9 Forest of Dean Gloucestershire

DISTANCE: 9.7 MILES/15.4KM TIME: 1.5–2.5 HOURS LEVEL: EASY–MODERATE ASCENT: 137M TERRAIN: Mostly gravel surfaces with one or two hills; cycled clockwise, most of the climbing is done early on.

Sightings of stout, bristly haired boars are becoming more frequent in the ancient Forest of Dean. They’ve made a home here, growing in numbers since a group escaped from a farm in the 1990s, followed