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Hi - Please does anyone have a strava log of the big country route at Glentrool, just interested in the elevation and profile ?
I created a GPS route on www.mtbtrails.info that has all the data, although in the end I didn't actually ride it.
Ok - thanks - that probably gives me the information I need.
Word of advice. As you come into Mingaff, the signage at this junction was poor when I did it a couple of years ago:
[url= https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Minnigaff,+Newton+Stewart/ @54.967289,-4.4833999,3a,57.3y,96.55h,79.92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfb8v-w-MKSMoZchJPBgaRA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x48625f6cf0cccaa1:0x786c1fda1a260df6!8m2!3d54.967523!4d-4.483444]MINGAFF JUNCTION[/url]
I mistakenly went right at that junction but you're supposed to go left. I think there is a tiny sign somewhere but I followed the NCN sign which meant getting lost and going round in circles for a bit 🙄
If you still need it, I rode the route in May.
https://www.strava.com/activities/567624657
edit...sorry, i did the longer version from the Wild Trails book
[quote=crewlie ]If you still need it, I rode the route in May.
> https://www.strava.com/activities/567624657
that's not the exact big country loop. Much bigger version
this is mine which is the loop plus an erroneous loop round newton stewart
Thanks to the above - the longer version is definitely not on - we will be travelling from Dumfries on the day and in the middle of November so we would run out of daylight.
Thanks BB - there will be 3 of us doing it, two of us will be fine but one isn't as fit so we need to consider him !
Thanks BB - there will be 3 of us doing it, two of us will be fine but one isn't as fit so we need to consider him !
the big climb is pretty far in and there are no bail outs. it's all fireroad climbs and never that steep but it's a big day out. brilliant remote feeling once you get past Black Loch
As someone 'not that fit' I loved it.
Cracking route, steady climbs rather than heartbreakers, nothing techie for newbies, beautiful.
The blue at the trail centre is perfect for a warm up, it's fast and fun and very addictive.