Blog
19 October 2026
Green Lane Route Planner Update: Reverse, Flip, and Start From Where You Are
Holloway's green lane route planner now reverses a route in one tap, shows which way you'll ride each lane, starts from your location and avoids motorways.
15 October 2026
We Mapped Every Green Lane in England and Wales. Here's What We Found
We mapped every green lane in England and Wales: 9,015 km of it. The longest, the most closed, where they cluster, and why 90% is unsurfaced.
8 October 2026
How to Get Better at Trail Riding: Body Position, Drills and Learning to Fall Off
How to get better at trail riding: body position, looking ahead, clutch and brakes, climbs, ruts, drills, training, and why the odd off is fine.
1 October 2026
The Best Green Lanes for Adventure Motorcycles in England and Wales
The best green lanes and trails for adventure motorcycles in England and Wales, from the Ridgeway and Fosse Way to the Old Coach Road and the Berwyn, with current status and winter closures.
1 October 2026
Holloway Now Covers Ireland: 1,928 Green Roads, Mapped
Holloway now maps 1,928 unsurfaced public roads across 26 Irish counties, 1,131 km in all, with a page for each longer road. How we found them, and why to check on the day.
30 September 2026
We Ranked Every County for Green Lanes. Here’s What Surprised Me
We ranked every county in England and Wales by byway per 1,000 motorcycles. Northumberland leads with 53.1 km, London has 0.2. Here’s what stood out.
29 September 2026
Bedford to Spaldwick: A Green Lane Ride from Coffee to Cockway Lane
A 23-mile green lane ride from São José Coffee in Bedford, via Cross End Lane, Hangman’s Lane, Sandye Lane and Cockway Lane to Spaldwick, with a GPX.
28 September 2026
Badges, Ranks and Your Own Green Lane Completion Map
Holloway now has seven ranks, 36 badges and a completion map of England and Wales that fills in as you ride. Free for every rider, and only open lanes count.
27 September 2026
What's New in Holloway: Ride Logs, Share Cards, Fuel Stops and a Mud Forecast
Log the lanes you ride and share a card, ride a route lane by lane, find fuel on the map, check a mud forecast and get a smarter Legal Status Search.
25 September 2026
The Best Green Lanes in the UK, and Which Ones You Can Still Ride
The UK's best-known green lanes, checked against current council records: what each is like, how long it is, and which famous lanes are now closed.
24 September 2026
What's New in Holloway: My Holloway, Lane Pages, National Parks and Clearer Warnings
The latest Holloway update: a home for your account, a page for every named green lane, national park guides, ready-made GPX routes and clearer safety warnings.
22 September 2026
The Best Motorcycle Chain Lube and Chain Cleaner, for Road and Green Lanes
The best motorcycle chain lubes and cleaners for mud, dust and road miles, plus how often to lube, how to do it and how to spot a worn chain.
21 September 2026
The Best Motorcycle Intercoms in 2026, and the One We Actually Use
The best motorcycle intercoms from Cardo, Sena and Interphone, with mesh vs Bluetooth explained, verified specs, UK prices and what we actually ride with.
15 September 2026
How to Find Green Lanes Near You
The quickest way to find green lanes near you, compared against the TRF, council maps, OS Maps and forums, so you know which resource to actually use.
15 September 2026
How to Clean and Maintain Your Motorcycle After Green Laning
A practical post-ride routine for cleaning and checking your motorcycle after green laning: what to wash, what to inspect, and what actually needs doing.
13 September 2026
What to Actually Wear for Green Laning: A Head to Toe Protection Guide
Don't rely purely on motocross gear, and don't rely purely on road gear either. A head-to-toe guide to what actually protects you on a green laning day.
12 September 2026
The Best Tyre Choices for Every Season of Trail Riding and Green Laning
There's no single best green laning tyre, only the right one for the season. A month-by-month guide to picking tyres for spring, summer, autumn and winter.
11 September 2026
You're Probably Overbiked (And It's Not Your Fault)
Struggling on green lanes isn't always a skills problem, it's often a bike problem. Why a smaller, lighter bike beats a big adventure bike for UK green laning.
