Strava stats for 2014, broke the 1000 mile barrier this year, and almost 80,000 ft of climbing.
Not bad considering the only free time seems to be 1 day per weekend.
2015 gives me more to aim at.
Year-to-Date
Distance 1,085.7 mi
Time 99h 54m
Elev Gain 72,123 ft
Rides 75
covered many of the Byways and Bridleways in Kent, UK and found some cracking trails and rides. Some of which I'll be doing again next year.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Another route out from Bredgar
Saturday December 13th
Trip out from Bredgar Kent, via Doddington.
We parked at the church in Bredgar, and set off north towards the M2, after crossing the motorway and follow the road to the left and up to Dove's Croft, the first bridleway is up on the right, it's essentially a farm track to Ruins Barn Road, once there turn left, follow the road, past some houses on the right is Cromer Road, Take this and follow it to the junction, here on the right is the bridleway entrance, this leads up to Cromer's wood, there's a dodgy part through a farm yard, where the bridleway has been blocked, but follow the edge of the orchard up to the wood (it's a grassy slog but worth it). At the edge of the wood the KCC have sign posted this as a restricted byway (the purple sign!).
Follow this through the wood, it's a good trail, slippery in the wet, but wide and clear. This leads out onto Bottom Pond Road, turn right here, then take the first left, and carry on down to the M2. Cross the road here and follow this road left then right, on to Slough Road.
At the left hand turn, the bridlewa is on the right, this is a muddy, grassy track, that follows the line of the M2. the track then turns right over the motorway and down onto a farm track.
Turning left here, onto Down Court Road, follow this and turn right onto Chequers Lane and down into Doddington, turn right onto the street, and then left onto the Old Lenham Road,
At the first fork in the road take the left hand lane, then follow this through Borden and Hazel woods, then take the left hand lane, and the entrance to the Oakenpole woods bridleway is on the right. This is a great trail, wide farm track, through the woods, then up a short climb to open coppiced land, and finally out of the woods.
A quick right and right again leads out towards Limekiln Woods, on the left. This is a swooping downhill along a muddy bridleway, at the bottom of the hill is a gate, and this leads across a pasture (normally filled with sheep!) and back into the woods.
Back on the Old Lenham Road, we took the small Byway that links this to the Faversham road, (this is underused and overgrown, hard going), then a naughty dash through the footpath in Wichling wood to bring us out near the entrance to the Coalpit Lane byway, (this is better taken the opposite direction), its a slog of a climb up a stony/flint ridden trail.
Then we followed the tarmac through Frinsted and back to Bredgar.
Trip out from Bredgar Kent, via Doddington.
We parked at the church in Bredgar, and set off north towards the M2, after crossing the motorway and follow the road to the left and up to Dove's Croft, the first bridleway is up on the right, it's essentially a farm track to Ruins Barn Road, once there turn left, follow the road, past some houses on the right is Cromer Road, Take this and follow it to the junction, here on the right is the bridleway entrance, this leads up to Cromer's wood, there's a dodgy part through a farm yard, where the bridleway has been blocked, but follow the edge of the orchard up to the wood (it's a grassy slog but worth it). At the edge of the wood the KCC have sign posted this as a restricted byway (the purple sign!).
Follow this through the wood, it's a good trail, slippery in the wet, but wide and clear. This leads out onto Bottom Pond Road, turn right here, then take the first left, and carry on down to the M2. Cross the road here and follow this road left then right, on to Slough Road.
At the left hand turn, the bridlewa is on the right, this is a muddy, grassy track, that follows the line of the M2. the track then turns right over the motorway and down onto a farm track.
Turning left here, onto Down Court Road, follow this and turn right onto Chequers Lane and down into Doddington, turn right onto the street, and then left onto the Old Lenham Road,
At the first fork in the road take the left hand lane, then follow this through Borden and Hazel woods, then take the left hand lane, and the entrance to the Oakenpole woods bridleway is on the right. This is a great trail, wide farm track, through the woods, then up a short climb to open coppiced land, and finally out of the woods.
A quick right and right again leads out towards Limekiln Woods, on the left. This is a swooping downhill along a muddy bridleway, at the bottom of the hill is a gate, and this leads across a pasture (normally filled with sheep!) and back into the woods.
Back on the Old Lenham Road, we took the small Byway that links this to the Faversham road, (this is underused and overgrown, hard going), then a naughty dash through the footpath in Wichling wood to bring us out near the entrance to the Coalpit Lane byway, (this is better taken the opposite direction), its a slog of a climb up a stony/flint ridden trail.
Then we followed the tarmac through Frinsted and back to Bredgar.
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