This track starts at Spicer Forest. You take the main track up to reservoir number one and just before you reach it, take a turn to the left. You climb up a short way to a ridge and go down to the stream. Not far past here there is a track to the right.The first 3/4 of the track is uphill and reasonably steep. And there are steps - not nearly as many as the Camp Elsdon starting point - but at this stage you don't know that!
On the way up through the bush you do pass some massive pine trees. I didn't count them but I presume there must have been 7.
At the top of the bush you cross over a fence into farmland. You have a choice of taking the proper track to the right which goes through lots of gorse, or taking a slight detour to the left which is clear (we did this on the return trip).To this point it was a windy but sunny day. As we carried on up we were surrounded by low lying clouds. It was stunning. It felt like a completely different place. I guess we might have been disappointed if we were hoping to enjoy the views that you usually get up here - but we loved it. The rest of the trip up was quite easy.
14 000 steps
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