10 September 2026
What Real Riders Are Saying About Holloway
Real feedback from two riders who've used Holloway this year, in their own words: quick lane navigation, sharing GPX loops, and why £20 a year adds up.
6 September 2026
How to Object to a DMMO Before a Green Lane Gets Downgraded
Spotted a DMMO application affecting a byway or UCR you ride? Here's how the objection process actually works in England and Wales, and what evidence counts.
6 September 2026
A Green Lane Rider's Glossary: DMMO, TRO, PINS, WCA 1981 and Every Other Term Explained
What DMMO, TRO, PINS, WCA 1981, List of Streets and every other green lane term actually means, in plain English, with a link to the full explainer for each.
5 September 2026
A Farmer or Walker Just Confronted Me on a Green Lane, What Do I Say?
What actually helps when a farmer or walker stops you on a green lane, real scripts for both situations, what not to do, and when it's worth reporting afterwards.
2 September 2026
How to Build a Route on Holloway: Lanes, Road Points and Sharing Your Ride
A full step-by-step guide to building a custom route in Holloway, linking legal lanes, choosing your own roads with the new road points feature, exporting GPX, and sharing your ride.
1 September 2026
Breaking Down on a Green Lane: Cover, Tools and the Fixes Worth Knowing
Standard breakdown cover often excludes mud, snow and floodwater, exactly what a bad day on a green lane looks like. What to check, what to carry, and the fixes worth learning first.
31 August 2026
Saved Routes, Member Loops and Sharing Your Ride: What's Free vs Paid
Saved routes, member-shared GPX loops and sharing a route with someone before you ride all sit close together in Holloway's menu. Here's exactly what's free and what needs Holloway Premium.
30 August 2026
Inside Holloway's Legal Status Search: How It Actually Works
Holloway's Legal Status Search opens a real Google search for a lane's current legal status, not a database. Here's why it's phrased as a question, and what to actually do with the answer.
29 August 2026
The Hottest Summer on Record, Then a Wet Autumn: What It Means for Green Laning
After one of the hottest summers on record, a wet autumn changes green lanes fast. Why baked, rutted ground catches riders out, and why more lanes close as the weather turns.
29 August 2026
Prepping Your Bike, Kit and Riding Style for Wet-Season Green Laning
A practical checklist for getting your bike, your gear and your own riding style ready before the wet season changes every lane you know.
28 August 2026
What GLASS and TRF Membership Maps Give You That a General Nav App Can't
Google Maps and Waze have no concept of a BOAT or a Traffic Regulation Order. Here's what GLASS's TrailWise2 and the TRF's Green Road Map actually give you instead.
27 August 2026
Find Green Lanes vs Holloway: Community Ratings vs Verified Legal Status
Find Green Lanes has grown into a big, social, OSM-based map. Here's an honest look at how its community ratings compare to Holloway's moderator-reviewed legal status.
26 August 2026
TrailVidz vs Holloway: Why I Use Both
TrailVidz and Holloway both help you find green lanes, but they do different things. What each one is good at, where they overlap, and why I use both.
25 August 2026
Is It Legal to Ride Green Lanes at Night?
There's no general UK law banning green laning after dark. Here's the real legal position, and the practical reasons it's still worth thinking twice.
24 August 2026
Can You Ride a Sur-Ron or Electric Dirt Bike on a Green Lane?
Most Sur-Rons on the road right now aren't road-legal at all. Here's the real difference between an off-road-only model and a genuinely type-approved, registered one.
23 August 2026
Do You Need Tax, MOT and Insurance to Ride a Legal Green Lane?
A BOAT is legally a public road, so the same rules apply as any road: tax, MOT, insurance and the right licence. Here's the short answer, and how to actually check your own policy.
22 August 2026
The Best Green Lanes in Cornwall
Bodmin Moor, Tintagel and the Penwith peninsula: where to find Cornwall's best legal green lanes, and what to check before you ride them.
21 August 2026
Green Laning on Dartmoor and Exmoor: What's Actually Legal to Ride
The real number of legal BOATs and UCRs on Dartmoor and Exmoor, the specific lanes worth knowing, and the Access Land confusion behind every online argument about riding there.
20 August 2026
What's New in Holloway: POIs, GPX Import, Saved Routes and a Better Live Nav
A roundup of what's shipped recently on Holloway: points of interest, GPX import, saved routes, and a redesigned live navigation view that's easier to read on the move.
