Barnstaple Tarka Trail Bike Ride
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The Tarka Trail
A taste of the Tarka Trail, a beautiful car-free walking and cycle trail in North Devon. Suitable for all ages and abilities. #EnjoyTheRide
Music: In the Summertine by Mungo Jerry
For further information or to get a copy of the Guide Book, please see the Tarka Trail Guide website tarkatrailguide.co.uk
Tarka Trail Barnstaple Bideford
Tarka Trail (Barnstaple - Bideford) via Fremington Quay and Instow.
Tarka Trail - Little Torrington to Barnstaple
Leisurely cycle ride on the Tarka Trail from Smytham Holiday Park near Little Torrington to Barnstaple. National Cycle Network: Routes 3 & 27.
Tarka Trail cycle path, North Devon, from nr Petrockstowe to Braunton, then Ilfracombe
I've just returned from a week's cycling in North Devon and Dartmoor! Join me cycling the Tarka Trail railway path in North Devon from just north of Petrockstowe (near Meeth, the southern end of the trail) to Great Torrington (including the Puffing Billy cafe at the old Great Torrington Railway Station), Bideford, Instow, Barnstaple and Braunton, and then onto Ilfracombe via the old Barnstaple & Ilfracombe railway, now a cycle path. The Tarka Trail forms the northern part of the superb Devon Coast to Coast (National Cycle Network Route 27).
The Tarka Trail is a traffic-free 32 mile cycle trail which runs from Braunton to Meeth in North Devon (and includes the former Barnstaple - Bideford railway line). Most of the cycle path is on tarmac but the first section is gravel. I have omitted the road section between Braunton and Mortehoe (where the Ilfracombe rail path starts) – you can see that on another video.
The cycle path isn’t entirely flat – there are gradients, the most notable being the Ilfracombe railway path on the return trip from Ilfracombe to (above) Mortehoe – this video only shows the downhill section to Ilfracombe, but the uphill return isn’t as bad as I thought it would be! (I easily did it in second gear.)
This video was filmed on 3 different days – hence the weather changes! You can see each individual section (including road sections) on other videos.
MAP: OS Landranger #180 (Barnstaple & Ilfracombe)
Be sure to check out my bike ride videos and the other (mainly Yorkshire) cycle ride segments - ideal for use at the gym on an indoor trainer, exercise bike, treadmill, cross trainer, etc! Most are in Yorkshire, but some are in Lancashire, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Derbyshire.
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages, injuries or losses of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any information contained within these videos. In other words, I accept no responsibility for things like accidents, etc that happen to anyone who decides to try out these rides for themselves. You do it at your own risk.
Barnstaple to Ilfracombe (& back) via Tarka Trail & Ilfracombe Railway Path
Join me cycling the northern section of the Tarka Trail from Barnstaple railway station to Braunton, then on-road up and down the hills to the Ilfracombe railway path and to Ilfracombe seafront. This is the northern section of the Devon Coast-2-Coast (C2C or Coast-to-Coast) and National Cycle Network Route #27. This is a there-and-back cycle ride: 33.48 miles with an elevation gain of 2,180 ft.
You get a choice of routes with NCN route 27: there’s a mountain bike route which follows the old railway line after Braunton but it’s not suitable for road bikes. I tried it in June, but was forced to back-track when the surface became particularly challenging! You also get a ‘via the coast’ route a bit further along, via the pretty village of Georgeham, which I did back in June. It takes you along the coastal path which is fairly rocky and may not suit some road bikes. There is also a hike up the hill at the end to the Ilfracombe rail path. So on this particular ride, I stuck to the hill-top route.
I long avoided the Ilfracombe railway path because I thought it would be punishingly steep on the drag out of Ilfracombe, a North Devon seaside resort not exactly known for being flat!!!!! But I was pleasantly surprised to find that it’s fairly easy-going and the downhill run towards Ilfracombe is stunning. I got lost in Ilfracombe (first time I’ve been there), but eventually found the sea front. The NCN route signposts can be a bit confusing.
Braunton is where I first got the bug for cycling as an adult of ‘a certain age’, a few years back. I’d signed up for a surfing course at Croyde Bay just along the road from Braunton, but quickly discovered that surfing wasn’t my forte. I spent that summer trying to get fitter for another attempt at surfing – cycling seemed a good option for getting fit so I borrowed my son’s mountain bike.
