2 Bridleways ruined, never to return!! | Lake District XC

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[@mountainbikingfortherestofus]

You Brits are a tough bunch. Even in the midst of never ending really bad weather you still get out there and rip on the mountain bike. Respect!

[@mtbtrailshredders]

Love getting out in the winter :) quieter and the training does wonders for when the warmer months come around

[@Dalbymtb]

A real MTB ride so glad people still video stuff like this you tube is full of enduro riding on ebikes it’s like going back in time a real MTB trail ride

[@TrailFinder]

@@Dalbymtb thanks mate. 😁

[@mountainbikingfortherestofus]

Man, you are so right. Our instant gratification society can't put in the time to get fit enough to ride mountain bikes and be a mountain biker. Instead, they throw money at it and "buy" the fun. Lazy fu_ks.

[@garymartin557]

Although the trails have been neutered, it is still good wholesome XC. Love the POV of the under visor footage.

[@TrailFinder]

@@garymartin557 yes, still enjoyed the ride. Was just a little shock as had no idea any of this had happened.

[@timbo031170]

Nice video as usual mate - I did a Similar ride plus Grizdale in May and it will probably be the last time. I missed the slate riverbed on 15m00s and had to double back as it’s easy to miss 😂

[@MTB_Derbyshire]

So gutting when they do this. I get that sometines its unavoidabke but still frustrating. That bike definitely does xc very well although the rider isnt fast enough to catch the ferry in time 😂. Love your reaction ... comedy gold!

[@TrailFinder]

@@MTB_Derbyshire yeah 2 fantastic bridleway.s. 2nd one will return to its former glory over time. But the 1st one will forever be a fire road. Bloody ferry. If I don’t have bad luck I’d have no luck at all 🤣🤣

[@johngroombridge-s8h]

Thank you Andy Your videos are excellent 👍

[@TrailFinder]

@@johngroombridge-s8h cheers John

[@ElectricMountainBiker]

Great video mate, cannot believe what they have done to that trail, land owner seemed a good bloke at least. Never knew sheep were made different in the lakes til now 🤣 Loved the chesty voew (purchased a stuntman harness myself now), but, the under visor grew on me as well. The end trail as well 😭😭😭 Gutted as know these descents and just how good they were! Doesnt even fit in with the landscape either with how they've done it!! Shocking 😭

[@TrailFinder]

@@ElectricMountainBiker completely different beasts mate. A Yorkshire dales sheep has never seen a mountain biker in its life, well it has but it forgets after 2 minutes. That last sanitised descent will probably be stones all the way down. Think the sand is just the base layer, but should improve over time. As that trail is like a stream in wet weather, so it should make it rough again

[@ElectricMountainBiker]

Sheep, the goldfish of the Yorkshire dales 🤣 Be better if they do lay stones all the way down, it even looks awful!

[@maxflame21]

Similar happened at my local woodlands. Ancient woodlands which needed felling due to disease. The heavy machinery cut trees back and squashed trails into 20ft pathways. But rather than one way in and out, they made multiple wide routes through the entire woodlands. I certainly miss parts of the XC loop that used to be there. Lovely Spark btw.

[@TrailFinder]

@@maxflame21 such a shame when this happens, 🥲

[@RichesPaul]

Great video, will add that to my ever growing list of routes 👏👍

[@TrailFinder]

@@RichesPaul 👊 awesome. Enjoy. Hope you like XC 😉

[@curtevans297]

Gravel 😂

[@TrailFinder]

@@curtevans297 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@markwood674]

How's the lip mate? Helped me decide to pay a full face for me and the lad before Wales between xmas and new year!! Great vid as ever pal.

[@davidjeffrey2358]

Another cracking video!!

