Mountain biking to Britain's highest beach Gaddings dam

Gaddings Dam, Britain's highest beach, situated high up on the Pennine Hills above Todmorden in West Yorkshire. Today I set off on my Whyte mountain bike to visit this fantastic landmark.
Filmed with my DJI Spark using active track.
On a hot summer's day this place gets packed and people will still be arriving after sunset for a free wild swim.

[@SMITHYSKONTIKI]

People bang on about Devon and Cornwall. Yet Lancashire as you show and Yorkshire that we goto a lot has some of the best scenery the UK has to offer. Might be a good thing tho it keeps it quite for us lol.

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Too right Smithy. The Trough of Bowland does it for me and you can't beat the rolling green countryside of the Yorkshire Dales. I was up you neck o' the woods again panning yesterday. It got very warm later on in the day and that is a stunning location. Shame is'd not Lancashire lol.

[@sophiescyclingandwalkingch4294]

Great film, especially the drone footage 👍🏻

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Hello Sophie, I have a few more road bike videos to come, just local short ones. I'm getting invites out with the the guys a lot more now too, but I'm just going to leave it a few more weeks.

[@sophiescyclingandwalkingch4294]

MrDazP1 great I’ll be watching. Got 45mph on a ride the other day 😁. You know Daz my Merlin MTB is coming out soon and that’s down to watching you😎

[@inspiredtotired8369]

That was awesome :-)

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Thanks for that, It was fun trying to make this one too.

[@The_Big_Controller]

Another great video fella 😁👍

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Thanks for watching BigD...This place gets hammered on a sunny day.

[@LAnonHubbard]

Well done Daz.

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Cheers, it's always a great place to ride up to and get away from it all.

[@djrobbo3929]

cracking video that mate ... that brew outta walsden looks a good one

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Anywhere in that area offers you some pretty unforgiving terrain on the ascents buddy

[@RideBikes_Walkplaces]

cracking descent that down to summit area. awesome vid as always mate

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Thanks 👍 I bet you could hit that at some speed. I have climbed that one without dabbing too

[@252Scooby]

That was a special one well done , it looked more demanding this time but was well worth it

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

I'm getting some strength back now but them climbs are brutal and it's a great feeling to get to the top without dabbing. Thanks for watching again buddy.

[@yorkshirebrad]

What a cracking quality video - the drone stuff blew my mind mate. must've taken you ages!

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Thanks for the feedback, I was out for about 5 hours in total but it's all part of the fun. Stay safe buddy

[@andygrayson7485]

Great video, up there a couple of weeks ago, loads of young uns having a ball !!👍👍👍

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

It's a top place to visit Andy. I v'e been going up there since I was 13 years old

[@gobtv9459]

All good @MrDazP1, but there is actually a beach within about 5 miles that is 5 metres higher. It's a bit less well publicised than Gaddings. Good to see the drone shots of Calderfornia looking wonderful.

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Warland Res has a mini beach too and cracking single track section round the back. Thanks for watching pal.

[@JohnDGregory]

Great video Daz, and nice to see you on the MTB. It must have taken you ages to film the DH to Tod Rd. You should have done the Cow Head drain DH at the end though, it is one of the best DHs around these parts now.

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

There are so many places that you and I know around here John and we've filmed em all with the Gopros. I can pick em all off one at a time and film with the drone over the next year or so. The Cow head drain is a super long one too. I would be better off flying it manually from the Pennine Way and tracking another rider. BTW I saw Micky T and Shaun today , talking about the the good old King Bill days....

[@boxers999]

Great footage again Daz. We keep our horse up at Readyshore Farm so I’m up there a lot, love it. Couldn’t you overlay the GoPro gps info on your vids to show height and speed ? That would be awesome.

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

If you use a Garmin gps you can add all the data you want, heart rate, cadence, wattage.....etc onto the map as an overlay. It's ace up there Ste and the view of the Walsden Gorge is fantastic.

[@graemebailey2046]

Great video again Daz, stunning views but not so sure on gonad cam tho (lol) hearing u puffing and panting with a cam underneath u, thats for specialist channels. Did I see u today on ur mountain bike crossing Tod Rd near to summit with a yellow back on.

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

That reminds me I need to move the saddle forward lol. I was on the road bike this morning, bright yellow socks and glasses.

[@graemebailey2046]

@@MrDazP1adv3ntures Did my longest ride out this morning for yrs, getting back into it, from Royton to Tod and back 40k , dropping the weight steadily as i go, it amazing what difference a month on the bike has already made

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Great stuff, I got about 60k in yesterday where I got a loop in from Bury back to Middleton and Royton. Very warm n' muggy. Keep up the training regime.

[@zulfiahmed3733]

Looks like a nice route . Any chance of sharing route ? I do a little Mtb now and again I wouldn’t mind this trail looks epic

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Hi, I haven't got the data to hand but if you cycle up to the Whitehouse pub on Blackstone edge and follow the Pennine way towards Hebden Bridge. It will get you near this location

[@rogerchadwick2255]

Great video Daz. Always look forward to you putting new ones up. What software do you use for all the post production editing ? Looks really professional.

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Hi Roger, I use Adobe software. It's the basic package but has a great time line set up to work with..Hope you are well pal.

[@SouthernCrossGO]

Nice mate, whats the Dam for, is it used for Town Water? Great drones the spark ive had mine a couple years and love it :) nice video mate :)

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

It was built to supply water for the mills in Lumbutts. The Spark is a great piece of kit too.

[@therotundrider2456]

Nice one Daz, greatcstuff. Any chance you can do a film about theme drone, I'm thinking of buying one mate.

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

I will see what I can do pal. Thanks for watching

[@sturutter3378]

Looks great this ride, don't suppose you have strava link / gpx?

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Hi Stu I don't but it follows the Mary Towneley loop on the PBW from Bottomley in Walsden.

[@sturutter3378]

@@MrDazP1adv3ntures Thanks will do some investigation.

[@markjerham2478]

Looking more and more professional mate, u could get a job doing these 👍👍

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Hi Mark, Hope you are well and thanks, it's greatly appreciated. It's all part of the fun and you know me well enough to appreciate what we do to keep fit and make these videos of our rides. There are some cycling channels out there that seem do amazingly well but don't offer things for the keen cyclist, be it for a roadie or a mountain biker. Iv'e a few road cycling ones to come too and hope to be out with the crew soon.

[@philbrotherton5720]

How the heck did you find Gadding's quiet on a nice day?

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

I got there at 8:30pm and people were still arriving as a large party had just left. I know what you mean, it gets busy busy.

[@BlueSkies1]

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[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Will do thanks for dropping by on my channel