thespikeyone Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Can anyone give m some directions to the start of the above mentioned trial? I am coming from gainsborough in lincolnshire. Cheers in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telecat Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 The trial is a great one. Mainly in a wood with a stream and steep banks with about 3 or four sections on the moor as you circle back towards the road. They is a nice Conducted course for the Small Wheelers as well. Your easiest route is to take the A1 up to the M62 Then head for Leeds. Come off the M62 at Junction 27 Signposted Morley. It's a dumbell roundabout and you'll be off at the "crossbar". At the roundabout come all the way back round and back under the Motorway to the roundabout on the other side and take the first exit. It's the A650 to Bradford. This takes you to the Bradford Inner ring Road. Follow it round anti clockwise until you pick up the A650 for Skipton and Bingley again. If you end up on the A6177 don't panic. Just follow the Skipton/Bingley/Keighley signs and you'll pick up the A650 later on. Follow the signs for the A650 Bingley & Keighley. It Takes you past a few Car dealers until you turn right at a T junction then left on to the main road a quarter mile on. At that time of Morning the Traffic should be fairly light so you shouldn't have many troubles. You'll get a to roundabout on the edge of Bingley with a Hotel on one side of the road and a Private Hospital on the other. Take the second exit which is the Bingley Bypass. At the Roundabout at the end of the Bypass you should see the Bradford & Bingley Head Office on your right. Take the right turn at this roundabout then a right at the next roundabout. You are now on the "old" A650 back into Bingley. Just down on the left is a Corner shop. There should be flags from this point. Turn left at the shop. Follow the road up over a Single lane Canal Bridge. (it's a odd bridge that lifts for barges). Keep going up the Hill to a small roundabout and turn left. Almost Immediately turn right at the School. Follow the road up the hill. It becomes a narrow country lane that twists up onto the Moor. There is a crossroads about a mile or two further up where you turn right up a road that has limited access. ( It peters out afetr a few miles). You park up down that lane. It's pretty easy to turn round up the lane so I'd drive up as you'll see where Sue Smith is parked for entries/numbers. Just make sure you are heading for Bingley once you are in Bradford and you'll be ok. We are at the Scarborough Youth National that Weekend which is a shame as NYL always enjoys the course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silsdenrider Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Or you could just live 5mins down the road in Silsden like me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespikeyone Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Or you could just live 5mins down the road in Silsden like me alright for some. whats the norm for this trial then???? will i need a camelback and extra fuel???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silsdenrider Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Well first of all you park at the side of the road so its worth getting there in decent time to get a good spot. Loads of room like, but you dont want to be treking half a mile up the road just to enter and collect your number. You first ride through a couple of fields down into the wood were ther were half of the sections will be. Most of the sections are in the rocky beck and up and down and around the muddy bankings. Not too bad at the start but once you come to your second lap with all the water from the beck being washed up they become a tad harder (VERY MUDDY)! So you work you way through the first 5 or so sections to the top were to exit the wood they is a faily steep hill climb, not a section tho! Its quite funny to watch some of the less experianced riders try and make it out but it is the only way to get out of the wood to the next sections. Next you have a bit of a ride over moor type land down to the next beck/stream the last sections will be around here on rocky out crops and in the beck back to were you begin. Usualy it is 4 laps of 10 sections and can get away with just nipping back to the van mid way through the trial and toping up the fuel. Its not a long distance trial so no need for the camleback but it is a nice bit of a ride tho. Just expect the wood to become realy muddy because it is before you start anyway. Hopefully I shall be riding seeing that I have all ready pre entered and payed but I have just got back from A&E with Spraind tendom in my wrist. We shall just have to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespikeyone Posted February 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 cheers for the info, I'll see you there if you are feeling up to it..... hope the wrist gets better soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofont Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 I have just got back from A&E with Spraind tendom in my wrist. You'll go blind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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