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I am looking to do the Pennine bridleway and was wondering if anyone has done it and posted to Strava, map my ride, Garmin, etc ?
I could create the route for myself but I am trying to get round a very boring hour of clicking on web screens ....
Cheers if you have or know someone who has done it
Follow the signs ?
Theres actually a link to the full GPX on the official website (remarkably good of them, really good to see them using tech like this)
http://nationaltrail.co.uk/pennine-bridleway/plan
Follow the signs ?
Thanks, didn't realise there would be any .. 😯
Ninfan, cheers for the link, searched all over and completely failed to find it - dooh
bottom of the page, RH side "GPX Download link"
got it - cheers
Anyone else done it by the way ?
Not done it all, but I've been looking at it. I live just off the route, and am considering having a crack at the whole thing over a few days at some point soon...
The GPX off the PBW site includes all the spur sections and the Mary Towneley Loop, and can look a bit crazy in mapping software when it tries to link it all up. It'd probably be a bit of a pain to follow on a Garmin or whatever too, although I've not tried it. Anyway, I edited the GPX file to just show the whole of the main PBW just the other day, [url= http://www.mintimperial.com/uploads/PBW.gpx ]it's here[/url] if anyone's interested.
Fantastic, i did get a touch confused by it
How long is it ( 200miles or so ?) i was thinking a very long weekend - start friday night and bivi out
Total distance of the main route looks to be about 170 miles.
A long weekend is probably doable if you're a fast rider. I reckon I'd aim to do it in three days, given decent conditions. Day one: start to Saddleworth-ish, crash at my house; day two: Saddleworth to Long Preston-ish; day three: Long Preston to finish. That's more because of where my house is though...
nice to speak to people who have done some of it , next silly question, what sort of bike, if it full sus country, hard tail or cx bike ?
Hardtail is plenty for the northern half.
Yep, hardtail is ideal for the PBW stuff round here too. I think a CXer would be a bit uncomfortable for long days, it isn't exactly technical* but it is quite bumpy, rocky going for long stretches so most people will appreciate a bit of cushioning from decent sized tyres and a shortish travel fork. I'll be doing it on my Soul if I ever get round to it.
* Although I did manage to faceplant badly enough on the Roych that I had to go to A and E a couple of years back. They've fixed that particular hole now though...
cool, hardtail it is
cheers all
Cotic Soul works well on the PBW for me, good choice!
mintimperiel - I'm probably being thick, but your gpx link takes me to a page of text, can I convert it to a gpx file to download?
right click and save as, it will save as a gpx file