This route is a goto classic of mine, the north loop ridden clockwise, the climbing is pretty easy but there are some cracking descents.
The south section is ridden anti-clockwise - it is not so imperveous to being wet and sloppy in the winter months, but give it a bit of frost and it'll be good to go.
The highlight of the ride is the decent more »
For some reason given that I ride offroad way more than I do my road bike, my first ride post is fully on-road...
This route developed from the want of a ride encompassing some great climbs of the peaks without the boredom of the 30km journey there and 30km back! So the hunt was on for a place to park up - as usual for me it needed to be more »