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It WILL rain this morning! Heavily......
It will then clear for a while and there's a distinct possibility of heavy showers afterwards.
Bring a WATERPROOF!!!!!
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P1ssing down in Southampton but should clear for 10:30ish. Worth bringing a jacket but hopefully not a canoe. The trail is quite sandy so should drain reasonably.
Rains gone!!
Sunshine and blue skies!!!!
Well it was a bit damp under foot and a little windy on the exposed bits but I enjoyed it. Top marks to MrsPoddys Apple flapjack, DezB for riding with a plaster cast while towing his sons tag-a-long, Lydon for pedalling when DezB was struggling on the hills and CinnamonGirl for organising it.
We got caught out in that rain early on and i can tell you it was not pleasent at all. I had forgoten just how much fingers and toes hurt when they get properly cold. Other than that had a good day out once the rain went away.
i didnt realise there is riding to be had in the new forest!!
im based in marchwood and have been sitting on the spinner every night!
i have mailed you when i was here but i got no answer!!
will try again
Sorry - must have missed that
Thanks for the organising and guiding. Some fun riding, some fun bog treading! Wether certainly could've been much worse,seeing as it was peeing down all the way home.
Look forward to seeing PP's pics of me struggling!
Thanks for a good day chaps. Nice to put names to aliases, so to speak.
Look forward to the next ride.
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What an action-packed day!
The miserable-itis virus has spread to the equine population, or rather their riders with their gobby tirade.
A loop of the Big Bike Bash circuit proved entertaining - one or two falls from the bike and one fall whilst pushing the bike, ahem! Duckling was almost on the menu for tonight's dinner - can't believe I almost rode over it.
Lots of bog crossings and poor Dez really had his work cut out with the trailer.
Saw where the Big Bike Bash action will be, most importantly the beer tent, also the chalets. Excellent choice of venue.
Good to see everyone and to meet new folk too.
Thanks for the ride chaps. A little soggy, but all good. I'll bring my snorkel next time - drains well my arse.
Soggy? You should've felt poor Lydon's shoes! Can you get Sealskins for 6 year olds??
Were there any cahs and horses, or did they stay indoors, like all sensible folk?
plenty of horses mate. runnin about all over the place they were.
Some of them with stroppy women on.
Did any of the stroppy women have tight jodhpurs on? Pity I weren't there; I cooduv used me charm, and won them over....
Oh yes Fred! But they would have rendered even you speechless! Acting like bloomin' land owners they were.
No, you underestimate me. Me, speechless? Come on...
Couple of mates and I had a bit of a tete-a-tete with some hoity-toity woman in Epping Forest, a few years back. She was claiming that we weren't allowed to ride our bikes there (bridleway), as we might frighten her horse. One of me mates was trying to politely reason with her, but she weren't having it. After a few minutes of this, and the argument going in circles, I got bored, and said 'you've got a right nice bum, you know?'.
She snorted, and rode off. My mates were on the floor.
Uptight horsey women? RudeBoy's yer man...
Yes; I know it's sexist and all that, but it works!
Love it!! But she would have produced her crop (whip to you non-horsey folk) and you may, or may not, have been happy!! She was a right sour-puss.
any pics of this ride ?
See, people like that a a right good challenge, for me. No point in trying to reason with them, as they will not be swayed from their lofty point of view. So, you need to introduce some obtuse tactics. In cases such as this one, when faced with members of the opposite sex, I find that using complimentary, even suggestive comments, suddenly, throws them completely off course. It's very effective. I once told an irate female car-driver she had 'sexy, passionate eyes'. Stopped her in her tracks. She was utterly disarmed, smiled, called me a 'cheeky bastard', and drove off. Job done.
See, trouble with youse lot, is you need my skills at diplomacy. I may run a workshop for youse, next time I'm down.
Trouble was, there was nothing attractive about those 2 hoity tarts.
They had noo effect on ou ride though.
PP took some photos so they should be around soon
Edit: photos of the ride, not the hoity tarts
Aw, boo.
Set alarm for 06.30, was getting ready at 07.30. Then a storm happened. Went back to bed, couldn't sleep as wind was too loud. Spent all day wishing I had braved the weather/glad I hadn't. Here's to a long hot summer!
Just had a look at the bike which I 'forgot' to wash yesterday. It did sink over the fork stantions in that slightly boggy patch where I was forced to dismount quickly over the bars.
Dispicable! I washed both the trailer and my Handjob (which is now looking bloody lovely) - and with a broken hand!
A handjob with that cast on would have chaffed a bit!
My shoes don't smell very nice anymore...
I wasn't sure whether to wash my bike or plant it.
Are there no photos?
There will be pics, not many as the weather wasn't condusive.... but there will be some....
When? I've been trolling, sorry browsing, all day waiting for them
I had to wash my shoes! They were dead smelly!
Mr & Mrs Poddy make awfully good cake - the tiffin went down a treat later on. Thank you both!
Looking forward to the pics - there should be a few in the bogs.
Photos at last. Sorry for being so slow....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_atkin/sets/72157618453664725/
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Dez, with busted hand, is pushed along by Lydon on the trailerbike...
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Good photos. Was a fun day out despite the mud/water/grinding paste. Good to see the big bike bash venue as well. I've lived in the new forest all my life and never knew that place was there!
I see WCA finally has a helmet that fits his head propply:
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State of that other one he had; it was a joke, weren't it? I din't want to say anything, 'cos I din't want to upset him, but it was nearly as bad as that tatty t-shirt...
Great stuff PP.
I think this one sums things up pretty well!
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and I'm not going to mention this post..
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soma_rich - MemberYou definitely trailerbiking Rich?
Definatly; need to get a gear shifter for the Scandal by then though.
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Oh, i just did. 😉
State of that other one he had; it was a joke, weren't it?
It worked when needed though, eh?
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