looks like i'm moving Westwards in March(Brimscombe for the time being), what do i need to know 
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bye bye Londinium and hello Stroud
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Posted 1 year ago #
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er that stroud is full of people from stroud..... it could be worse they could be foresters ......joking!!!
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what do i need to know
That Cheltenham is only 14 miles away.
Posted 1 year ago # -
and it's not far to the woods behind Nationwide in Swindon.
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uponthedOwns +1
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Dont believe all the hype about Cheltenham.......
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I know someone who lives in Stroud.
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Noah's Ark will be your LBS
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Living in town or with the jugglers in the hills?
Posted 1 year ago # -
ooOOoo - renting in Brimscombe until we sell our gaff in the smoke and then buying in and around the hills, not in Stroud, but probably within 5 miles
anyone from on here ride out from Stroud / outlying villages and put loops together?
Posted 1 year ago # -
Noah's Ark is a very good LBS to have!
My mate has a restaurant/b&b in Painswick, let me know if you've family or friends that need somewhere to eat/stay and I'll see if I can help ya out
oh and don't be alarmed at the communal pool, they were just born there.
oh and DON'T DRINK THE WATER!
Posted 1 year ago # -
what do i need to know
Remember to set your watch back 15 years
Posted 1 year ago # -
You're near some really nice villages and market towns: Tetbury, Cirencester, Frampton Mansell ;o), you're not too far from Bath (about 30miles) oh - and there's a gliding club at Chalford.
But best of all - Stroud has a Waitrose!
Posted 1 year ago # -
Brimscombe is Stroud's answer to the forest.
I ride from Tetbury, Sheepscombe and Duntisbourne Leer for the most part so I've got Brimscombe surrounded. There is no shortage of riding.
We often have big group rides. If you want to join us drop me a mail (my user name at gmail.com).
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Lived and ride there for 3 years,in the late 70,s fantastic place, bit hippy and very green, i believe now they have Tesco and running internal water in their homes, also there are a few people with phones in their homes.
Good train service to London town as well.
Posted 1 year ago # -
You'll be able to go and watch Glaws at the glorious Kingsholm.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Qwerty,
Bigfoot MTB Club rides out of Gloucester doing routes all over including a few around Stroud and days away. Seem like a friendly bunch.
Dogsby
Posted 1 year ago # -
Goz - Member
Dont believe all the hype about Cheltenham.......some of the shops are ok, but the staff in them send you perverted picture messages if you're not careful
i've been to stroud twice btw, bought a bike from there once in 1997
HTH
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it could be worse they could be foresters ......joking!!!
if there was a nuclear holocaust tomorrow, there would still be cockroaches and foresters,
Posted 1 year ago # -
Are Bigfoot still going? Rode with them for a while back in the day. Try not to spend too much money with Noah's Ark. Much better and friendlier shops in Cheltenham.
Your nearest cool place will be Bristol.
Posted 1 year ago # -
DD,
Bigfoot are alive and well with over 70 members and their own tops and everything.
Dogsby
Posted 1 year ago # -
keep up the incremental march westwards Martin, you'll be down here eventually
Posted 1 year ago # -
I live in Stonehouse which some regard as the arse end of Stroud, but I'm quite happy here.
I do most of my riding with mbswindon, which might seem a bit odd since it's 45 minutes to Swindon from here. I also ride occasionally with cccc (cc cc) aka Cheltenham and County Cycle Club.
There's loads to do round here.Forest of Dean is pretty close as our Mendips, Quantocks and then Cwm Carn, Afan, Cannock etc.
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Prepare yourself to leave behind the thousands of art galleries, museums, music venues, theatres, etc, in which to stretch your imagination, not to mention a large number of colleges and universities to enrich your mind. I can't believe there are any compensations in the form of countryside, mountain bike trails or lack of congestion which will go any way to make up for that.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Prepare yourself to leave behind the thousands of art galleries, museums, music venues, theatres, etc, in which to stretch your imagination, not to mention a large number of colleges and universities to enrich your mind. I can't believe there are any compensations in the form of countryside, mountain bike trails or lack of congestion which will go any way to make up for that.
simple is gooderer, complex ain't always better, hope you enjoyed your riots, ours are about to start with a riot of colour as the tree leaves start changing - you'll never see such vibrancy in da smoke
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Prepare yourself to leave behind the thousands of art galleries, museums, music venues, theatres, etc,
i gots me a computa, stereo and tv innitI can't believe there are any compensations in the form of countryside, mountain bike trails or lack of congestion which will go any way to make up for that.
..... so much for stretching your imagimation and enriching your mind then, all that twaddle was wasted on youPPS: i can confirm the gene pool is rather in house in some areas
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