[@martinhutchinson9265]

If it's any consolation, that breasty haw descent you did was trashed in a similar way a few years back, looks to be recovered. Colthouse is gone forever, but I reckon that work on Devil's Gallop will wash out very quickly, a lot of water comes down that way. PS apparently they've been at Parkamoor Nibthwaite again 😢

[@TrailFinder]

@@martinhutchinson9265 yes I agree devils gallop will be ok in a few years. Like you said there is a lot of water goes down there

[@heywood165]

Judging by the shows at the Kendal Mountain Festival last weekend 2025 is going to be the year of the gravel bike. I’m sure it’s fun going out into the middle of nowhere and wild camping then pedalling back to your camper van and continuing up to Scotland, but it’s not really my idea of mountain biking. Give me 5 or 6 hours of difficult rocky descents over leisurely cruises in the… cut down forests anytime!

[@philarnold1967]

What a shame, devils gallop was always a good fun trail with the rock drop, as you say ruined and looks like they were working on it at the time so dare say its all the way down now, hopefully the rain and the motor bikes will drag the crap out and put it back to how it was eventually. Think you'll find parkamoor has been ruined recently too

[@TrailFinder]

@@philarnold1967, forgot to say in the video. But I’m afraid you will be right. It will go all the way down to the road, I’m sure it will be still fast fun when it’s finished. But with zero challenge, but the 1st one unfortunately will always be a fire road now

[@LakesLee]

The Colthouse descent was sanitised twice. First when they cut the trees down and then more when they put cable in the ground. Proper crap now. The second is on Graythwaite estates land, they're doing plenty to upset people, including stopping anybody from fishing anymore on Esthwaite.

[@TrailFinder]

@@LakesLee how longs it been going on for. It’s been a few years since I’ve been down that bridleway?

[@LakesLee]

@TrailFinder must be over a year. When there was the storms a couple of years ago Hawkshead lost all landlines, they go over the top from Bell Grange way so I think that's what they were installing

[@kryten1021]

@@LakesLee you can see the BT access Hatch on the left just before the deer gate on Colthouse, I spotted it last time through, it just gets worse and worse riding wise and will never return to anything like we knew . Devils is now smooth virtually all the way apart from the last 100 yards or so down to the road its claggy clay and soil thats been used and they have filled in anything and everything they could dump it on even the roots have been covered up they were obviously mid job in this vid and have completed their work now it's worse than when Andy rode it 😞

[@mfcat2009]

Gutted for you. Did a similar loop recently. Just before the first ruined descent, you can push up a path to the right towards Latterbarrow, which will unlock some single track heaven and drop you into the same road about 1/4 mile further up. And the last one, if you go up the fire road about a mile, you'll get to one of the graythwaite enduro trails (shhhhh) , again dropping on to the same road. Agree with you though, it didn't make any sense to sanitise the middle of a trail in the middle of nowhere!

[@TrailFinder]

@@mfcat2009 thanks for the tip. The 1st alternative You’ve suggested I’ve done before and loved it. The second one I had no idea there were tracks up there. Will take a look next time I’m there. Looks like the second one is going to be done all the way to the road 🥲

[@philgib247]

Top ride!! Prefer the regular camera position with your bars in view for the off-road 👍🏻

[@TrailFinder]

@@philgib247 agree, nice to see the bike. Although I did like it on helmet for other stuff in this video. Like when I was pumping tyres up, looking at views and talking to people.

[@Grandadgreyhair]

Done all those trails, what a shame the run down above Hawkshead always had a few puddle bits but the rocky bits were great and the witches gallop used to be really good before the trees came down , then still good now Not so good. I bet there have been a few crashes and the safety elf’s have decided on sanitisation. Let’s pray for a few floods to wash the top surface away and restore the fun

[@TrailFinder]

@@Grandadgreyhair it was a great bridleway. And a nice long one. Will always be a fire road now unfortunately

[@Grandadgreyhair]

@ that’s sad still I have a few pics from back in the day

[@sawreymountainbikers6470]

Interesting to see some of my neighbours caught on film around Sawrey. The Colthouse bridleway is a contentious issue with us locals, not only from tree clearance but also laying telecom cables... It's been going on for months!! Wait till you see Parkamoor 😢

[@TrailFinder]

What’s happened on pakamoor. Another one of my favs?

