Blanchland , Northumberland 15.4.23

[The Hodge]

I rode up there on a sneaking day off work last summer. Loved the place, setting off from the reservoir and heading through Blanchland and up towards Slaley and then back down and up to and across Buckshott Fell.

It was one of the very first rides I did when I first started mountain biking nearly 30 years ago ..and I've been regularly riding it ever since ..alongside Bolts Law this is one of my favourite areas to ride " locally " ..
Yesterday we re-visited and did the full route we planned on doing a few weeks back ..
30 miles / 3075 ft of climbing ..
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