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Beautiful pics especially the sculpture. You must investigate further. Where exactly?
Beautiful pics especially the sculpture. You must investigate further. Where exactly?
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The sculpture is at the other end of the Stockley Trail where it ends at the Peter Fidler nature reserve. No signs or plaques i could see.
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School children here in the UK are still on their Easter break and people throughout the Christian world have been celebrating the rebirth of Christ. It's no coincidence then that Easter occurs during spring time, the season of rebirth and growth. However rebirth and growth of another nature is celebrated on the 'Phoenix Greenways' with the 'Breaking the Mould' sculpture by Andrew McKeown at 'Brierley Forest Park'. The same sculpture (although the positions of the pieces are sometimes changed) appears at no less than 20 other locations throughout England and Wales, and all are located in places that represent the regeneration of a particular area that was once waste ground but is now reborn into a bright future. Some people would say that the emerging seed in the 'Breaking the Mould' sculpture looks remarkably like an Easter egg.
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The sculpture is at the other end of the Stockley Trail where it ends at the Peter Fidler nature reserve. No signs or plaques i could see.
EDIT; just found this info -
School children here in the UK are still on their Easter break and people throughout the Christian world have been celebrating the rebirth of Christ. It's no coincidence then that Easter occurs during spring time, the season of rebirth and growth. However rebirth and growth of another nature is celebrated on the 'Phoenix Greenways' with the 'Breaking the Mould' sculpture by Andrew McKeown at 'Brierley Forest Park'. The same sculpture (although the positions of the pieces are sometimes changed) appears at no less than 20 other locations throughout England and Wales, and all are located in places that represent the regeneration of a particular area that was once waste ground but is now reborn into a bright future. Some people would say that the emerging seed in the 'Breaking the Mould' sculpture looks remarkably like an Easter egg.
Warm today and not much of a breeze
Rode out quite a way to a bridleway i had seen which leads from the stables my daughter rides at. The ride there was on roads/paths for most of the way so easy going-ish. The bridleway was shit, literally, as the horses take it to reach various routes :shock:
Once into the woods though the going was great, not much singletrack but fun anyway. I ended up at Poulter Country Park, dont think i have been there before. It has some short but fun tracks, and the views from the top are good too.
The long ride home was broken up by following trails i didnt know, in a general direction i thought i should be heading, hoping to eventually come across somewhere i knew, also hoping it wasnt miles further from where i wanted to be. Fortunatly i am posting this from the comfort of home, so i still have some sense left
Great day, and a really interesting ride.
Rode out quite a way to a bridleway i had seen which leads from the stables my daughter rides at. The ride there was on roads/paths for most of the way so easy going-ish. The bridleway was shit, literally, as the horses take it to reach various routes :shock:
Once into the woods though the going was great, not much singletrack but fun anyway. I ended up at Poulter Country Park, dont think i have been there before. It has some short but fun tracks, and the views from the top are good too.The long ride home was broken up by following trails i didnt know, in a general direction i thought i should be heading, hoping to eventually come across somewhere i knew, also hoping it wasnt miles further from where i wanted to be. Fortunatly i am posting this from the comfort of home, so i still have some sense left
Great day, and a really interesting ride.
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Warm today, despite the showers and cloud.
Felt so tired and drained today when i set off, ended up on a four and a half hour ride :facepalm: Just went to have a look at the mtb trail that had been built by Bike Track. It had a fun last section and warrented a second lap
After that i decided to link that and other trails up and ended up doing a really long loop, i also found another built trail with berms alongside the trail, so did that a couple of times too
A long ride but mostly on new trails so a really enjoyable one
Felt so tired and drained today when i set off, ended up on a four and a half hour ride :facepalm: Just went to have a look at the mtb trail that had been built by Bike Track. It had a fun last section and warrented a second lap
After that i decided to link that and other trails up and ended up doing a really long loop, i also found another built trail with berms alongside the trail, so did that a couple of times too
A long ride but mostly on new trails so a really enjoyable one
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Warm again today and very hot when the sun came out.