[@sawreymountainbikers6470]

@TrailFinder the sanitisers have struck. Not all of it but definitely the bits that matter. Apparently to make it easier for moving cattle

[@TrailFinder]

@@sawreymountainbikers6470 such a shame!! I might go down it next time I’m up there and see for my self

[@cherowley]

oh nooo! loved Parkamoor :(

[@liam6200]

The colthouse dh was one of my favourites. I discovered what they'd done to it earlier this year, was absolutely devastated and annoyed but on the other hand, the trees "have" to come down and access is needed for that I guess..... 😒

[@TrailFinder]

@@liam6200 was one of mine also. Couldn’t believe it when I went down it 🥲

[@grahamsmith9788]

I enjoyed watching that Andy, thanks. Could you possibly tell me the particular model code or name of that Cycplus inflator? It looks worth having - though I'm guessing it wouldn't have enough power to get a tubeless tyre to pop on to the bead?(I'm thinking of the scenario where you get a puncture on the trail, repair it, then want to pump it up but it's come off the bead)

[@BikepackingAdventures]

It looks like the AS2 Pro Max to me.

[@edbackes2234]

Lovely loop mate, considering it on the gravel bike. Where there any more technical climbs that you didn’t include??

[@TrailFinder]

@@edbackes2234 hi mate. Gravel bike would be a good choice for this ride. And all the climbs I showed.

[@nickwraith312]

The downhill to colthouse has been ruined, one of my old faves too. I still can’t believe that forestry people needed to sanitise it that much to fell the trees. 🤬

[@TrailFinder]

@@nickwraith312 think the machines made such a mess it had to be done , it was a lovely bridleway. Now forever a fire road unfortunately

[@t0mm0hawktv62]

arr man, i’ve ridden those trails loads they were alway mint, 😢can’t believe it. i guess they might get better again over time. i’ll find out next year what they are like

[@TrailFinder]

@@t0mm0hawktv62 the second one will probably be rocky over the base they have started to put down. But the 1st one will always be a fire road now unfortunately

[@t0mm0hawktv62]

yes, it will still be a good ride and it’s not going to stop me from riding it, especially if you add the grizdale sections. thanks for the vid keep up the good work.

[@SwitchbacksMichaelSaunders]

Aaaahhhhhhhhh 😥

[@stupidmonkeykev]

If you were a sheep in Yorkshire, you would run away from Yorkshire men too ;)

[@TrailFinder]

@@stupidmonkeykev 🤣

[@JmeGarg]

Are you on a Spark? If so what year please?

[@TrailFinder]

@@JmeGarg yes. And it’s a 2023 model

[@ROAD658]

I get the reason for the first new road , we are passing through an area of timber production ,that's how it is, building materials etc, that's sustainable,2nd one is nonsense ,taken natural features away in the name of hikers easier access ,there's plenty of accessible paths for people who cant deal with a bit rougher tracks,just choose one of them ?Re.Ferry Tea Break. Bloody ridiculous ,if i was in charge it wouldn't happen,tea on the move,your not grafting ,take it in between loadings or get off and we will pick you up when we get back !! 1 at a time.Thats my work ethic ,was a southerner up North though 🤣🤣🤣🤣Great vid.

[@TrailFinder]

@@ROAD658 yeah I agree. You got to expect things like this with a working forest. Everyone deserves a tea break. But yes. During the crossing for ten mins they are not really doing anything 🤣

[@ROAD658]

@TrailFinder 👍

[@ROAD658]

@TrailFinder you are definitely in 'sheep friendly ' mode with The Herdwicks in The Lakes a bit of a change to your 2 word message to a Dales Swaledale banging down a track in front of you on a vid from years back 🤭🤣🤣 I thought that was hilarious but can't find it now , which was it ....please 😊

[@TrailFinder]

@@ROAD658it was this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4SXYayVna6hj5Isi=-X5XpmCSA96n20UN

