Author: DaveyBoyWonder
Date: 30/06/06 12:47

I’d ride it the way they say up until point 35 but instead of losing all that height on a tarmac track, take a right turn on the bridleway leading up the hill from [35], and follow the bridleway that leads down into Walshaw hamlet and then north on the farm road all the way until it drops down and over the bridge in the small valley. Climb out of here and then keep left as the road splits and head down to the road near the Pack Horse. At the road, take a left and then a right immediately onto a bridleway which leads around the lower end of Lower Gorple res and then take a right on the signed bridleway. Follow this trail over the tops and then through the gate and along the farm road for a bit until the first proper ‘road’ on the right – down there, over the hump backed bridge and straight on (as if you’re going down someones driveway). Turn left onto the bridleway after the gate which passes the house and then climbs up onto the tops. Left at the gate which then weaves its way all the way down to Jack Bridge. Then hammer it down Jack Bridge to Hebden.

Of course there are numerous cheeky ways of getting down from Jack Bridge / Lower Gorple which are mind blowingly good but for me to publish these on a well know cycling website would be very irresponsible!!!

We climbed up the bridleway from the top of Luddenden Dean onto the tops near High Brow Knoll last weekend and its a right killer of a climb – good job this route goes down it – mucho fun!!!