19 August 2026
Britain's Best Mountain Passes for Adventure Riders
Hardknott Pass, Bealach na Bà, Snake Pass and Buttertubs Pass: the best tarmac mountain passes to ride in Britain, and why they're on a green lane app at all.
19 August 2026
Best Green Lane Apps in the UK: How Holloway Compares
Paper maps, the TRF's own map, TrailVidz, or Holloway. An honest look at how UK riders actually find legal green lanes, and where each option fits.
18 August 2026
Access Land vs BOATs: Why Two Riders Can Look at the Same Track and Disagree
The difference between Access Land and a BOAT or UCR explains almost every online argument about green laning legality. Here's how to actually tell them apart before you ride.
14 August 2026
A ride can be more than a ride: introducing points of interest
Holloway now shows the history and views near your ride, not just the lane. Points of interest are live for a first batch of counties, rolling out further.
13 August 2026
Key things to practice when riding green lanes
A practical checklist of what to practise before and between green lane rides, from gate handling to water crossings.
12 August 2026
New to green laning? Start here
New to green laning? Here's the right order to read the legal, cost, kit and first-ride basics in, all in one place, with links to everything.
11 August 2026
Your first green lane, start to finish
A step-by-step walkthrough of an actual first green lane ride: picking a lane, checking it's legal, riding it, and what to do afterwards.
10 August 2026
How much does it actually cost to get into green laning?
The real cost of getting into green laning: bike, kit, TRF or GLASS membership, and what Holloway's free and paid tiers cover, with real numbers.
9 August 2026
Green Laning in Wales: The Best Green Lanes to Ride
Green laning in Wales: the best green lanes to ride, from Strata Florida to the Elan Valley, which are legal on a motorbike, and the Sarn Helen myth.
8 August 2026
Lake District Green Lanes: The Best Legal Lanes to Ride
Lake District green lanes worth riding, from Gatescarth Pass to the Old Coach Road, which are still legal on a motorbike, and why access here is tighter.
7 August 2026
Green Laning in Yorkshire: The Best Green Lanes to Ride
Green laning in Yorkshire: the best green lanes to ride, from Stalling Busk to Cam High Road, plus the one lane whose legal status is disputed online.
6 August 2026
Peak District Green Lanes: Which You Can Still Ride
Peak District green lanes: which of the famous lanes you can still ride on a motorbike, which have been closed by TRO, and how to check before you go.
5 August 2026
Why trail riding is hard for newbies, and what actually helps
Trail riding has a real learning curve, and riding clubs can be genuinely hit and miss for new riders. Here's what actually helps.
4 August 2026
The Best Green Lane Bikes: Top Picks, Real Specs and How to Choose
The best green lane bikes for UK riders, with the Honda CRF300L top: prices, wet weights, seat heights, licences, used buys and how to choose one.
2 August 2026
Riding Chalk, Clay And Sand: How Surface Type Changes Everything
Green lane difficulty is really about surface. How chalk, clay and sand each ride differently, how to read them before you arrive, and how to adjust for each.
2 August 2026
What is the Definitive Map, and why does every green laner need to know it
The Definitive Map is the legal record of every right of way in England and Wales. Here's what it actually shows, and why it matters more than your OS map.
2 August 2026
BOAT, UCR, ORPA, restricted byway: every green lane classification explained
What do BOAT, UCR, ORPA and restricted byway actually mean? A plain-English guide to every UK green lane classification and what's legal to ride.
1 August 2026
What is the Trail Riders Fellowship, and should you join
The Trail Riders Fellowship protects green lane access across England and Wales. Here's what the TRF actually does, and a clear-eyed answer on joining.
1 August 2026
Section 53 explained: the deadline to save historic rights of way (and why it moved)
Section 53 covers two genuinely different deadlines. The one most riders have heard of, 2026 now 2031, is for footpaths and bridleways only, not BOATs or UCRs, which had their own cut-off back in 2006.
31 July 2026
How to get started contributing to a green lane community
Feel like you don't know enough to report or grade a green lane? Here's what a useful trail report looks like, and why approximate beats nothing.
