ROUTE NEWS and UPDATES

WELSH C2C

Go via the Colwyd reservoir if the weather is good.
Don't use the bridleway past the Dolgoch YHA, stick to the road as per the map & instructions.
Leave the Skyline to join the new Blade trail to Glyncorrwg.
The Level Crossing bunkhouse in Llandovery is excellent.
The Black Lion near Strata Florida is very nice
Pentre Stables B&B & the pub at Glyntawe (south of the Black Mountain) are both very good.
Hafod Hotel at Devil's Bridge is bike friendly and in a stunning location.
Not had good reviews for the Corris Hostel
The trail past Strata Florida can get extremely wet, so it is advisable to use the detour shown on the map if you don't like getting wet feet (and shins!).
The Doethie Valley can be very overgrown (with ferns) depending on the time of year after access issues, so it may be best to head past the farm at Nant-llwyd.

C2C Ilfracoombe to Plymouth

Park and leave your car at Mullacott farm (www.mullacottfarm.co.uk or 01271 866877). They also have a camping and a YHA camping barn here.
Lovistone Cottage B&B in Instow is nice (and close to the trail) tel: 01271 860676.
The Fox & Hounds camping barn and B&B in Lydford is good, tel: 01822 820206

Bewl Water

There are some good man-made trails in Bedgebury Forest. Parking is expensive here though.

Bramber

Alternative smoother and sometimes less busy downhill from Beeding Hill to A283, on single track bridleway.

Chilterns

Mountain High bike shop in Pangbourne is now no longer there, but Parkhurst Cycles is, over the road in the industrial park.
Oxford route needs updating - best avoided for now...

Ridgeway

Avebury village makes a nice start point.
The YHA above Goring is still a bunkhouse but not a YHA.
There is a nice pub in Stoke Row
Good campsite (White Mark farm) right on the Ridgeway at Watlington, GR 698/939 on tel: 01491 612295
Great chocolate cafe in Wendover.
There is a permissive bridleway from Hastoe to Wigginton.

Selbourne

South Downs Way

At point no.12 don't try to tunnel under the road, we meant to say 'go across the A24 road' not under it. It is a nasty crossing, so we advise using the alternative route signposted at GR105/119 via Washington village.
There is a new bridge over the A26 road (point 17/18) GR432/056.
After crossing the river Ouse and trainline, turn right by/before the YHA & (Itford) farm buildings, past the pods, using a footbridge over the A26. There is a nice cafe (and a water tap) at the YHA too.
There is a now a water tap at Amberley (TQ 024/124) and at the YHA on Truleigh Hill (TQ 220/105).

Swinley Forest

There are just waymarked trails to use here now: 1km Green, 10km Blue and 13km Red route

Woodbury Common

Things have changed pretty significanly here now. We would now suggest basically following the outside edge of the common, where there is a thin line of trees (with some fun singletrack). It runs virtually all the way around the common. We'll have another route to download very shortly, or e-mail if you want the GPX for a trip if going soon.

North & South Downs - no.15 Harrietsham

Please pass around Oakenpole Wood (on the road) as the track marked with a black line on the map, is now no longer a permissive path for cyclists.

Great Offley

UK Breaks with Bikes

Black Mountains route no91 is now best ridden in reverse since the Y Das trails has been 'improved' finally settling the age old debate over which direction this route is best ridden.