[@ROAD658]

@@TrailFinder cheers,a Yorkshireman through and through 😊😊i laugh every time.That route is part of a monster i used to do.Bainbridge/Cam Road/over to the top of Arten Gill same route as you then down your return route to Dent.St./Cowgill/Craven Way/Ribblwhead/Gill Garth /Wharfe /Helwith Bridge/Horton/Ling Gill/Cam Rd./back to Bainbridge.Long one 45/50 maybe.Took my mate on it,first time he had been clipped in with no undershorts on the cyclo X bikes 😬😬he got me back 🤣🤣cheers.

[@ceriway380]

Excellent ride ,and I like the camera under peak ,good for seeing the trails ., do you think it's health and safety with trail ,someone had a crash..

[@TrailFinder]

@@ceriway380 dji are bringing out a max lens mod next week, so under visor should be good then as you will see more of the bike. 1st trail was done for the machinery to get up after they made a mess. As for the second, who knows. As heath and safety has gone made these days

[@chrisparkerTV]

Could you please show us what ride route should have been ?

[@TrailFinder]

@@chrisparkerTV its this one, but on this occasion I started at loughrig kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYunqKF9oKmda5Isi=yh-AZ8BmleiGEvKM

[@LakesMTB1964]

Trail sanitising if happening at quite a few locations in the Lakes, I used to have my camera under my visor but gone back to chest mount

[@TrailFinder]

@@LakesMTB1964 I like both. But chest is prob best option.

[@mrchrisdavies]

You prpbably wont enjoy this ride its more for an xc'er? Pah! The knarlier the better for this xc'er! I could accept you calling it a gravel bike ride 😂 thanks for sharing

[@TrailFinder]

@@mrchrisdavies same usually. I love it abit rougher. Couldn’t imagine doing this ride on a gravel bike though.

[@edwardgurhy100]

Isn't it a teabreak every time they make a crossing? What else can you (they) do? :-)

[@TrailFinder]

🤣 that’s funny. Your dead right

[@edwardgurhy100]

@@TrailFinder I did also wonder ..... if you carried your (wonderfully lightweight Scott) on your shoulder, could you get away with £1.10 as opposed to the £2.15? Perhaps you could of met them in the middle at say £1.62.5p? 😆 .....and why £2.15? anyway? Something to do with the price of a box of Tetley? 🤭

[@TrailFinder]

@@edwardgurhy100 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnlesoudeur3653]

Thanks for the video. Will try that next Spring. Is that the 900 Ultimate tuned?

[@TrailFinder]

@@johnlesoudeur3653hi, yes it is, cracking bike. 11.2kg weight. It’s so fast!!

[@johnlesoudeur3653]

@@TrailFinder I have a Spark RC Pro with carbon wheel upgrades and full XTR so I know how you feel about your bike. I have a twistloc instead of the Twinlock. Do all my own maintenance and no problems.

[@davejones2157]

@@johnlesoudeur3653 Hi, I have the Spark RC world cup. I'm thinking of changing to a twistlock setup for the suspension. Which twistlock have you fitted? Was it an easy job to complete?

[@johnlesoudeur3653]

@@davejones2157 I fitted the Ultimate 3P. I positioned it so that the cables exit under the brake levers (XTR Race). I used some denatured alcohol to fit the grips and they are comfortable and stay in place. The cable exits accept directly fitting 4.0mm housing and it comes with a barrel adjuster that I use for the rear shock. (I also got another one for the fork). The fork has a Raceday 2 damper that also directly accepts 4.0 housing as does the RS Nude RL3 shock. No problems pushing the 4.0mm housing through the headset without dismantling it. I still used the 0.9mm Jagwire cable mainly because the Twistloc used two pieces of PTFE tubing at the cable exits which will wear over time but can easily be replaced by some 1.0mm x 2.mm tubing that can be cut and is readily available (rather than trying to find and buy the RS maintenance kit).

