brook to Hindhead yesterday afternoon on an empty A3. Bliss after 25 years here!. The descent will be clear on Friday afternoon. It also opens up new routes around my area.
http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=286185

london-red

Does that mean I'll be able to get to the seaside quicker?

Excellent.

jibberjim

So does anyone know if this route:

http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=286401

is now feasible?

roger_merriman

what are they doing with the road?

richa

The OP and BRT link imply yes, but difficult from this pic to see how:



Certainly be good to ride this route before it gets taken back to nature and is MTB only. It used to be on my daily school run: Brook>Hindhead.

noiseboyfeetman

roger merriman wrote:

what are they doing with the road?

Taken from the BBC website:

"And to the joy of environmentalists - although not a group of residents who campaigned to keep it open - the old part of the A3 will be broken up and covered with top soil, allowing nature to reclaim it."

roger_merriman

noiseboyfeetman wrote:

roger merriman wrote:

what are they doing with the road?

Taken from the BBC website:

"And to the joy of environmentalists - although not a group of residents who campaigned to keep it open - the old part of the A3 will be broken up and covered with top soil, allowing nature to reclaim it."

why bother when nature will do it just fine? who knows some animals may prosper.

malcolmfrost

jibberjim wrote:

So does anyone know if this route:

http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=286401

is now feasible?

Yep, that works, the road from Brook was marked as closed, but I ignored that and it was fine. Don't blame me if it isnt!

The surface may well be OK, if it is like the !track" from the cafe to the Gibbet it will be perfectly road bikeable.

malcolmfrost

Just tried to ride down the old A3 and they really wouldn't let me, the BOAT alternative isn't suitable for road bikes yet, so I must have just been lucky.