Starts at 6:30 by the radio mast at the Sports Centre end of the woods. Finishes 8-8:30 depending on bodies, breakages and beers
Bring lights
Thursday never good for me, could do that time or earlier Wed as planning to ride in lordswood that day anyway.
I will probably be up there some time Wednesday afternoon (work permitting). What time were you planning on going there?
Normally get to the wood by 4.40 - 4.50 on Wednesday straight after work, but can go bit later, live only 10 min from Wood.
I live half way between the woods and the hospital which is handy. I can probably get up there for 4:45ish if you want to meet.
If so, where?
I finish work at 4.00 in Hythe, so guess i will be at the Gas station sub staion at the top of short climb end of coxford road for around 4.50 (might be five min extra, never timed it before!). I will hang around to 1700.
I ride a singular hummingbird, single speed so dought you will have any trouble spoting me.
So i expect i will see you Wednesday.
WCA (sorry, can't make the ride), but that guy on Dragon's Den with the push-along bikes - is he the same fella who supplies them to the BBB?
Dragons invested in his business, so I doubt he'll be giving away anymore freebees!!
DLS - I will be on a fully rigid SS. I out niche you 😉 See you there
DezB - Never seen DD so can't tell you. I am sure I will find someone to give us free stuff for the BBB
Hmm Hummingbrid in Hythe, not spotted that! I live in Hythe and ride a SS GT peace. Might be able to make Wednesday evening if I can leave some stuff at WCA's house while we ride....
Reminds me WCA - I have one of your torches in my Vayn. Found it in the tent that Az used.
I might dust off my lights and give this a crack :]
All people welcome. storage and bike cleaning available at my house.
Andy - I will pick up the torch next time I see you. Wondered where it went
Yeah the torch turned up when I used the tent in August. Guess it must have been left there in May in the Quants.
Sounds about right. I don't use them much over the summer
Wednesday 4:50 - 5pm at the radio mast
Thursday 6:30 at the radio mast with lights
All welcome
Ok if need sooner is easy enough to put in the post. PM me?
Oooh sounds good. Where's the radio mast? Sorry never noticed it, might be obvious.
ben - If you enter the woods from the sports centre end you will ride along the road until the tarmac runs out and then up a slight hill witht he gas pressure reducing station on the left, the radio mast is right in front. if you wait near the gas station you will see us.
If you enter from the Chilworth end then cross the motorway bridge, keep straight on towards the kennels, straight along the footpath bit next to the kennels, straight along the path until you get to the radio mast / gas station.
I think the radio mast is the same place as the gas sub station (hope so, or i will end up in the wrong place tonight!) In which case have a look at google maps, find lords wood, look for coxford road, you will notice the road ends in the wood, go to that point. The last bit of road is gravel which passes the gas station and i think the radio mast is at top.
Hope this helps.
I miss Lordswood - a lovely network of trails.
Kept me sane for a few years.
noteeth - how long after it stopped keeping you sane did you continue to ride there? Where do you ride now? Do you have an axe* and do I need to be scared?
*I have a spare axe if you want to borrow it
noteeth - how long after it stopped keeping you sane did you continue to ride there?
Ha - right till the end, when I moved back to Bristol. You can trust me with an axe... probably. 😀
I lived on the Winchester Road, so it was a quick ride thru the sports ground & into the woods.
Ride at Lordswood last night, and it's all looking a little bit overgrown in parts, and also very very very muddy in places - so much so, I came off a good few times and was finding it hard to maintain any speed.
Workmans looking OK, but well dug; Star Wars was muddy at the bottom and top but ok in the middle.
Lots of logs had been "strategically" placed over the trails as well so was clearing as we were going - hope that's not the shape of things to come 👿
Noteeth, where abouts on Winchester road did you live? I used to live directly opposite the shops :]
In the 400s... about 2 mins from the shops.
I was in the 380s, small world eh 🙂
nick - how did tonight's ride go?
Cheers for the navigation advice, I know where the mast is... just a bit hidden. I went through the trails on Saturday evening (in the storm) and noticed loads of strategically placed logs when going through the long grass singletrack on the golf course side of things.
Looking forward to the ride tomorrow to sus out more routes.
I've been up there twice now but dont know the area.. I live in hythe and if i can make it i will try to pop up tonight.. should be interesting when its dark and not knowing the trails..
