Caesars Camp, Aldershot - best-bits GPX route?
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I live just up the road in Bracknell, but dont think ive ridden here - i saw this video and seemed like some really fun trails.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXeQimQByT0&t=...
Its obviously a huge area, so rather than rock up and cycle around, and find nothing interesting and go home despondent, does anyone have a .gpx route that encompasses most of the good bits? Or a link to a (free) website that does?
I thought Trailforks was the go-to site for gpx, but seems pretty empty...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXeQimQByT0&t=...
Its obviously a huge area, so rather than rock up and cycle around, and find nothing interesting and go home despondent, does anyone have a .gpx route that encompasses most of the good bits? Or a link to a (free) website that does?
I thought Trailforks was the go-to site for gpx, but seems pretty empty...
Just turn up at the top (Farnham) end and have a sniff around. Many of the best bits are down the bottom near the airfield though. On the other side of a tarmac road too, and these are around, or within, the 'High Speed Test Track' which now has a fence all the way around and locked gates. They (the MOD) said they would only lock the gates when the area was in use, but they seemed to rarely be open when I was living near there.
There are a few downhill runs, a lovely fast, sweeping run toward Aldershot over and through the ditches of an Iron Age hill fort, and plenty of gravel roads to climb back up again. Look for a Strava segment called 'Baldricks Cunning Plan' ( https://www.strava.com/segments/14582983 ) and then have a poke around on the leaderboard. The talented local boys all know Baldricks' so you should be able to crib some of their routes and loops around the area. There are a couple of benches under a tree at the top of the site - great views of London on a clear night, especially if there was an event on at Wembley - you'd see the arch lit up.
Word of warning though - go easy first time down Baldrick. It runs down along a stream/gulley and there are plenty of features (both natural and dug) to catch out the unwary.
'Synchronicity - Side two' ( https://www.strava.com/segments/14643156 ) is another decent segment. It takes some pedaling though, as it rolls up and down but doesn't lose elevation overall over it's length. Ride this one and look right - there are plenty of downhill trails crossing or leading off this one, some natural and some with more man-made trail features.
If I still lived up there I'd offer you a guided tour...
There are a few downhill runs, a lovely fast, sweeping run toward Aldershot over and through the ditches of an Iron Age hill fort, and plenty of gravel roads to climb back up again. Look for a Strava segment called 'Baldricks Cunning Plan' ( https://www.strava.com/segments/14582983 ) and then have a poke around on the leaderboard. The talented local boys all know Baldricks' so you should be able to crib some of their routes and loops around the area. There are a couple of benches under a tree at the top of the site - great views of London on a clear night, especially if there was an event on at Wembley - you'd see the arch lit up.
Word of warning though - go easy first time down Baldrick. It runs down along a stream/gulley and there are plenty of features (both natural and dug) to catch out the unwary.
'Synchronicity - Side two' ( https://www.strava.com/segments/14643156 ) is another decent segment. It takes some pedaling though, as it rolls up and down but doesn't lose elevation overall over it's length. Ride this one and look right - there are plenty of downhill trails crossing or leading off this one, some natural and some with more man-made trail features.
If I still lived up there I'd offer you a guided tour...
Cheers bro. I'll just have to go and have an explore then.
Baldrick's does look good,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZhlmzktfpg
Baldrick's does look good,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZhlmzktfpg
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