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Re:Windsor Great Park? - 23:35 13 Jan 08
Finally got over there today - parked near the Savill Gardens entrance. There are a number of designated cycle routes round the park, so presumed these were OK for inlines - I was on my nordic skates so had 6" inflatable wheels and XC ski-poles for pushing. Anyway, surfaces vary from nice smooth skateable tarmac to teeth-rattlingly-rough metalled road. I went round the bottom of Virginia Water - there's a couple of downhills with blind bends so needed to ease my way round a few bends to make sure the coast was clear - loads of peds, buggies and dogs. Then headed up to the polo lawns - longish uphill on rough road, glad I had ski poles. Went all the way round to Snow Hill and then down the Long Walk - great fast descent at the top - no bikes, but sign didn't say no skates! Went all the way to the road, as far as I could go (no skating in castle grounds) which was about 12.5km from start - to find I'd had a bellowing tailwind. Anyway, my GPS battery packed there and I slowly retraced my steps from there. A few observations - it's very muddy on the lakeside paths so would be pretty slippy for skate wheels right now. For nordic blading it's a nice place - a few, but not too fast downhills and some uphills to get the quads and arms working. For fast skating Dorney Lake's better, but I'll probably go there when it's wet or when Dorney's busy as a good alternative. FWIW the Black Nest entrance is the furthest west, on the A329 from Sunninghill. Parking is pay and display.
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Or maybe a Sunday?
The route seems to be pretty much as Dogsbody said. The rest of the Park does not allow "Roller blading" (quote from the map).
