Description
Book SynopsisCycling in the Peak District - Off-Road Trails and Quiet Lanes is a guidebook for the leisure cyclist, mountain biker and family rider. It is for the cyclist who values fun, good views and lunch stops over grimaces, a racing heartbeat and aching legs. It is a book of enjoyable cycle rides. Eighteen routes, between 9 and 23km in length, explore the traffic-free lanes and off-road trails of the Peak District.
Taking in quiet roads, dedicated cycleways and some of the more amenable off-road riding in the area, the routes explore every corner of the Peak; limestone dales, open moors, gritstone crags and tiny villages – they're all there. Never too long, too difficult or too remote, they are great fun and are challenging for riders of all ages and abilities. The guide also includes suggestions on where to ride with children and a section on where to ride along dedicated cycleways away from the traffic.
Written by local riders Tom Fenton and Jon Barton, the rides are clearly described using step-by-step instructions and feature original maps, route profiles and local information.
Trade Review'It represents very good value for money by today's prices.' (Matt Heason, Planetfear.com).
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Area map
A note on the rides / Maps, descriptions, distances / Your bike / Clothing / Gloves / Other essentials
Rights of way / Rules of the road / General safety
1 Ladybower Reservoir
2 Derwent Valley
3 Parsley Hay
4 Six Villages
5 Macclesfield Forest
6 Goyt Valley
7 Tissington Trail
8 Chelmorton
9 Middleton Top
10 Hathersage
11 The Roaches
12 Litton
13 Longstone Edge and Eyam
14 Linacre Woods
15 Castleton
16 Houndkirk
17 Bakewell
18 Beeley Moor and Darley Dale
Family Riding - Ladybower and Derwent Reservoirs
Family Riding - Carsington Water
Family Riding - Linacre Reservoirs
Railway Trails - High Peak Trail / Monsal Trail
Railway Trails - Manifold Way / Tissington Trail
Railway Trails - Longdendale Trail / Sett Valley Trail
Appendix