Tempted to make the trip over from Cowes to that there Maaaiinlaaand for this. 😀
How long would it take to ride from Town Quay to Lordswood? And is the radio mast starting point a self-explanatory Big Tall Thing, or only for locals and those in-the-know?
Remember it will be a slow ride tonight. My shoulder and legs are feeling battered from the ride and my head is feeling cloudy after the Duval recovery strategy last night.
I spotted a few logs around but nothing too bad. I put them down to wind fall rather than stick man but I guess if you guys had cleared a load...
Also spotted a police man riding round looking for moped boys. He clearly didn't realise that they would be in bed by 7pm.
How many are we expecting this evening?
StefMcDef - about 15 or 20 minutes depending on how bouncy your bike is....go up Coxford Road (away from Southampton) and as soon as it turns to gravel, couple of hundred yeards on the left is gas station / mast thingy - simples.........
I can offer bike wash facilities at my house afterwards as it is [s]likely to be[/s] a bit muddy
I can offer bike wash facilities at my house afterwards as it is [s]likely to be[/s] a bit muddy
will there be a ride next week at all? we are moving just down the road on Stoneham Lane, so would be nice to meet some people and have a look, we popped over a month or so ago but generally got lost, what was there that we found was nice tho.
Have checked this Coxford road/gas station thing out on Google streetview now and it makes sense.
If I get the half four ferry that gives me an hour to get lost in the mean streets of Southampton between the ferry terminal and the starting point. See y'all there.
If it's a slow ride I'll take the 29er and make it slower still. 😀
It is a regular Thursday night ride.
If anyone wants showing round the place it is probably best done in the daylight. I will probably be going out there on Sunday morning about 11ish if you want to meet up.
3 rides in one week! At this rate I will be fit or injured again sooner than anticipated
I'm keen to tag along, but can't make tonight as off the Cwn Carn & Brechfa this weekend. 🙂
If it's a regular event, I'll try and get there next week.
WCA - do your ride Lordswood regularly? If so, do you fancy giving a guided tour to a slow old fat chap? Also I'm wondering if you're the chap who bought my Gore Jacket last Autumn - your name rings a bell from somewhere.
Timmy
As above could do with showing round during the day at some point... If anyone's about..
I'd loke to pop alopng next week for this if that's ok, never riddennthere before but Thurs eve is my usual riding time. Got the Joystick I won at a wonderful new Forest based event this summer to use now too....
Fingers crossed I will see you this thurs. May see you on Sunday too. If anyone wants to do a different night as a one off ping me a mail I ride there most evenings after work, so from 5.45ish. I still need to sign up to that sports centre thing - wca
Guided tour of Lordswood this Sunday 10:30 - 12:30(ish)
Mattbee - do come along. the riding is similar to the tracks at the certain New Forest based event of which you speak.
i am definitely in for next Thursday, unfortunately cannot do Sunday, happy to ride at the back and follow. could probably make saturday next week as well.
Only saw this thread just now... I've got back in to riding in Lordswood over the last 3 years or so and live very close to the Ski centre.... I would love to help with the CHAOS project as it sounds like just what the sports centre needs to inject some life in to it...
I ride most Wed evenings year round with a mate and occassionally at weekends and other evenings.
We always say hi to people we meet on the way and no doubt some of you are here on STW.. I ride a black Cotic and my mate has a white P7...
May be able to join you this Sunday... where are you starting from?
Andy
CHAOS project
the what now?
I will be up by the gas station / radio mast around 10:30am.
Either a blue Scott Strike or a Ti Carver 96er SS
nixie - I am going to bring CHAOS to the Sports Centre!
The plan is to get the pro builders in with the diggers one week to get most the mud moved, we do some fettling over the weekend and then they come back to finish and surface where required.
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When I get some firmer dates you will hear about it. Probably the back end of November
Cool, sounds good to me. Just had a read on the blog site and sounds like a good development. If the location is where I think it is in the centre I could hit it everyday going to and from work :D. Let me know when your doing it and I should be able to help. You got my email or have you got a mailing list to sign up too?
When I get round to it I will draw up a mailing list.
Don't worry, you will hear about it and be expected to help 😉
Just need to find 800 square metres of 20mm to dust scalpings that someone is happy to donate.
I wonder how much 800 square metres by the necessary track surface depth actually works out in tonnes?
