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Surrey Hills at Bursting Point?
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Right. I'm going to ride NDowns next weekend
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I doubt many of us soft southern riders would fit the criteria for riding in the north anyway remember...
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^ chuckle
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LOL At Gavin!
There's something missing though! There's no obvious establishment where I could stop for a mid ride quiche and frapachino
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Sounds like an ideal business oppurtunity to open an alternative tea room selling cheese straws.
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It's inevitable, but needed posting.
Laughed more at this one than the northern one...Posted 4 months ago # -
Laughed more at this one than the northern one...
Feel a reaction coming on
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The better know Surrey Hills trails have just become a victim of their own success, and Peaslake the current MTB hub due to location, shop for spares and decent cake. The village is also easier to find than many of the car parks so newbies to the area probably head there and that becomes their base for future visits.
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Its been busy for YEARS. Its not a recent thing.
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It's still heaven during the week...
Did I mention that? Posted 4 months ago # -
Sorry all the people complaining about Peaslake being rammed. How long have you been riding around there? I can remember having to sit on the kerb to the right of the store over 5yrs ago.
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"Trimix....gas, coal, nuclear...not fussed as long as its cheap and positioned out of the way."
I do hope you're kidding eh?
Swinley gets chockers busy at the lookout, but it's mostly families and walkers, once you get out on the trails its not bad, I went for a 3 hour ride on Saturday and had to pull over about 5 times from people coming the other way, so it's no big deal.
Never been to Pitch or Leith Hill though, sounds good, might head there for a change Posted 4 months ago # -
Peaslake on Sunday
the-village-shop by tallgavin, on FlickrPosted 4 months ago # -
It's a shame parking charges wouldn't work (and I agree they wouldn't) because in a utopian world that would seem to solve all the problems!
It's a massive place, but really it's fed from 3 or so major car parks, while many of the smaller ones are empty. I have noticed that the Winterfold ones are busier now though, even the Alderbrook one right at the western edge of the hills. Still once you get even 100 yards from the car parks it's still generally very quiet, far quieter than any trail centre.
I don't think you were being ironic with your pictures Binners, but I much prefer our vistas to yours, but lets not let this degrade into a North/South debate, I'm sure you have an appointment at the Job Centre to keep anyway
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I'm sure you have an appointment at the Job Centre to keep anyway
Come on. Thats a tad low in this economic climate.
Why not just arrive early early, park on the opposite side of Leith Hill and ride around silent trails taking in Holmbury hill etc etc etc?
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Why not just arrive early early, park on the opposite side of Leith Hill and ride around silent trails taking in Holmbury hill etc etc etc?
Living in the sticks to the east, that's pretty much what I do
No need to even take the Audi! Nice little 30-45 min warm-up and I'm into Redlands/Leith and ready to rock! Hard to beat a flowing 4hr loop taking in the finest trails en route to WF and back Posted 4 months ago # -
Have we done the all the gear no idea thing yet? That always comes up when we do Surrey riding. I saw a man with an expensive shiny bike riding slightly too slowly on a trail that is well known to everyone, who the hell does he think he is, if he were even half a man he would have been riding far too quickly on a trail he built himself using his eyelids for shovels which none of you plebs know about because you're too mainstream etc etc...
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......silent trails taking in Holmbury hill etc etc etc?
Trails around Holmbury are largely silent 'cause they're more boring than TJ rattling on about the law on dogs.
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Come on. Thats a tad low in this economic climate.
Why not just arrive early early, park on the opposite side of Leith Hill and ride around silent trails taking in Holmbury hill etc etc etc?
Or ride out from where you live....
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Its been busy for YEARS. Its not a recent thing.
Yep - I moved to the south east in 95 and we used to go out from Guildford to the downs etc - was busy then though def less cars
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Agree on cars. Its normal for one car to carry one rider isn't it. So just say 10 riders arriving can have a noticeable impact in the Peaslake area.
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If I was a local I'd want some parking restrictions around the centre - though locals do park outside the shop at times.
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though locals do park outside the shop at times.
Indeed, the standard of driving is often horrific!
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joolsburger - Member
Have we done the all the gear no idea thing yet? That always comes up when we do Surrey riding. I saw a man with an expensive shiny bike riding slightly too slowly on a trail that is well known to everyone, who the hell does he think he is, if he were even half a man he would have been riding far too quickly on a trail he built himself using his eyelids for shovels which none of you plebs know about because you're too mainstream etc etc...
Yeah, a bit like someone whining and moaning about people having new shiny bikes that weren't covered in mud, even though it was muddy, as if they didn't ride them properly or hardly used them...
Oh it was you that said that! Oh the ironing board
Hope you don't live in a glass house.
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No - Trail widening by mud adverse riders is what I said.
I expect your bike is spotless though as you seem a little sensitive.
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Sorry all the people complaining about Peaslake being rammed. How long have you been riding around there? I can remember having to sit on the kerb to the right of the store over 5yrs ago.
Been riding there 15 years. Not seen it as busy as regularly before in that time. Not complaining either. Worried about increasing pressure on the local environment and wish to encourage others to act as responsibly as possible given popularity cannot be prevented. Spent a while on the OP too to avoid confusion. Oh well...
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Peaslake popularity is def a problem. There are local people who would rather do without the village shop if they could get their peace and quiet back. Parking somewhere totally different and stopping-by Peaslake on the way would be a great idea.
My sympathy is a a little restricted, because a lot of the local people don't really want there to be any local business at all, but even so...
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But where would they get their copy of Horse and Hound from?
I agree, parking in the village is stupid, as are the 2 huge santa cruz vans often parked up selling over priced 29ers...
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I agree, parking in the village is stupid, as are the 2 huge santa cruz vans often parked up selling over priced 29ers...
Really??
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Very good, a few observations. Firstly the cars should be Avants, ideally quattros and add in a Cayenne for good measure. Secondly, they have German plates whereas you'd really see personalised English plates.
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Very good, a few observations. Firstly the cars should be Avants, ideally quattros and add in a Cayenne for good measure. Secondly, they have German plates whereas you'd really see personalised English plates.
Its funny how this Audi thing has come about isn't it. It's like people writing "it's exactly like that" on the Surrey Hills youtube clip when of course it isn't really.
There's probably about half a dozen Audis in the car park out of 50 cars. No more or less popular than any other car. Volvo XC90s or BMW 3 series estates are probably are a better pick.
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Its funny how this Audi thing has come about isn't it. It's like people writing "it's exactly like that" on the Surrey Hills youtube clip when of course it isn't really.
Agreed! A personal bugbear is people's overuse of the word 'literally' they don't mean that at all, they mean quite the opposite! A friend pointed it out and now it really annoys me. Far worse than people saying 'like' or 'y'know' as hedge words!
"The car park was literally full of Audis"
No it wasn't. There were a couple. Unless it was an Audi dealership, when it's entirely possible.
"I literally flew down the trail"
Not unless you hit a tree stump at the top.
And breathe.
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I think you two may have taken the Audi comments a bit too literally.
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I think you two may have taken the Audi comments a bit too literally
I don't think we were literally taking them literally.
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