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I love Rudland Rigg, it is a great ride down, but you will miss the best of it if you go down to Monket Ho. and I think you may find yourself in very tall bracken. I came up a track years ago, possibly from Horn End, and ended up dragging my bike behind me at head height as it was impossible to get through the bracken. My eyes, nose and mouth were full of flies and I was quite fed up. If you go down to Gillamoor, there is a pub, and you probably won't take much more time. Just a thought.