Weekend riding...

[rosstheboss]

Thanks to Max, myself and Piperdave got out today too, lovely sunshine, hideous mud! And some bizarre moments too, such as bumping into a group of WW2 reenactors in full German army uniform out for a jolly! Also saw a police helicopter supposedly picking up a dead mountain biker although whether that was true or not remains to be seen.

Aching like fook now, and my gooch/guillem as taken a hammering but a curry and a few beers are helping dramatically!!

Thanks Max and good to see you again Dave, hopefully time for a beer next time!

 

[Piperdave]

As above....great ride, lots of sun, and mud, good company, no breakdowns, and only one outage...ooppps .


Clearly showing the flooding at Arundel



Sunlit path....this is why



About halfway round, before it got knee deep in mud.....



Ross




Max, looking pensive


Thanks guys......

Max, could you put up a GPS of the route? I think it was about 16 miles.

Really ache this morning from the outage, and saddle sore as well :cry:

 

[rosstheboss]

Poor bloke... RIP

http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/loc ... -1-5804399

 

[Mike Muz]

Is Ross holding a miniature Public Bridleway sign ?

Dylan would have taken some photos of our ride , but I think he was too fcuked !
And I didn't want to photograph a man in distress , I'm not that heartless

Mike

 

[rosstheboss]

This was while we still had the energy to smile let alone stand up! The mud fcuked us up as well!

 

[Mike Muz]

Where was the worst section on your ride ?

 

[rosstheboss]

The section above Long Furlong down to Patching was fairly horrid, with various rubbish bits in between. I could actually stand my bike up in one place! The ride itself was great, but a combo of a long time since my last ride (and Dave's) and the mud made it a bit more interesting shall we say....

I know how fast these trails usually are so it was amazing to see how much impact the weather has had. Looking forward to them drying out, at least a bit!

 

[Mike Muz]

The section you mentioned is terrible , due in the main to horse riders churning it up . I go walking there sometimes , last time I did , I saw a new mud avoidance path that had been created by horses to avoid the shyte they had made !

 

[rosstheboss]

I think I may well have muttered something sweary involving horses...

 

[shinobi]

Hi
Hmm this was the "easy" loop that was described to me then eh lol ! no comments on what is easy and what is not either thanks Mr Muz That section along the ridge and into the woods was like that when i rode it 15 years ago , stupid deep sticky mud with the trail being made wider and more unrideable by constant horse traffic :facepalm:

Cheers Paul