The Wrekin: Steep Shropshire Sketchy Stuff 

Cheers mate, you really should go there as it’s a great place for a mess around 👍

Obviously a flying car would be fantastic, Back to the Future had one and that is based on real history/past so we all know it's possible. What confuses me though is how Doc controlled altitude when the steering wheel would surely only control left and right manoeuvres. Over-thinking it? Yep 😂

@@Stopadoodledoo these things deserve attention. You can never over think them 😜

Thanks mate. It's not that The Wrekin isn't beautiful as it is, but the lady I chatted to was making out like it was utterly stunning, as we were stood on the really wide gravel climb looking towards the communication tower. I think I was spoiled with where I grew up. Even now, after all these years ago, the scenery in the Lakes takes my breath away. Last summer, a group of us did a ride from Keswick that took us onto Whiteless Pike and from the top, we were looking down on Crummock Water, Buttermere and beyond, over the Irish Sea, you could see the Isle Of Man. Six normally shouty blokes not known for their serenity fell silent, apart from the occasional 'wow'

@@Stopadoodledoo I did some biking up and around Keswick a couple of years back, loads of fun. Also, I took my partner on our second date to the Lakes all those years ago. Will always love the Lakes! 👍

Thanks. I was a fair bit fitter when I filmed this one, not so sure it would be as heavy-breathing-free now 😃

Cheers mate. It was a pretty steep line but not ridiculously so and there were catch berms of sorts. I'll be honest and say I wasn't feeling composed down it all; I thought I was going to pop out on some crazy drop thing onto the fireroad (that scared the pap out of me on my previous visit) and it was playing on my mind a bit. I was relieved when I ended up somewhere else 😃

Cheers buddy, The Wrekin is one steep sided hill that's got trails galore and a high percentage of them are pretty damned steep. Fantastic location to go riding that I would recommend visiting, but it's unfortunately a bit longer than 40 miles and an hour away for you to get to 😃

I love Hindhead, so many decent trails there including some pretty steep and loose ones. I much prefer it to Rogate. Not sure if it's the same nowadays but there literally used to be queues at the more popular trailheads on Leith Hill.

Cheers mate, I reckon only well filmed third person footage would do this place justice 👍

Cheers mate, the Wrekin definitely has some challenging trails on it 👍

Cheers, the Wrekin is such a cool place to ride. Next weeks video is already being edited 👍

By speed run, do you literally mean running? I think I would die instantly if I tried to run up The Wrekin 😃

@@Stopadoodledoo No sorry ,we would ride up as quick as possible then bomb it back down again .

@@ronin_gthayc3020 Ah, that makes far more sense. The desire to run confuses me 😀

You most certainly do mate. Think there’s loads of big doubles and stuff tucked away there too, and on the Ercall (next to it)

@@Stopadoodledoo omg so much riding packed in that hill

Cheers mate. Was a tricky day with the trails being a bit damp 👍

Thanks mate. I reckon a lot of it is in the head; I am looking at the next less steep bit when approaching the steep stuff and as such, not over-thinking it. The same theory didn’t apply yesterday though (coming next week) 😀👍

Bonkers mate, I love it there. Bizarrely, it rides ok in the wet too 👍

@@Stopadoodledoo Ant's trying to get me to go next month and he doesn't like steep so much 🤣🤣🤣

@@MTB_Trekker 😂 He'll hate it 😂😂😂

@@Stopadoodledoo 😂😂😂😂

Cheers mate, love the Wrekin and look forward to riding there again soon although I imagine it will be a fair bit sloppier now 😀👍

@@Stopadoodledoo yep it’s very sloppy at the moment but mainly on the exposed areas... a lot of the trails under cover of trees aren’t too bad dare I say 😜 You need to try ‘Southern Monkey’ next time think you’ll love that one!

Thanks mate, really appreciate it. You are proper lucky having The Wrekin on your doorstep, there's so many amazing trails on that one hill. The climb is evil, especially as it's one of those that gets harder the further up you get. I reckon that I could ride up the whole thing at a push but I'd be so knackered by the time I got to the top, I'd just want to potter down something easy to give myself a rest 😃 There's a couple of lads from your way who ride up there a lot and have channels; It's Mr JC and Jimbo MTB; could be worth hooking up with them as they seem to know the place like the back of their hands. When all this crap is over, I know I'll be heading back there but there's a few other places I need to go first (Lakes being the main one - from there originally and just love riding there more than anywhere else).

@@Stopadoodledoo Yes it definatly gets steeper the higher you get in the climb, you look rapid coming down and make it look easy and reallly good decision making at speed. Thanks for taking the time to reply il deffo check out them channels. Agreed the lakes are just awsome, one place i hope to shred in the future. All the best mate

I can’t afford a Delorean though and Volvos May be boxy but good, but the fuckers definitely don’t hover 😀

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Cheers mate, enjoyed your edit too and will sub now 👍

@@Stopadoodledoo thanks buddy, let me know if your ever round the clent hills and ill give you the tour

It’s on the list so will do mate 👍

One hell of a climb isn't it. Not the biggest but those steep sections are killers

@@StopadoodledooYeah, it's really tiring but fun.And your right them steep sections with a ton of rocks are literal leg snappers, But once you do it a lot you get used to it. I might try to do it again since I had fun.