Hicap phill
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Route planning & best methods
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jamesDiscoTD5
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They're all UCRs according to Trailwise - some of them might be overgrown and scratchy according to recentish comments.
LINK try this one, is just a link to Gloucestershire rights of way online map which does not seem to show them as anything hence assuming they were UCR which fits with @jamesDiscoTD5 's comments
Some of them you can streetview the length of and that seems to fit with what I would expect from a UCR. I may take a trip out later this week to have a look.
For planning I use TW2, but check, some marked UCR are actually not according to the council maps. Councils will have a definitive map often online even if not particularly up to date, and a Highways map the highways map will list all the UCR on them, Devon and Somersets are very good even if surprising! I cannot comment on the rest.... The one final hack of the websites is to attempt to report an issue on a highway, this will not let you know if there is a road closure or restriction but will let you know if its a council maintained highway which is better than guessing! So far in lanes local to me that I have know driven since I can remember (well the 1990`s) One isn`t a UCR but the farmer doesn't mind, as it "keeps the brambles back" and is an entertaining 200 yards, One has never been on TW2 or OS maps as a UCR but is and always has been. and the third is well known locally as being a challenge is always littered with plastic from newer 4x4 about a mile long but is not any form of ROW just landowner access (Also is not marked as such on TW2 or OS maps). Be careful and check!
Anaconda
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How's the planning going?
How's the planning going?
Hicap phill
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Slow…. But have a few friends checking some routes/lanes next week.
Gave a few locations for them to check while they are in wales.
Need to hop on the Motobike & spot some lanes. Been doing too much driving,even last weekend with no time to sit on computers.
Hicap phill
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Having a look at trail wise and found it a bit helpful. Some lanes I had looked on the OS map have TRO/VRO or advise to only go 1 way. Yes some of this info goes back a few years,so a sites is only as good as the info supplied
Still route planning with a less than a week to go,
Only 1 more route to plan
Still route planning with a less than a week to go,
Only 1 more route to plan
Hicap phill
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Update….
3good days of lanes. We decided not to do strata as lots of bikes out on the Taffy Dakar.
They warned us 1 normal lane had a landrover off the edge & rolled down the bank & been there a few days. We was able to miss the section out.
Did not meet any other 4x4
Apart from the Saturday when there was a compertion on,not many trail bikes
But plenty of adventure bikes(BMW) on guided tours(5 groups with about 10 riders in each & 10 mins apart)
Found some good small campsites that allow roof tents etc cheap & cheerful
Also informed us of some 4x4 who have been winching on lanes.we had no problems
Some of the routes are good 1 way,others were fun as a trailer was getting dragged to a few places.
Was amazed what the D4 can do.
thanks all for your inputs
3good days of lanes. We decided not to do strata as lots of bikes out on the Taffy Dakar.
They warned us 1 normal lane had a landrover off the edge & rolled down the bank & been there a few days. We was able to miss the section out.
Did not meet any other 4x4
Apart from the Saturday when there was a compertion on,not many trail bikes
But plenty of adventure bikes(BMW) on guided tours(5 groups with about 10 riders in each & 10 mins apart)
Found some good small campsites that allow roof tents etc cheap & cheerful
Also informed us of some 4x4 who have been winching on lanes.we had no problems
Some of the routes are good 1 way,others were fun as a trailer was getting dragged to a few places.
Was amazed what the D4 can do.
thanks all for your inputs
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Looks like a good time was had
Hicap phill
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Do these big trips same time every year as the friend comes over from Germany just for lanes & overlanding.
As for local stuff…. I think August may be the next trip.
Anaconda
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We go to Wiltshire or West Berkshire on occasion if you fancy coming along. Usually post up in the Green lane section before we go.
