Hampsterly Forrest

Red Trail and a bit of blue

D: 21.23km El: 401m T: 2hrs 4 mins ( 2 hrs 48 mins )

Breaking the journey home from visiting Mary in Hull I found a good little secluded park up on the edge of the Forrest. After the £8 parking charge at Grizedale I decided I would avoid the vehicle registration car parks. Which were no overnight parking anyway. I enjoyed a short but very quiet night in the van as it was nearly 8pm before I parked. The next day I headed to the trails. I thought I would just do the blue but after 7km of Forrest roads I switched to the red which was still a fair way on Forrest roads but eventually did transform into single track. To be honest I wasn’t that impressed. I wouldn’t return there in a hurry. Next time I head up this way I think I will try Kielder Forrest next time.

After the ride I headed up to Haddington to be spoiled by Sue and Chris. We had a nice walk on the beach the following day before I headed home.