A while ago, I waved at Thanet Road and told Glenowyn, "Hey, you can punch through to the powerlines from there." I've just posted an old run on Strava that shows how I did that.
But there's another route I've been wondering about. OpenCycleMap shows this purty trail running parallel to and north of that connector I found, going right to the base of the eastern road up Stewart Mountain.
Now, when I run up there, I've never seen anything connecting... and there's a pretty big fence right there. Has anyone actually traversed the trail marked with the pink arrow?
Last edited by katew on Sun Nov 25, 2012 5:45 pm, edited 2 times in total.
katew wrote:Now, when I run up there, I've never seen anything connecting... and there's a pretty big fence right there. Has anyone actually traversed the trail marked with the pink arrow?
A million times. That was a semi-irregular Saturday morning PIH route back in the day. Just hop the fence. Watch out for wasps in the summer. Don't fall through an old bridge into a creek. Eventually there will probably be some development in there. Not sure what's happened since I ran through there last, a couple of years ago.
Thanks for the info, Sylvan. I pulled myself together and jumped the fence this morning on the Stewart side, running east-bound. Here's the scoop for those considering adding this bit to their repertoire:
1) Big, serious fence with KEEP THE HELL OUT signs. Or something like that.
2) Relatively clear double-track meandering over relatively clear sub-powerline rolling land.
3) There is some mud and mysterious piles of some brown, really slippery substance.
4) Really slippery. <whoops>
5) Because, I discovered, half-way in, there is (at least) one bovine creature in this pasture.
6) Which could be a really angry bull, so I wasn't sticking around to find out.
7) The other fence doesn't take long to reach if you're really hauling ass across the pasture.
8) The eastern half, the part without killer cows, is a little overgrown by broom and blackberry, but not seriously.
9) The approach to the bridge that isn't there is flagged with a message confusing to Harriers trained by Bob Reid: There is pink (go this way) and blue (don't go this way) tape bunched together on each side. ???
10) You can choose a thigh-deep wade or to pick your way over rocks and a plank that doesn't float any more.
11) Easy sailing after that.
I think you'd have to be OK with cows and carrying your bike through the stream - otherwise quite rideable. :D
