Nice ride up in the Peak District last Wednesday - sadly it was to ride another of the iconic Peak District green lanes which an unelected unaccountable self-serving selfish group working under the au****es {no idea why this word is bleeped out it - a.u.s.p.i.c.e.s ~ nothing wrong with that in English?} of the National Park have had a Traffic Regulation Order (ban) imposed. The National Parks where set up to give access for all - except it seems nasty riff-raff on motorbikes ~ rant over.

It was a lovely early evening and managed to get a few lanes in, and watch a cracking sunset.

The picture with the chap trying to turn his GS800 around was up on the easy part of Chapel Gate - he had just bought the bike and this was his first time off-tarmac, he did really well as there are some big stone steps just below us that many people struggle to clear.

 

Nice sunset shot of the bike!

 

 

I ran into the same problem over here in the States this weekend - this is a National Forest that has been gated off because it's a "wildlife management area" and they don't want motorized vehicles terrorizing the turkey and deer before the hunters get a chance to shoot them. I managed to squeeze past this gate for a nice 5-mile trail, but some gates are better positioned than others.

 

Pinhead -where is this looks sort of familiar ~ above Whalley heading to Sabden?

 

Hey will, not sure how well you know blackburn, but it's just off grane road heading towards haslingdon.

 

Know it well. Used to be good road until it got a 50mph limit on it - but on my KLX with lowered gearing and full on knobbly tyres 50 is enough. (Worked in Blackburn and lived near Gisburn for 12 years)

 

Lowered for good reason I think too, been quite a few severe crashes on that road recently.
Grane rd is a road I like to take care on, that and the A666.
Clue is In the name lol.

 

i made a longer edit just for you. Im gonna try and take it to the supermoto track next weekend otherwise its time to get the dirt wheels back on and get back on some trails.

 

A little bit of wheelie fun in the sun! Thai style