they were still there last time i looked. Weather looks good, so no snorkel required. Knee pads and water wings, you'll look a treat!
Looks like a reasonable turn out, i think a few locals are coming too.

2 more reporting in for tomorrow. See you on the ferry @ 10.

ps the best cafe is at middle beach, but not sure if its open now the summer season is over.

Sympathy anyone?

Will be wearing knee pads and carrying shin pads on the backpack 🙄 You will tell me when to put them on, won't you?

Will try really really hard to MTFU!

Sounds like quite a gathering 🙂

Hairychested, do you still want to meet at the Rownham services or are you ok to find your own way? I'll be travelleing past between 8.15 & 8.30.

You a definite then Mr Poddy?

Oh yes! I loved the last ride and I'm really looking forewards to this on too. Are we going to the same pub? The one with the cider? 8)

MrsPP is coming too. I'm making biscuits.

Have a nice time 'Ya all'
Still not ridden the Purbecks, but I'm supporting my local sportive this weekend.

MM, I'll get to Sanbanks by myself, thanks. I'm not sure which way I'll be driving but as I'll be leaving Gatwick around 5.20am I'll have plenty of time to get lost a couple of times.

No worries. See you there.

Mr Trowel what you got planned route wise ?H/T or F/S for me ? (bearing in mind my ongoing medical condition ) osteoporosis etc.Much in the way of rooty/rocky stuff?Think i used H/T last time .

360 panoramas of studland – nice
LINKY

oldfart – join the bouncy bike club! The Ti's deserve a rest 😉

Enjoy. The agony for me is I'm taking my lad to Uni (it's his first year). At Bournemouth!

Thats bad luck Kona
As the weather is pretty close to perfect here I think I'll bimble along the prom and join in the fun if no one objects.
I haven't been on my bike in three or four weeks but I'm sure it will be fine

'leaving gatwick at 5.20' blimey! are you going via Glasgow?

See you there Strangelove.

Trouble with Middle Beach cafe is that the Bankes arms is just round the corner.

Oldfart, i'd go fs if i had your bad back, although i'd rather have your hummer if it was for me.

Revised route may well include Square & Compass, depending on how we are all feeling, and time we're making. Looks like there will be too many of us to get in the tea rooms in Corfe, so we'd better pack sarnies and cakes.

Bike clean – check.
Correct tyres – check.
Bag packed – check.
Excited – Check.
Sad for being excited – Check.
See you all tomorrow 😀 😀

bike clean – no, forgot
correct tyres – only tyres!
bag packed – need to go to Tesco in the morning
excited – dunno, but i need a pooh

Call you later MM, and see you in the morning.

new bike built – check
quick spin around the block – nothing fell off – check
bike rack on car – check
anticipation – check

See you on the far side some time after 10am tomorrow 🙂

Oooooh!

Bike cleaned – check.
Chain degreased and freshly lubed – check. Point deducted cos I couldn't be bothered removing it though.
Seasick pills packed – check.
MTFU attitude transplant – check.

Wot tyres for the Purbecks anyone?

See y'all in the mornin' 😀

Buzz – intending to be on 10.00 ferry, but don't be surprised if it's the one after. Not sure how many will be over Studland side, but if you could all try and bump into each other it might be useful. Maybe wait by the loos opposite shell bay restaurant. That sounds a bit iffy, waiting to meet strangers near a public loo, oh well.

Maybe wait by the loos opposite shell bay restaurant.

Yep I'll loiter around there and grab anyone else I see on a bike. Don't worry about the time.

Will I be able to park for free somewhere up Ferry Road?

Don't know what the deal is with parking Studland side, never do it.
National trust car park near the loos, don't know if you are allowed to park on the roadside, but plenty do. Better check first, don't want you all to get parking tickets.

Oooooh!

Bike cleaned – check.
Chain degreased and freshly lubed – check. Point deducted cos I couldn't be bothered removing it though.
Seasick pills packed – check.
MTFU attitude transplant – check.

Wot tyres for the Purbecks anyone?

