Family gets in the way of mountain bike holiday, help !
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Right the plan was for me and my brother to go away mountain biking for a weekend... easy enough
Now the plan has changed to his family and my family going away for the weekend - this means we need space for Myslef and other half plus our 18 month old daughter, and my brother needs space for himself, wife 2 kids under 5 and potentially his aupar
It needs to be somewhere within 1.5/2 hours drive of hartfordshire, have something for the ladies to do i.e. beach or shopping plus hills and woods for mountain biking... We were thinking of dorset ( swanage ) but the cost is a bit high and limited options for hotels
Can anyone suggest a better option ?
Now the plan has changed to his family and my family going away for the weekend - this means we need space for Myslef and other half plus our 18 month old daughter, and my brother needs space for himself, wife 2 kids under 5 and potentially his aupar
It needs to be somewhere within 1.5/2 hours drive of hartfordshire, have something for the ladies to do i.e. beach or shopping plus hills and woods for mountain biking... We were thinking of dorset ( swanage ) but the cost is a bit high and limited options for hotels
Can anyone suggest a better option ?
Cardiff? Got shopping for the missus and for mountain biking there's a load of local trails, plus you've got Cwmcarn and Afan Argoed nearby.
A little further (watch out for specs on the M4) than 2 hours drive but i'd say it's worth it. The trails are better up here than in Dorset anyway
A little further (watch out for specs on the M4) than 2 hours drive but i'd say it's worth it. The trails are better up here than in Dorset anyway
thats an idea... was looking at this place :-
http://www.newport.gov.uk/rydercup/index.cfm?event...
is that a good area ?
http://www.newport.gov.uk/rydercup/index.cfm?event...
is that a good area ?
Newport isn't amazing but location wise that's not bad. From 14 locks you can ride along the canal and a bit of road up to Cwmcarn (I did this ride on Thursday from my office in Cwmbran). Junction 27 is also convenient for Cardiff (junctions 29-32) or Afan Argoed (Junction 40). Newport itself isn't great, there's not much to see/do and at night it's a bit dodgy. Hence you may be better off staying in Cardiff.
Edited by Ynox on Monday 8th June 14:40
Tricky69 it's here > http://pistonheads.com/classifieds/881872.htm
New Forest? Just i a weekend there last week with bikes, massive group (18) of which only 5 of us rode in the end.
Not the most challenging(I'm a girl it was sufficient) but there were a few trails and supposedly an off road more hard core route we missed.
Hollands Wood is where we stayed and we were very impressed.
(plus it's near Lyndhurst and they have a supercar dealership worth a look)
Not the most challenging(I'm a girl it was sufficient) but there were a few trails and supposedly an off road more hard core route we missed.
Hollands Wood is where we stayed and we were very impressed.
(plus it's near Lyndhurst and they have a supercar dealership worth a look)
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