Went for a ride to see if they had completed a new version of the trail that links Pleasley Country Park and Creswell Crags. The old one being overgrown and mostly over farmers fields and roads. They have'nt! though a lot of it is built it kind of fizzles out near Creswell and leaves you riding round looking lost :|
It was a nice day though, and with a few exploratory tracks thrown in it ended up being a nice, if tiring, ride.
Went for a ride to see if they had completed a new version of the trail that links Pleasley Country Park and Creswell Crags. The old one being overgrown and mostly over farmers fields and roads. They have'nt! though a lot of it is built it kind of fizzles out near Creswell and leaves you riding round looking lost :|
It was a nice day though, and with a few exploratory tracks thrown in it ended up being a nice, if tiring, ride.
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Very warm today
Rode up to Sherwood pines today, just for a change. The plan was to have a relaxing ride and find some of the old singletrack i used to ride. That plan went out the window pretty much straight away as i decided to ride a section of the red trail, I ended up riding the whole thing which left me tired and a bit beat up. The new section just opened has yet to bed in so was like riding cobbles :shock: All good fun until its time to head home with little left in the legs.
Great day and ride, now i can look back on it
Rode up to Sherwood pines today, just for a change. The plan was to have a relaxing ride and find some of the old singletrack i used to ride. That plan went out the window pretty much straight away as i decided to ride a section of the red trail, I ended up riding the whole thing which left me tired and a bit beat up. The new section just opened has yet to bed in so was like riding cobbles :shock: All good fun until its time to head home with little left in the legs.
Great day and ride, now i can look back on it
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I’m pleased to be adding to this thread again.
This is a mere 4 weeks from my Surgery.
I only rode a couple of miles on the road, until I found this smooth path. Any bumps were causing me to raise my arse off the saddle, so a little bit at a time, and I will soon be back in the swing of things.
4 Weeks from Surgey by Philip Mock, on Flickr
Pip
I’m pleased to be adding to this thread again.
This is a mere 4 weeks from my Surgery.
I only rode a couple of miles on the road, until I found this smooth path. Any bumps were causing me to raise my arse off the saddle, so a little bit at a time, and I will soon be back in the swing of things.
4 Weeks from Surgey by Philip Mock, on FlickrPip
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Good to have you back mate
pipmeister":2dnflsqa said:I’m pleased to be adding to this thread again.
This is a mere 4 weeks from my Surgery.
I only rode a couple of miles on the road, until I found this smooth path. Any bumps were causing me to raise my arse off the saddle, so a little bit at a time, and I will soon be back in the swing of things.
Pip
Good to have you back mate
With out taking anything away from Pip's epic comeback i too went for a quick short ride today.
The weather was warm and i was stuck in dog sitting so sneaked out for a quick ride, hopefully the dog wont say anything
Found a couple of spots i could have sat at for quite a while, especially the pond watching the dragonfly.
The weather was warm and i was stuck in dog sitting so sneaked out for a quick ride, hopefully the dog wont say anything
Found a couple of spots i could have sat at for quite a while, especially the pond watching the dragonfly.
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Today I decided that I would have a go at climbing a hill.
It was a bit odd with the saddle so low, but I managed to cycle up to Bucklebury, climbing up a hard pack track. It took the wind out of me somewhat, so I stopped for a picture.
2nd Ride after Reversal Bucklebury by Philip Mock, on Flickr
I then cycled to Cold Ash along a quite road, and stopped for another picture looking across to Hermitage and Marlston. I guess I did about 6.5 miles in total.
2nd Ride after Reversal Cold Ash by Philip Mock, on Flickr
I am still astonished at how well this is all going - couldn’t have hoped for a better recovery.
Pip
Today I decided that I would have a go at climbing a hill.
It was a bit odd with the saddle so low, but I managed to cycle up to Bucklebury, climbing up a hard pack track. It took the wind out of me somewhat, so I stopped for a picture.
2nd Ride after Reversal Bucklebury by Philip Mock, on FlickrI then cycled to Cold Ash along a quite road, and stopped for another picture looking across to Hermitage and Marlston. I guess I did about 6.5 miles in total.
2nd Ride after Reversal Cold Ash by Philip Mock, on FlickrI am still astonished at how well this is all going - couldn’t have hoped for a better recovery.
Pip
