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Having completed the Maclehose Trail, next in our crosshairs is the Wilson Trail. In many regards the younger sibling of the Maclehose (briefly crossing each other a couple of times), the Wilson traverses Hong Kong over 78 kilometres running south to north. Starting on Hong Kong Island, before crossing Victoria Harbour and plotting a course across the New Territories. Like the Maclehose, this trail also encompassed four riding/filming days. There is plenty of scope to break it up and take longer, or if not filming also do it in less time (particularly during winter). The last couple of days on this ride it started to get quite warm. Kicking off at Stanley in the south of Hong Kong Island, day one started straight out of the blocks with some punchy uphill and technical DH to cross HK Island. After a short ferry ride to Lei Yue Mun, the remainder of the day was spent getting around the eastern side of Kowloon. The second day started out a foggy one, climbing over Tate’s Cairn before traversing around Sha Tin then across to Shing Mun Country Park. A delightful section of trail along Shing Mun Reservoir then lead to a climb over Lead Mine Pass, finishing up in Tai Po. Day three was a big one! After a knackering climb on concrete stairs over Cloudy Hill, a flowy trail ran down to Hok Tau Reservoir. There, batteries were recharged before conquering the Pat Sun Leng Ridge, one of the most epic ridge top routes in HK. The original plan was to finish the third day in Luk Keng, but running out of light I pulled off the trail near Bride’s Pool. I returned for an easy going final day on the Wilson with a freind Ben. Riding through abandoned villages in the jungle and plenty of fun DH at the end made for a memorable day 👌🏼 Next up, as temperatures start to rise, we will investigate the Tinworth Trail, before tackling the Island trails of Lantau & HK.
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We start this series with arguably Hong Kong's most famous trail, the Maclehose! Spanning 100 kilometres across the New Territories, we explore this stunning route from west to east, starting in Tuen Mun and finishing up in Sai Kung.
Beginning the first morning in Tuen Mun, we then burst through Tai Lam Country Park and over Tai Mo Shan before finishing up at Shing Mun Reservoir by nightfall. On day two, continuing onto the central section of the Maclehose Trail, we navigate the hilltop trails north of Kowloon. Passing Kowloon Reservoir and Lion Rock on the way to Tate’s Cairn. Riding Stage 4 on the third day took us away from the urban areas of Kowloon and towards the more remote countryside of Ma On Shan Country Park. Had hoped to potentially ride further on this day, but progress was checked by a mechanical issue. Returning with the bicycle fully repaired, the Sai Kung sections lay in wait for what proved be a spectacular final day of this expedition 💪🏼😎 Four more trails to come!  Not only are we looking forward to doing more cycling tours in the near future as we reach the cooler dry season, but we'll also be hitting the trails for the first time! Very soon, Wild HK will begin running set tours exploring some incredible off road terrain right here in Hong Kong. Many different grades and types of route can be done, it's a really exciting development for us and hope many folk will enjoy our new service. So watch this space :)
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