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Los McJannet

I am a writer and cycle journalist who enjoys long rides, wild camping and seeking out the path less travelled. I have recently written a book, Bikepacking, on the growing trend of mountain biking and lightweight camping, and try to camp out on a ride wherever possible. However, I also enjoy walking and running in the hills, particularly around my home in Somerset, though if I am looking for something a little wilder I'll often head north to the Peak District, Lake District, Cheviots or Black Mountains, or the Highland bothies of Scotland
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went mountain biking

August 2, 2017 at 09:37

Coastal MTB Tour - Faversham

Time

4h32m

Distance

59.0km

Speed

13.0km/h

Ascent

690m

Descent

690m

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August 3, 2017

This is a long, languid and surprisingly lumpy tour, given that Kent has such a reputation for being flat! It mixes quiet country roads, muddy bridle paths and some great technical forest riding. It's a perfect two-day ride too - with lots of accommodation or camping options around Wye, its halfway point

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August 2, 2017 at 09:11

Coastal MTB Tour - Arundel

Time

3h52m

Distance

34.2km

Speed

8.8km/h

Ascent

590m

Descent

600m

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August 3, 2017

The vast majority of this loop onto the South Downs is off-road, with only very occasional stretches of tarmac along the way. Its essentially a sea-level start, climbing up onto the chalky South Downs to meet the waymarked South Downs Way at Tegleaze on Graffham Down, before dropping off the ridge some

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August 2, 2017 at 09:49

Coastal MTB Tour - Purbecks

Time

2h14m

Distance

26.1km

Speed

11.6km/h

Ascent

340m

Descent

330m

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August 3, 2017

Beginning at a pub and camp site just north of Swanage, this ride takes in some of the best scenery the Purbecks has to offer. Without giving you a chance to warm up it heads straight up Ballard Down for Handfast Point, with wonderful views of Old Harry Rocks and the coast, before visiting the picturesque

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August 2, 2017 at 09:37

Coastal MTB Tour - Golden Cap

Time

1h41m

Distance

16.7km

Speed

9.9km/h

Ascent

420m

Descent

400m

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August 3, 2017

This is a short but glorious little loop, which starts from a National Trust car park, getting stuck straight in to climbs around Golden Cap and Thorncombe Beacon. You'll be treated to spectacular sea views for almost half the tour; the second part takes windy paths and back roads over North Chideock

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August 1, 2017 at 21:39

Coastal MTB Tour - Lynton

Time

3h29m

Distance

38.4km

Speed

11.0km/h

Ascent

770m

Descent

760m

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August 3, 2017

This is a wild and testing ride over some of Exmoor's most remote moorland. Navigation can be difficult at times, with the trail almost invisible in places, so you'll need your wits about you as you ride north toward the coast. There's an enjoyable switchback descent to the dramatic coastline known as

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August 1, 2017 at 18:07

Coastal MTB Tour - Sidmouth

Time

3h44m

Distance

41.9km

Speed

11.2km/h

Ascent

870m

Descent

870m

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August 3, 2017

Starting at the Cannon Inn in Newton Poppleford (pubindevon.co.uk), this route heads for the coast over the wooded Mutters Moor, finding great technical single track sections that weave across a particularly picturesque golf course. Dropping down Peak Hill, you'll soon find yourself riding along Sidmouth

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August 1, 2017 at 18:33

Coastal MTB Tour - The Gower

Time

3h12m

Distance

37.8km

Speed

11.8km/h

Ascent

540m

Descent

550m

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August 3, 2017

This has to be one of my favourite coastal rides – it has a bit of everything. Starting from the campsite near Llangennith, their are three paths to choose from across Rhossili Down – one across each of the hill's faces and a testing one over the top. Mixing sand dunes, hilly downland, steep galleys

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April 18, 2017 at 10:27

Edale, the Peak District - MTB Passes

Time

3h48m

Distance

17.4km

Speed

4.6km/h

Ascent

410m

Descent

420m

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April 19, 2017

There's little time to warm up on this Peaks ride as you'll be climbing almost as soon as you leave Edale station. Heading north it's a technical climb some 300m to Grindslow Knoll and eventually the high grassy plain of Edale Moor. For a few kilometres you can enjoy a wonderful panorama from this wild

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April 18, 2017 at 10:42

Ennerdale, Cumbria - MTB Passes

Time

3h28m

Distance

27.2km

Speed

7.8km/h

Ascent

1,010m

Descent

1,000m

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April 19, 2017

A relaxing ride along the banks of Ennerdale Water does little to prepare you for what's to come. Following the river Liza which feeds into the lake, it's a blissful ride through deciduous woodland but at the tree line the real mountain biking begins! Heading north up Scarth Gap Pass the trail instantly

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April 18, 2017 at 11:04

Hound Tor, Dartmoor - MTB Passes

Time

1h55m

Distance

15.6km

Speed

8.1km/h

Ascent

460m

Descent

440m

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April 19, 2017

This route out of North Bovey on Dartmoor has the best of both worlds - it start along the wooded banks of the river Bovey, taking in the wonderful singletrack around Lustleigh Cleave before striking out onto wild-feeling, exposed moorland. It's a constant climb out of the valley to the jagged rocks

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April 18, 2017 at 10:11

Grinton, Yorkshire Dales - MTB Passes

Time

2h24m

Distance

24.6km

Speed

10.2km/h

Ascent

380m

Descent

390m

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April 19, 2017

Leaving Grinton by road on a waymarked route the trail soon drops down to the banks of the River Swale before beginning the slow, steady climb to Harkerside Moor. It can be heavy going amid the mossy undergrowth but the trail firms up as you reach a series of disused mine workings high up on the moor

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April 18, 2017 at 09:33

Lynton, Exmoor - MTB Passes

Time

1h53m

Distance

20.2km

Speed

10.7km/h

Ascent

400m

Descent

420m

April 19, 2017

This route starts from a car park on the NCN277 cycle route. However it's not long before you leave the tarmac behind and are climbing south along the Two Moors Way, a coast-to-coast route that connects Dartmoor and Exmoor. At Hoaroak Hill the route starts to wind its way back north, dropping of the

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April 17, 2017 at 16:15

Holford, the Quantocks - MTB Passes

Time

2h08m

Distance

21.7km

Speed

10.2km/h

Ascent

500m

Descent

490m

April 19, 2017

This is Quantocks riding at its finest, starting among the wooded glades of Holford car park, climbing one of the many combes that drop down off the Quantocks ridge, before riding the undulating crest amid bike-hight ferns broken only by occasional copses. For lovers of singletrack, this route saves

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April 17, 2017 at 15:14

Mount Snowdon - MTB Passes

Time

2h46m

Distance

17.7km

Speed

6.4km/h

Ascent

1,050m

Descent

1,030m

April 19, 2017

The bike trails to Snowdon's summit are so good it's a shame you have to ride up one of them. This route uses the Ranger Path as an ascent - you'll need to carry the bike on a couple of sections towards the summit - and the path parallel to the railway as the wonderful way down. You can't take bikes

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April 17, 2017 at 14:07

Great Malvern - MTB Passes

Time

2h42m

Distance

18.8km

Speed

6.9km/h

Ascent

600m

Descent

590m

April 19, 2017

From Great Malvern station you can be at the highest point in Herefordshire or Worcestershire in just a few kilometres. There's 15km of ridgeline to explore and dozens of paths crosscross the range. This figure of eight route begins by exploring the northern tip of the hills before dropping south to

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