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Anyone know if there are any good ways down back into the village now that the trees have been felled? There used to be a good techie bit down through the woods but I'm assuming it's all gone now?

 
Posted : 05/10/2017 2:25 pm
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Bump - anyone?

 
Posted : 06/10/2017 7:34 am
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As far as I am aware it's all gone now, but I havent been up those neck of the woods in ages.

 
Posted : 06/10/2017 8:22 am
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One of the trails I liked was the public footpath that ran diagonally down from the foot of the steep bit of the mountain into the village. They'd have to restore that at least, I imagine.

 
Posted : 06/10/2017 8:30 am
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The DH tracks have all been logged. They'll probably be back one day.

 
Posted : 06/10/2017 9:02 am
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I think I'll head up there this afternoon, I'll report back.

 
Posted : 06/10/2017 11:34 am
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Well I headed for the footpath on the souths side, and it was fine up until the start of the felling which brought it to an abrupt stop. I did however find a couple of the well established unofficial trails still in tact, so there is still a way off the mountain down that side. I was also able to traverse underneath the felled area and come out in Machen.

I'll post up a GPX tomorrow.

 
Posted : 07/10/2017 5:14 pm