[@davejones2157]

@@johnlesoudeur3653 Many thanks for the fast and detailed reply, John. 👍

[@johngroombridge-s8h]

What is the pump you got Andy?

[@TrailFinder]

Google cycplus and it will come up, there are 2 sizes. (Battery) I got the smaller one

[@stephenbetley9596]

Swings and roundabouts. Probably suitable for a gravel bike route now?

[@TrailFinder]

@@stephenbetley9596 yep perfect for a gravel bike now, and very enjoyable now for those who do that I imagine

[@patdoherty901]

Cry plus did u get standard one or pro??

[@TrailFinder]

@@patdoherty901 I got the pro. But the smaller one. Not the pro max. Wanted small as possible.

[@tandyman69]

Lovely bike, y wanna turn the volume down on that freehub tho! :)

[@TrailFinder]

@@tandyman69 🤣 it’s on the to do list

[@zacdavis2504]

What’s the pump Andy? How much was it?

[@TrailFinder]

@@zacdavis2504 hi Zac, it’s cycplus pro, the smaller one. They also do a pro max. But wanted small, it was £90 but it’s great. Don’t use a pump anymore. Not even at home, the track pump is now retired

[@zacdavis2504]

@ cheers Andy, will defo be looking into this for myself 👍

[@rickyhill5263]

anyone know why they wete instructed to fell the trees?

[@TrailFinder]

@@rickyhill5263 wish I’d of asked the land owner when I was chatting to him.

[@northernjimbo]

There’s a lot of larch affected by a tree disease - phemora something or other, there’ll be lots of woods getting the chop because of it on NT or forestry land

[@P6_7R_Nick]

Camera under the visor feels a little more disconnect from the ride. Seems like you're floating along. Chest cam can see the bars and hands working over the rough ground. Chest cam gets my vote.

[@TrailFinder]

@@P6_7R_Nick it also looks a lot slower I thought. I’m new to dji after owning every go pro since the 3. So just thought I’d try it out on a descent

[@P6_7R_Nick]

@TrailFinder true, it does.

[@jeaninebanthorpe1111]

@@TrailFinder Chest cam gets my vote too. I agree with @P6_7R_Nick on the disconnect and I do like to see the bars and hands at work.

[@simony2801]

If they were as good at replanting as they are at cutting down it wouldn't be as bad, but replanting costs money so they dont bother

[@MTB_Martin]

Hi - real shame about more track sanatization. ☹️ Do you have the link to the electron pump you used? Think it would make a great stocking filler 🙂

[@TrailFinder]

@@MTB_Martin just google cycplus and they will come up. I bought the smaller one. Don’t carry a pump anymore. This thing is awesome

[@MTB_Martin]

Thanks. Have you thought about setting up an Amazon affiliate link and adding this to your video description?

[@Petrolhead912]

They got lots of spare cash for tarmacking over bridleways in the lakes. Shame they dont use it for repairing roads 😂 Accessibility is the name of the game

[@TrailFinder]

@@Petrolhead912 🤣 such a shame about the 1st one. It was a nice long bridleway,

[@patbriggsmbr]

New and raw = ruined

[@harrymcgerty522]

Nice vid! Im due to buy a hardtail for commuting and weekend trail riding , would it be a slog on these kinds of trails or just as fun?

[@TrailFinder]

Just as fun 😁

[@wavestherules558]

The sound of that hub is a pain all through the video. I agree, that track is now a road and ruined but replace that hub 👍

[@TrailFinder]

@@wavestherules558Instead of spending lots of money changing a hub to make some person I don’t know happy. I suggest you don’t click on my channel again and watch any of my future content

[@nickirlam4811]

Its a regular of mine it a shame they have done it

[@TrailFinder]

@@nickirlam4811 such a shame.

[@ashleyscarth8363]

Give it few season the water will sort it out,

[@TrailFinder]

@@ashleyscarth8363 definitely will down devils gallop, the 1st one has gone, and will always be a fire road now