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longers
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I was thinking of them being two separate trips. And I'd like to do both 
. I'd like to meet the Postman and see how tall he is in real life.
The Holmfirth trip out could be made quite a bit shorter by turning left instead of right at the Woodhead if that tempts anyone else.
. I'd like to meet the Postman and see how tall he is in real life.The Holmfirth trip out could be made quite a bit shorter by turning left instead of right at the Woodhead if that tempts anyone else.
you'll be welcome...marinyork said:
same here i think, specially on mtb. I don't understand all these northern routes that longers and CJ are describing either...
I was just going to ride out through the park, up clough lane, fulwood lane, down burbage path (over the burbage rock gardens) to fox house (possible pint in fox house?), road descent into hathersage, through bamford to ladybower to meet postman, ride round ladybower, possible caff stop in fairholmes, then possibly if i'm not too knackered up slippery stones and over the whole of cutgate to langsett (not done that before but apparently it's not hard to find).
THEN, you're actually half way to homfirth, but, the masses of climbing around holmfirth they're going on about wouldn't be great, 'cos you'd probably want to come back mortimer road way and iirc that's not exactly flat itself. But not too bad, once you get to windy bank it's all down through stannington and that.
you possibly be up for that marin?
longers said:I was thinking of them being two separate trips. And I'd like to do both
The Holmfirth trip out could be made quite a bit shorter by turning left instead of right at the Woodhead if that tempts anyone else.
what about the holmfirth posse extending to langsett res?
postman said:
there's apparently a caff at fairholmes
actually, sack cutgate off - not sure it's that great. Went today and seemed a lot more trouble than it's worth. Possibly a combination of mud, my knackeredness due to going the wrong way and tramping over a barren lumpy moor for an hour and the general unrideability of the thing. 
The bit from where the path to north america joins down to langsett is nice though, and it's encouraging to see that the bridleway improvements that have been happening there are continuing further along.
Ladybower (and derwent and howden) is beautiful at this time of year though lots of greenery.
The bit from where the path to north america joins down to langsett is nice though, and it's encouraging to see that the bridleway improvements that have been happening there are continuing further along.
Ladybower (and derwent and howden) is beautiful at this time of year though lots of greenery.
Argh I keep on forgetting about this thread. Yes I'm up for what you put bonj although I was looking at cutt gate from aerial shots and it looks iffy to say the least to me. You could go the road way to Langsett but it'd add significantly to the milage.
Langsett reservoir is one of the 3 reservoirs west of Stocksbridge. They are very nice but I forget which is which.
Langsett reservoir is one of the 3 reservoirs west of Stocksbridge. They are very nice but I forget which is which.
bonj said:It is iffy. and the road way has got some (claimed by the sign) 1 in 4s
Let's make a separate, probably road, trip to holmfirth or glossop or something to meet longers and Chris James.
Yeah it's not exactly flat. All right so I'm fine with that
. I think if we did Glossop you may tempt some of the Manchester area people along. Langsett reservoir is about halway between me and Longers. Holmfirth would make a good trip for Longers and ChrisJ and a slightly longer one for us but if we're not going via ladybower I'm not worried.
Chris James
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Yup, would be nicer to try to do something. I know the cut gate path form walking. I know Langsett Reservoir very well, pretty easy for me to get to, but probably a very hard day for you as you either have to ride over the cut gate path or cross Strines Moor (very up and downy with the 1 in 4).
Two meets sounds easiest, although I am intrigued to meet Bonj such is his fame / infamy!
Two meets sounds easiest, although I am intrigued to meet Bonj such is his fame / infamy!
Chris James
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- Location
- Huddersfield
longers said:
Longers, do you know Strines Moor (the road linking the Woodhead and Snake Passes?). If so, Langsett Reservoir is where you turn off the Woodhead road.
Alternatively, go over the Woodhead and drop down to the large roundabout (Huddersfield left, Barnsley straight ahead, Sheffield right). Turn towards Sheffield and the reservoir is about a mile down the road on the right.
As the crow flies it is very close to Ladybower, but the roads form a circuit around the moor. Cutgate path runs from Langsett to the Derwent valley and ultimately to Ladybower.
Chris James said:
Chris James said:
mortimer road.
The "1 in 4", can i just say, although it is bloody steep doesn't seem like a 1 in 4, i wouldn't have guessed it was 1 in 4. I've climbed up in on my road bike before. if you look at this
http://www.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...3.467818,-1.634173&spn=0.005978,0.014591&z=16
the bit where ewden beck is, that's a deep valley, it descends to ewden beck, then there's that hairpin at the bottom, then climbs back up the other side. The northern-most half is steeper, it's the bit going from ewden beck up to (and past) the next hairpin that is the 1 in 4. And the actual bridge over the beck right at the bottom is more of a hairpin than it looks on the map. you're definitely NOT going to want to be going round it at any kind of speed, put it that way...
Chris James
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- Huddersfield
bonj said:
It felt like 1 in 4 to me both times. It seemed steeper than the roads into Emley, which are one chevron on an OS map so between 1 in 5 and 1 in 7.
But then again I have already done Holme Moss and Snake Pass before getting to this point, so maybe I am just knackered!
