Technical/Speed/Fun Rating: / /
Height Descent/Distance: 110m gentle slope / 2.2km
Ground: Mainly dirt and grass, some small gritstone pebbles & stones on the upper straight and some rocks in bottom section.

Location: SK 179 852
The Aston bridleway starts from the Hope Brink ridge, it gradually descends the contours heading SE. The track ends at Edge Farm changing to tarmac and descending more steeply into Aston. Beware of the exit which is quite blind.

Description: The upper section is long and fairly straight, it starts out with several rutted line, part way down this section is a small hump which you can air off if you’re feeling adventurous, it then narrows before reaching a flat, grassy, slightly uphill section. Next comes a gate, after which is 100m of wide and grassy track before turning onto a narrow section before another gate. It crosses the footpath at the gate and goes across a field before the walls close in and there’s an off-camber (often wet) corner onto the high narrow path, overshoot this and you’ll be in the boggy section. Another metal gate starts the bottom section, which turns left into the rocks, initially stating right will keep you off them, but not for long, a carefully chosen left line should be equally affective. At the end of this straight there’s a left turn and miniature ‘bus-stop’ on the outside. A wooden gate means the end of the track, this gate should be closed (despite the lack of rope or a catch) as it’s the only thing between the sheep and their freedom. After 15m it exits onto tarmac outside a house, turn right down the ‘road’, it’s easy to gain a lot of speed, but beware of cars exiting the house halfway down and the exit at the bottom of the steepest bit.

Feel free to put any questions, your experiences of the track, or just any thing that’s relevant as a comment down the bottom.