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It’s an in joke. I built it. Now he’s got it and won’t give it back91 or 92 Explosif ?
Well spotted under the mud though.
It’s an in joke. I built it. Now he’s got it and won’t give it back91 or 92 Explosif ?
It’s an in joke. I built it. Now he’s got it and won’t give it back
Well spotted under the mud though.
Yes, Goring to Princess Risborough is also pretty straightforward as long as you use the roads, not the footpath out of Goring and join the Icknield Way just SW of Ipsden. East of Risborough, you need to frequently divert to avoid the footpath sections of the Ridgeway. Which is easy when you have a good route on your Satnav, but, a pain in the neck if you try to work the route out as you go."I've ridden the Ridgeway end to end several times and feel that it is only worth cycling west of the Thames, (if any one is thinking of exploring for the first time that is)."
Yes, breaking the ice on puddles is a risky business when you don't know how deep the puddles are!"Some memories of the time include staying overnight on a farm, storing our bikes in an old railway goods wagon and the mud that had collected around my front mech freezing so that it wouldn't move. Maybe that helped my decision to later only ride it with a Single Speed . Another happy memory was being the first to ride on a clear bright winters morning and breaking the ice on all of the puddles."
I remember entering the ruts as fast as possible in the hope of getting through without needing to pedal. Cranking the pedals, whilst in a high gear would sometimes work when complete rotations weren't possible."Riding between the wheel tracks was certainly a feature of the Ridgeway especially when some of the ruts were so deep that you couldn't rotate the crank arms fully."
I am also undecided as to whether it was more fun to ride before the vehicle bans."The last time I rode it the "Friends of the Ridgeway" had been busy and had sanitised much of the trail. I honestly can't decide if I like it better or not."
Many happy memories indeed!"Sorry no pics but I hope this was of interest. Many many happy memories though."
I like you shared more recent pics some quite scared rutted, ground there, which is a shame but it looks passable…? I am thinking more and more of making ridgeway adventures a summer pastime..!Great thread! The Ridgeway to me means big sky views and endless horizons cycling through an ancient landscape. I have cycled Streatley to Avebury many times and love it. I like the remoteness and the fact that self-sufficiency comes into it as well. I found some pics below from March 2002 which show the rutfest!