Peak Orienteering and Biking 6/11/11

Sunday morning Chris and Nick had a trip into the peak, Chris was to enter an orienteering event at Ramsley Moor near Baslow and I was to bike within easy dropping off from Owler Bar roundabout.
The weather was fine and sunny, Chris dropped me off as scheduled and I set off in the direction of Fox House.
Steady roadwork to warm the legs through arriving at Fox House 30mins later from there I headed towards a bridleway which leads pleasantly over Totley Moor until a track is taken to drop down into the muddy valley bottom then a slow climb back up to the main Sheffield Rd.
Then the tough descent down the Blacka Moor bridleway with large boulders, steep and narrow until the fast singletrack through the woods leads to Shorts Lane and more road climbing for1.5km again to the Sheffield Rd.



After following Sheephill Road I took a rough Byway and climbed up onto Houndkirk Moor.

Heading along the main Byway towards Ringinglow Rd, up the road and back across Houndkirk Moor giving fantastic views across to Kinder in the distance, heading back towards Fox House with a final sprint along the gravel track and hopefully where my lift home was waiting

Chris was indeed waiting in the car park having just arrived not so fresh from her run across, around, down, up and around Ramsley Moor! I get the impression that controls aren't where they should be according to the map!! But Chris enjoyed her run out all the same.

Another Fine day