What's the required depth?
I see there's quite a large quantity of scalpings near the BMW garage in Chandlers Ford... that's free to whoever collects it..
Isn't that part of the BMX track maintenance?
If not, I might wander over with my pickup and a shovel
It's arranged in various piles next to the metal ramps/park....
The piles aren't quite in the right place to feel nice on a 26" wheeled bike so I assumed it was just landscaping...
There are quite a lot of folk on BMXs riding it though (some wih huge skill I must add, specially watching the air they get, clearing the first double) so you might have to go late at night to collect it 😉
Can donate some malt sacks to transport said chipppings . Will hold approx 30kg , and the bottom wont fall out when you pick them up.
I will be approaching B&Q. MOT1 aggregate is only £30 per ton bag so I am sure they can be persuaded to donate 10 tons or so.
Better keep this one legit for the moment. Guerilla tactics if that fails perhaps.
local company aren't they?I will be approaching B&Q.
Is the riding around there good? Got images of it being reasonably flat but some people rave about it. Anyone got a postcode for where you meet?
On a serious note, you might also want to try Elliotts, they are a Hants based builders merchants if you've not heard of them...
(trivia) B&Qs first ever store was in Swaythling, I think just about where Machine Mart now stands
Taff, LW is surprisingly hilly considering where it is, it's a very compact area that spans 2 or 3 stream gullies of sand on clay, they give the gradients, as well as the grinding paste. It's very muddy from Oct/Nov till Apr/May and just quite muddy the rest of the time.
Andy
tt - they are indeed. they also have UK Youth as their charity of the year. UK Youth are the guys who host the Big Bike Bash so I have a couple of contacts who have given me a good steer on how to approach this.
Taff - not sure where you ride but it is not totally flat. think of a condensed Swinley rather than the New Forest with trees. Where are you based? If you come down one weekend i am happy to show you around for a couple of hours. It is not the best riding in the country but it is the best in Southampton and has more variety than QE park.
SO16 5SP is the nearest post code i can remember (my old house). That is a small road on the right of Coxford Rd. Follow Coxford Rd north until it runs out and that is Lordswood. It is between the M27, Southampton and the Golf Course.
I might try and head up on Sunday then. I was right next to the golf course yesterday so should've had a quick look. I'm in Havant so only a little way away. Normally ride QECP, South Harting an Goodwood areas but bored of it now so been riding on the road this year. Just want a new place to ride and some people to ride with!
Taff - Hope to see you Sunday about 10:30
I should be popping along to this too.
I never realised Lordswood was so popular.
See you all there and remember : We ride at the speed of the slowest* or at least wait at the end of each section
*me
I'm gonna try to get up and make this. Really enjoyed Thursday. Thanks to all who waited/looked for me when I was bogged down in the mud/dark.
I might be a bit flaky in the morning. I have just been told I am going to a party in some this evening.
We might have to split into the slow group and the comatose group 😉
ben - we always wait. how else do you get the pictures of your mates covered in mud and/or blood 😉
WCA - Not going to be able to make it. A 50m ride today has done me in and I have just learnt that the powers that be have gone and arranged a carvery visit with friends! D'oh. Hopefullly got some light coming in the next week or so so would be good to hook up with you guys in the evening or on a weekend at some point.
Em
Hi all, was hoping to get to meet some fellow Lordswood riders tomorrow, but have just been told, me and MrsBlackSoul (and her Kona Bolt) are heading to the NF for a poodle as the weather looks good and the scenery's better 🙁
Won't be riding next week as away on business but hopefully cross paths soon...
Andy
Can't make it til a little later now. If I spot you I'll say hi.
Ow!
Some body has jack hammered my head and left a dead mouse in my mouth. What happened?
Trying to find the none moving part of the floor to get dressed. This will be a slow exploration ride I think
fwiw B&Q sponser Eastleigh 10k race (running) so they might be able to assist in hooking you up with contacts or advice.
i've recently moved to north winch and am missing lordswood a bit, which is really weird as i recall the first time i tried it i didnt rate it at all, its good though.
wca a shot of whiskey will see you right lol
whiskey?!?!?
It all started to go wrong when I was making the elderberry rum. You don't want to mix whiskey with elderberry rum do you?
you probably really dont, but if your really hanging it will make you throw up so you can start to feel better