The promised re-visit to ride the Dark Side trails. (Here's the link to the original trails from my visit a couple of weeks before: • Stile Cop Cannock Chas... )
And here's the trails times first, if you want to bypass the waffle and skip to one in particular!:
Ridge Run: 0:53
Little Bringe: 2:09
Wonderland: 3:31
New Line: 4:57
Balboa: 6:18
Basically I visited Stile Cop in Cannock Chase for the first time a couple of weeks ago. The main trails were open, but the Dark Side MTB DH trails were shut for some reason from the weekend, so I couldn't ride them all on that occasion.
But actually, it was a good job really. The first trails I rode were OK in the wet, and it had been raining all weekend, so there were a lot of puddles and the shrubbery was wet, but the trails were very ride-able.
I think I would have REALLY struggled with the Dark Side trails in the same conditions. Whereas today was lovely. Sun was out as before, but the trails (and therefore the roots and rocks) were pretty dry.
The Dark Side, as it;s name suggests, was definitely more challenging. I concluded that I probably shouldn't have attempted the Balboa drop, especially as it was a Monday, it was quite and I was on my own.. But have added my thoughts about that at the end of the edit .
8 июл 2024
