Introduction - how this blog works

The idea of this blog is to share some of my favourite bits of mountain biking with the world. Principally so that you too can enjoy the bits I've enjoyed. And avoid the bits I've hated. So many people have given us advice on biking since we started - what bikes to buy, where to ride, how to ride. So this is my chance to feed a bit back to that body of knowledge.

I'd really welcome your comments - what have I raved about that you thought was awful? What gems did I miss when I visited your local riding spot? Is a bit that I said was awful actually sweet singletrack in the summer or when you're riding well? Comments will help this resource be improved for all readers, and also give me some hints as to where to ride next!

I've written a load about what we've ridden over the last year, and grouped it geographically. My plan is to add to it in the future, hopefully using the tags to keep each region together, though I haven't quite worked out how it will work yet. I may just need to start all over again in a year to keep things organised more sensibly - I'm not really sure a blog is the most sensible format - but it seems the best for me as I'm not terribly motivated to learn any more code than the day job necessitates.

Monday, 5 April 2010

Jacob's ladder

Jacob's Ladder-Roych Clough route - clockwise or anti-clockwise? Rich and I were convinced that clockwise was the answer (i.e. up Jacob's Ladder(SK088862 to 081861), down Chapel Gate (SK099829 to 113843)) as a) the descent off the back of Jacob's Ladder is pretty good, and b) the Chapel Gate descent is super-hard and fun. And it's hard to see how else you'd do the Chapel Gate descent in a sensible length ride - the other ways to the top are along a busy A road, or across Lord's seat (SK124834 to 099839), which is too boggy to be fun (although I've yet to ride it in the high summer so it might be ok then).

However, when we did this route last time, we realised that
a) there's a lot more pushing this way round (including the entirety of Jacob's ladder)
b) the descent off the back of Jacob's ladder is just loose and not that steep (although it was partly covered in snow, so I'm not about to change the top 12).
c) the descent from Lord's Seat (SK099839) to the Roych Clough (SK077836) whilst not continuous has some really fun bits on it.

So maybe on balance it's better the other way round. Think I'll reseve judgement until I've done them both in the summer!
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