However I quickly discovered that I loved cycling so much (and was so useless at surfing) that I dumped the surfing, took my bike to Braunton and cycled along the Tarka Trail! And the rest, as they say…
Be sure to check out my bike ride videos and the other (mainly Yorkshire) cycle ride segments - ideal for use at the gym on an indoor trainer, exercise bike, treadmill, cross trainer, etc! Most are in Yorkshire, but some are in Lancashire, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Derbyshire.
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for, and expressly disclaim all liability for, damages, injuries or losses of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any information contained within these videos. In other words, I accept no responsibility for things like accidents, etc that happen to anyone who decides to try out these rides for themselves. You do it at your own risk.
Tarka Trail Guide
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Cycling the Tarka trail - Bideford to Barnstaple Taw bridge
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Cycling the Tarka trail - Barnstaple to Bideford
Triking The Tarka Trail
One of the country's finest trails, Devon's Tarka Trail is a former section of railway that runs between Barnstaple and Meeth via Bideford, along the Taw and Torridge rivers. The weather for April was about as good as it gets and the trail surface was excellent. We enjoyed every minute of this one.
As this is an ex-railway line, I've set this video to a couple of my favourite train songs...........................Enjoy!
Tarka Trail Devon
Cycling the Tarka Trail
Monsal Trail
Some photos I took of The Monsal Trail in Derbyshire between Blackwell Mill and Bakewell.
You can walk or cycle The Monsal Trail. It's about 12km long and you can also hire cycles that you can use on the trail. The last train ran in 1968 and the disused railway line has now been turned into a tourist trail where you can walk through renovated rail tunnels and over viaducts whilst marveling at the amazing rock formations that are over 3.5 million years old.
30 Mile Bike Ride! Tarka trail || Devon 2015
A amazing bike ride down the Tarka Trail in Devon, setting off from Braunton and cycling all the way round to Bidiford for a stop then back to Braunton. with cream tea break of course!
Music:
PETIT BISCUIT - Memories ----
Tobu - Good Times ----
Sustrans cycle ride on Tarka Trail, lanes and villages between Torrington & Barnstaple, North Devon
Tarka Trail clockwise circular cycle ride from the Puffing Billy café and cycle hire shop at the former Great Torrington railway station, North Devon, along the Tarka Trail via Bideford, Instow, Fremington Quay and Barnstaple then over the top via lanes and villages (including the lovely Weare Gifford) back to the Tarka Trail and the Puffing Billy café. A bike ride of 33 miles and an elevation gain of 2,247 feet. You can find this cycle ride (without the Puffing Billy extension) in Sustrans’ North Devon Cycle Map, a pocket sized guide to the National Cycle Network – ride #2.
There are plenty of cafes on the Tarka Trail but I highly recommend the Puffing Billy café (the former Great Torrington railway station) for a wonderful HUGE pot of tea plus homemade cakes and / or Devon cream teas plus lunches, etc. It also has a license if you fancy a beer! Top Tip (from woeful experience…): Don’t munch your way through one of the Puffing Billy’s enormous Devon cream teas half-way through your cycle ride or you will suffer from indigestion when you get back on your bicycle!!!! You can hire bikes at the bicycle hire shop opposite. (We did this the other year; you can hire by the day or half-day.)
Be sure to check out my bike ride videos and the other (mainly Yorkshire) cycle ride segments - ideal for use at the gym on an indoor trainer, exercise bike, treadmill, cross trainer, etc! Most are in Yorkshire, but some are in Lancashire, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Derbyshire.
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for, and expressly disclaim all liability for, damages, injuries or losses of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any information contained within these videos. In other words, I accept no responsibility for things like accidents, etc that happen to anyone who decides to try out these rides for themselves. You do it at your own risk.
#2 Bike Rider Adventures - Tarka Trail
Riding the Tarka Trail with friends following an old disused railway line.
Tarka Trail
Traffic Free Cycle Trail
Barnstaple Riverside walk and Tarka trail
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Tarka trail north Devon
Hired some bikes thought I would give the go pro a go. not cycled in over ten years lol so the pro was great I was dead