Routes around Minehead/ Williton

ol\'gregg

As the title says. my girlfriend has just got a job in Minehead and i go down there most weekends and i've just picked up my new bike and was hoping to get out on a few fairly easy rides to begin with around where she lives while she's busy marking school books so i don't have to hear the swearing.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I just purchased some OS maps for the area but any help would be appreciated

Andy

vorsprung

Go to Porlock and up the toll road, it's loverly

ol\'gregg

vorsprung wrote:

Go to Porlock and up the toll road, it's loverly

Thanks I drove up that road 2 weekends ago was a nice scenic route. I had a little scout of the area when she moved down in August and there does seem to be alot about riding wise just wasn't sure where to start

pilch

Minehead - Dunkery loop

This is the closest version I could find

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/269124

Personally I would do it anticlockwise.... there's a few variations on this, the run down from Dunkery Beacon is cracking, there is also a short route, which is a nice boulder strewn bit of single track, starts around the 13 k point on this map then cuts accross to just before Wootton Courtney, I think (if you have access to an OS map you will see what I mean) It's almost worth riding it down then riding back up to do Dunkery.

One of my favourites... oh and Porlock hill is 'character building'

ol\'gregg

pilch wrote:

Minehead - Dunkery loop

This is the closest version I could find

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/269124

Personally I would do it anticlockwise.... there's a few variations on this, the run down from Dunkery Beacon is cracking, there is also a short route, which is a nice boulder strewn bit of single track, starts around the 13 k point on this map then cuts accross to just before Wootton Courtney, I think (if you have access to an OS map you will see what I mean) It's almost worth riding it down then riding back up to do Dunkery.

One of my favourites... oh and Porlock hill is 'character building'

Thanks Pilch I will have a look at that next time i'm down there

ryanmiller504

You still looking for routes? What sort of level are you?

ol\'gregg

Currently i'm lazy b*****d level. just getting back into the swing of things. Still looking for routes but nothing that will kill me