Cheers folks – best descent I've done in this country by some distance. Can't be many like it here I would have thought. It's almost 900m of descent, only broken up by two gates – and virtually the whole thing is rideable down (just about). It's really relentlessly rocky virtually the whole way, and pretty steep in places – but most of it isn't even that loose – just loads of big rocks!
I ride mostly in the Lakes and this was like one of the techier bits in the Lakes, but so much more sustained.
We were pushing most of the way up, with a few bits where you had to carry. Only rode a few hundred yards probably on the way up. I would guess we rode 90-95% of it on the way down.
Took about 3 and half hours to get up there taking it fairly easy – then I think about half an hour down.