Lee Quarry - Mountain Biking Playground
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- čas přidán 27. 10. 2020
- Lee Quarry - Mountain Biking Playground
Conor and I were meant to be heading to the Lake District to meet up with friends and go for a ride, however due to the need to get up at 5am my body decided against it and well, I slept in, as did Conor (more normal for Conor this though in fairness).
We decided to visit Lee Quarry to see what the Mountain Biking was like here as had heard some good things and it was a bit of a playground with different parts to section. As it is only a 40 minute drive from my house, we thought why not.
On arrival it was clear this was a popular place and not just with Mountain Biking, but also with Motor Cross bikes, added some footage in the video.
Lee Quarry is located near Bacup and was orignally a working Quarry up until the mid 1980's. Parts of the Quarry are classed as a Geological Site of Scientific Interest, there are also 3 sculptures by Mid Pennine Arts and Interpretation. Nice to know, but not here for a history lesson either 😃
The trails were set up by Lancashire County Council and are free to use which is always a winner. Use the postcode OL13 0BB to get there.
At first we were not that impressed with it, but as we rode more and more it turned out to be not bad at all, the black run towards the end of my video was certainly the highlight with the steep exposure to our left, one wrong move and you were going for a long tumble!
My final thoughts, if you live close to this, it is a great location to visit and session whatever skills you need to improve, some of the lines are seriously steep. They have also built a pump track at the lower end of the site.
The ebike as usual smashed the climbs and in total we rode 8.16 miles and total elevation gain of 1,234ft, I remained in turbo for most the time there and had at least 70% left over.
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You've made an industrial scar on the face of the country a thing of beauty with that footage my friend. I salute you.
So those motorbikes and quads just have free roam then?
Cheers mate, was really stunning from up above, yeh seem to have free roam. Think there is a bit of animosity with it as well.
No issue for me as don't go there on a regular basis, but did surprise me when they came up that longer trail.
@@ElectricMountainBiker 😱it's a potential deathtrap as Lynn Foulds Wood used to say.
I love Lee quarry.. Don't get there enough
Yeh the more we rode the better it got, certainly a good place for sessioning as well 👍🏼
Great playground with loads of little things to challenge you. Love the tune 🤘🔥💓. Lovely video
Cheers mate certainly a load up there to play around on the 🤙🏼 enjoyed the tune as well 🦄
@@ElectricMountainBiker the tune is top bro
Ended up being quite a good day after over sleeping for the lakes. Great video mate👍🏻
Really was haha we both must have needed more sleep for sure, sorry never replied either but it never notified me on phone. Will use laptop more often now.
The land scape in this area is super rad. The drone shots as always were pretty damn cool and did a great job showcasing the terrain. A few really fun looking sections and features there
Honestly stunning venue mate 👍🏼 sone great parts to session as well, cheers for stopping by 🤙🏼
Stunning scenery with the drone, some nice little descents 👍
The views the drone captured really showed how stunning it is here, yeh some of little descents were fun as well but need to spend more time there I feel to really find the gems 👍🏼
You come down the wrong bit boys ,one of the best runs you missed
Thought there would be better lines than what we tried, will have to have a look next time 👍🏼
Going here, looks great, not far from me either
You will enjoy it mate 👍🏼
Cracking mate we really enjoyed it.! That last decent with the jumps well if you ho in the opposite direction takes u too the lakes where the wind turbines are descend down round the lakes n back up the big climb epic all round 🤟
Ah ok, maybe a better descent the other side, enjoyed the jumps but otherwise was very path like. Was a fun day all in all though, cracking place 👍🏼
If you’d have gone left at the equestrian pen you could have done the jump section and the forest section too, I’m local and they are fun to do every time! Nice footage!
Cheers for the heads up will remember this for next time as well. Some great sections there, and scary tbh at times 🤣 Cheers for the comment as well 👍🏼
Cracking video mate, i actually like the look of the place if i'm honest, i love these kind of places if it's local, great for a mess about, would of preferred the lakes though 🤣👍
It did really grow on me as well tbh, would like to head back again at some point and really have a look at the lines there, Cragg Quarry is also meant to be better
Damn That place is Gorgeous! Nice Video!
Thank you, it really is stunning there so much more still to explore as well. Thank you for the kind words as well 👍🏼
@@ElectricMountainBiker My Terrain is basically desert haha.
@@MTBRadDad will have a look now, my Grizedale video really captures the views and amazing riding we have in Lake District, that place is just stunning and a bit gnarly haha
That place looks fantastic! Not sure on the motorbikes riding up the MTB downhill trail but I guess it's impossible to police. Epic playground! 🦄🔥🔥🔥🔥
Sure is, free area for them as well I guess. Would not want to be going down a trail and they are coming up though, accident waiting to happen I reckon. Not a bad little place really and close 👍🏼👍🏼🦄
If the police get them on the motorbikes it is three strikes then they take bikes of them
Looks like a great MTB playground, Exposure section gives me a heart attack.
Bloody did me as well mate, one point I was like oh no, please not like this 🤣
Got Seth singing on your vids now, really going up in the world!!
🤣🤣 something even bigger coming soon mate 🤔😀
@@ElectricMountainBiker sweet, looking forward to unveiling........🤙🏼
Good 👍
Thank you 😃
Obviously in separate beds 😂😂😂😂😭😭
🤣🤣 had to be clear haha
@@ElectricMountainBiker to almost quote Shakespeare (as I so often do)....
"The Toby Dog doth protest too much, methinks" 😂
Just wait til Saturday flower x
@@ElectricMountainBiker 😘
Wow, I now wish I had slept in too and gone there instead of an awesome ride on Lingmoor Fell and Hole Rake.
Oh wait, no. No I don't 😂
Great video though mate, enjoyed watching what you did instead 👍😃
🤣🤣🤣 I know, I know 😪 glad you enjoyed the editing at least haha
Is it safe to go lee quarry for a ride on your own I mean no one's there to Rob your bike? Is it sign posted for your way back to the car park if not is it quiet easy to find your way back to your car ? Please help 🙏
Big climb up, and same way back down cannot go wrong. Appeared safe enough to be on your own tbh, I always prefer to have another rider with me of somewhere I don't know tbh just to be safe.
@@ElectricMountainBiker cheers mate