31 July 2026
Multi-day green laning: how to plan a trip that actually works
How to plan a multi-day green lane trip in England and Wales: fuel, accommodation, weather, recovery kit, and building your route as day loops.
30 July 2026
Inside The TRO Process: How A Lane Gets Closed And How It Might Get Reopened
A walkthrough of how a Traffic Regulation Order is actually made in the UK, who applies, what evidence counts, and how a TRO challenge can realistically succeed.
30 July 2026
What is a Traffic Regulation Order, and how could one ruin your ride
A Traffic Regulation Order can close a green lane overnight, permanently or for a season. Here's what a TRO is, why it happens, and how to check before you ride.
29 July 2026
The skills that matter more than horsepower on a green lane
Why technique beats power on a green lane: slow speed balance, reading a surface, body position, throttle control, and drills to build them.
29 July 2026
Is green laning legal? What the law actually says
Is green laning legal in the UK? Yes, on the right routes. Here's what the law actually says about riding motorcycles on green lanes in England and Wales.
28 July 2026
The Access Crisis Nobody Is Talking About Loudly Enough
UK green lane access is under more pressure than most riders realise. TROs, Section 53 cut-offs, erosion and enforcement are all compounding.
27 July 2026
How One Inconsiderate Rider Can Close A Lane For Everyone
The mechanism behind green lane closures is more direct than most riders realise: damage triggers complaints, complaints trigger surveys, surveys trigger TROs.
27 July 2026
Getting started with green laning: what you need before your first ride
A practical guide to green laning for beginners in the UK. What you actually need before your first ride, and what can wait until later.
26 July 2026
The unwritten rules of green laning
Green lane etiquette in the UK explained: gates, passing horses and walkers, waving, and why the culture matters as much as the law.
26 July 2026
Tyres for green laning: what the tread pattern actually tells you
A clear guide to green lane tyres in the UK: tread patterns explained, which suit which surface, and why tube vs tubeless matters out on a lane.
26 July 2026
Choosing your first green laning bike: what actually matters
Looking for the best green laning motorcycle in the UK? Here's what actually matters when choosing a first bike, and why lighter often beats bigger.
25 July 2026
What to pack for a day of green laning: the honest kit list
A green laning kit list built from real problems, not precaution. What to actually pack for a day out, and the one thing most riders forget.
24 July 2026
What happens after you report a damaged lane: a guide to actually getting something done
How to report a blocked or damaged green lane in England and Wales, who actually has the standing to push a council, and how to document it properly.
24 July 2026
How to read a green lane before you commit to it: recon without riding
How to plan a green lane ride properly: reading maps for surface and gradient, using satellite view, checking weather, and spotting hazards in advance.
23 July 2026
How To Grade A Green Lane: The System That Makes Trail Data Actually Useful
What does "easy" actually mean on a green lane? A look at how green lane difficulty grading works, and why one number never tells the whole story.
22 July 2026
Loading a GPX route onto your bike: a plain English walkthrough
How to load a GPX file onto a Garmin, a phone app, or navigate directly via Holloway, plus common errors and what to check before you leave home.
22 July 2026
Why A Map You Can't Use Without Signal Isn't Really A Map
Every green laner knows the moment signal drops and the map goes blank. Here's why that's a design failure, what offline-first actually means, and how to fix it before your next ride.
22 July 2026
Planning A Full Day Of Lanes: How To String A Route That Actually Works
Most tools show you one lane at a time. Here's how to plan a full day of green laning in England or Wales, from loop logic to a proper bail-out.
21 July 2026
How To Ride A Water Crossing Safely: What Nobody Tells You Until It's Too Late
Fords catch out experienced riders on easy lanes every year. How to read depth and current, the right approach for each, and the mistake that causes most of it.
20 July 2026
How To Recover A Stuck Motorcycle On A Green Lane Without Making It Worse
Getting stuck on a green lane happens to everyone eventually. How to recover a stuck motorcycle by surface type, what to carry, and when to call for help.
19 July 2026
Why The Old Way Of Finding Green Lanes Is Broken, And What Replaces It
How UK green laners have traditionally found routes, why word of mouth, Facebook groups and old GPX files fall short, and what a proper green lane app UK riders can trust actually needs to do.