See y'all in the mornin'

What tyre choice have you got?

Seeyouallat10amon thestudlandside.

illbetheonewiththesorehead….

tyre choice doesn't really matter. I've seen all sorts being used here. Not a semi slick though, and a full DH one would be overkill.

Early weather check, is blue sky, not a cloud and minimal wind – so pack the mankini and the suntan lotion

Parking on the road on the studland side is free and legal
I can see nine barrow down from my bed. Weather looks good. Don't want to leave the bed with coffee dog and pastries.
Ugly smelly bikers or cudles in bed? Mmmmmm
tyres. Anything will do. Stll hard and dusty with no mud

Thanks for coming everyone, hope you all enjoyed yourselves.

Special thanks to Johnny, Dave and the other locals who helped out with the route and guiding. Sorry we missed you after leaving the pub, one of the Salisbury boys had a flat when we went to leave, so we ended up on the ferry after.

See most of you again soon i'd imagine.

Great fun today, was nice to see all that stuff on the Heath. Always seen it before as a bit of a chore to get through before the ridge 8O. Cheers to everyone for sorting it out, I fear that two pubs and one cafe may now be a blueprint for the future… Thanks for the sticker Charlie, looks good. Now all I need is one on the other side that says "I accelerate for cake" and I'm sorted 🙂

Thanks rusty and all the locals for a lovely day, holding gates etc. I am quite embarrassed about my careless crash into the back of the other Mendip homeboy: elliptic 😳

Any day that involved dusty singletrack, strong ale, camaraderie and sunburn is an ace day!

Yup-

Cheers All, that was a cracking ride, great to meet more of you too- look forward to seeing the photos if anyone posts them.

If anyone who was using a gps wanted to post the route that would be magic…

Catch you all soon 😉

I share your embarassment Buzz, I managed to hit someone at the sharp right corner on the descent into corfe. Sorry again fella, didn't realise you were braking until I was in the air 😳

Top day today.
Thanks to Rusty and the locals for a great route. Good to put some faces to the names.
Hairychested, hope your legs are feeling better now, if not you can always tuck into one of thoughs kegs of yours 🙂

thanks one and all for a great day .sorry if i didn't say cheerio properly at the pub .not intentional 😯 went to knoll beach for a gert lush ice cream !!!!

Thanks to rusty for organising this 🙂

It was such a good day, lovely bunch of STW'ers, fun trails, sunshine, as much food and drink as you could consume. Big respect to the two guys who cleaned that massive climb towards the end 8)

I am also relieved that I didn't spurt any blood this time 🙄

eviljoe – I have the gps route. Do you want it in gpx format?

See you all again soon!

Hi CG. I'd also like the GPX file. My email is in my profile.

😳 old girls and technology! I forgot to delete another route and don't know how to get ride of its waypoints from the large tracklog. So … in effect you get two routes 🙄

buzz – do you still want the gpx?

I've done the very same myself. Yes that's fine I can trim the file to show just the Purbecks ride (when I get around to it).

buzz – gpx sent, fingers crossed it has worked!!

Thanks for a wonderful day out, I loved every (almost) minute of it.
MM – you saved me, I'll be buying some of such stuff this week.
Cramps? London Pride cures them. Testing done yesterday, will repeat tonight (to ensure the results are consistent).
CG – can I also have the file please? Email in profile. Thanks.
Rusty, thanks for making me wonder if I could moved into Dorset, hmmm….

Great day out, great weather, great bunch… and the worlds heaviest pastie… I was still eating it at 8pm (I stayed at the square for a while).

And the shocker is I was shown some great singletrack that is right on my doorstep…! Must explore more.

Thanks everyone

Yep, top ride chaps! TRhanks to R-T for organising and the other locals for their help.

I'm ffffing knackered today, but I reckon I got a bit dehydrated on the ride, and we didn't get home until after 8pm with the hellish traffic on the A31/M3, all the way to Winchester, crawling…

I'll get the pics sorted as soon as a I can, but it might be Wednesday or Thursday before I get the time 🙂