In reply to Andy Clarke1965:
We rode the northern track to Black Sail YHA two weeks ago.
It was a fairly uninspiring ride made worse by the recent logging that was taking place.
The view of Pillar somewhat made up for the man made destruction.
Crossing the Ford by the YHA and riding along the southern track was much pleasanter, it’s not single track but an old forestry track which turns into a newer and wider track. You can get some speed up without worrying too much about pedestrians which isn’t the case on the much busier northern track.
If you do the route and find my red vest which I somehow lost, feel free to keep it - it’ll need a wash! 😀