Bikepacking: Kielder to Kershopehead Bothy
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- čas přidán 27. 12. 2019
- Northumberland is vast and offers some great opportunities for exploration.
Follow us on our bikepacking microadventure, as we navigate from Kielder Village to a remote bothy at Kershopehead.
This film documents our journey Through Kielder Forest, over the Scottish border to Newcastleton Forest and eventually on to Kershope Forest, where we make an overnight stop at Kershopehead bothy.
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Great video.
Certainly not the sort of thing that I do, or even have I considered. And yet I watched the full video👍🏼just shows that a well put together video can hold your interest... Great job!
Flattery will get you everywhere. ;) Kielder's the place to explore; the bothies are a great resource. I'm hoping to put together a video on navigation for bike trips. I'm hoping to show how to plan a route, using a bothy as an example destination, and follow it up with a video of the trip itself.
Fantastic trip. Love the bike kit.
Thanks, Jason. I'm hoping to get to some of the other bothies in Northumberland in due course. I really enjoyed making this video and I've had some good feedback, so hopefully more to come.
Brill 👍
Inspiration, been thinking about doing something like this for years. thanks. Also nice to watch an MTB video without use of the words rad, case, or SEEEEND IT.
Thanks, Martin. I'm really pleased you enjoyed it. You should definitely give it a go. There are loads of bothies in Kielder, the Lake District and north of the border, too. Unfortunately, I think all of the MBA bothies are closed right now. Fingers crossed that it won't be long before they're open again.
your videos are very detailed! love the commentary, am doing bike packing in Dorset,England soon cant wait!
Thanks, man. Sounds great. If you're camping, take a mosquito head net for the evenings. You won't regret it.
This is an area I've been many times on my motorbike. But how different does it look from the mtb. I don't know why, but "I WANT TO DO THAT NOW!" (not caring one jot that I sound like a spoiled brat lol) What a perfect short adventure. Thank you for sharing your trip and giving some really sound and important advice. For me, your videos are perfect Again, thanks for your time and effort on an amazing piece, it's very much appreciated and very much enjoyed.
Thanks, Stu. I love riding up at Kielder. You can spend days out in the forest and not meet another soul. Shame the bothies are all closed right now. I'd love a trip up there.
Very enjoyable watching , I have done this route in the opposite way to you and can understand your thoughts on the route . Its a toughy in places and very isolated atb Dave a new sub ...
Thanks Dave. I'm glad you liked it. I'm hoping to get back up to Kielder again in the coming months, so there'll probably be another video or two to follow. It's such a nice place to spend time.
Nice mate, stayed at Kielder over Christmas with the family, wish I'd taken the bike!
Cheers, Craig. Have you visited any of the bothies? There are loads to choose from.
@@MeantforDescent I've been told all about them from many friends but haven't yet tried any of them. Usually just head up to Kielder and do red routes then back home.
@@craigmaddison8254 Flittingford is the easiest to reach. You can park at Falstone and it should be less than an hours ride. Beautiful on a clear night. The sky's amazing.
Nice video! I might end up asking a few questions 😉 got all the gear and no idea
Happy to help.
Thanks for this, it was great. Planning to visit this one soon. How come you used metric measures in the UK?😅 350m = 1150ft for anyone else in the UK, quite a height!
Aww man, I had the most miserable night of my life in that bothy. I made a video about it =)
Standard practice for winter bothy trips is three season down sleeping bag + down jacket + long merino base layers + set someone on fire. ;)
@@MeantforDescent hahah sounds about right. Though, it wasnt so much the actual speepikg part, my sleeping bag is warm enough. It was more the drunks spe ding their second night downstairs, making a noise until 4am. The cold was mostly an issue during everything apart from sleeping =/
How far did you cycle from Keilder and how did you know where the Botheys are.
Thanks for watching.
The route from Kielder to Kershopehead was around 28 kilometres each way. It's mostly uphill on the way there.
This bothy, along with all the others around Kielder, is maintained by the Mountain Bothies Association. If you visit their web site - www.mountainbothies.org.uk/ - you can find a map with links to each one. They have bothies throughout Scotland, the North of England and through Wales. Each listing has a grid reference, too, which can be used with an Ordnance Survey map. The map I used on this trip was an OS Explorer, reference OL42. If you intend to buy one, I would recommend buying the new style waterproof maps; you can draw your route with a Sharpie and clean it of with meths or acetone when you're done.
Hope this helps.