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Plenty of places round Wendover Woods, I've got some pictures somewhere....if not then I'll be taking some new pics soon!
singletrackmind, there's plenty of legit bridleway in there & most of the footpaths get ridden by the local horsey crowd. It gets very churned up in the winter by the horses & woodland management vehicles. It was still pretty muddy last weekend. There's also some hidden tracks that i rarely see another tyre mark on that i assume get created by walkers. My favourite ones were trashed last year by logging 🙁
I'm not sure i'd want to make a special trip over from Hayling just to ride in there (or at least not until the bluebells are out). You're probably better off incorporating it as part of a bigger loop, maybe out to the SDW around Springhead & Kithurst Hills or out west over to Rewell Woods & Houghton Forest.
rocketdog's right.....
Thanks Grahamb. Was looking at that on Multimap, lots of contour lines very close together if you go any distance northwards.
Cheers
My first Bluebell of 2010 🙂 .... Only one, but it's a keen one.
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The full display shortly is looking to be good 🙂
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Better watch out redthunder cos I'm going to be stalking you again 😆
Can I ask where this was, and has the colour been 'enhanced'?
Blakes wood.. Little baddow/Danbury Essex
@CG
I liked being stalked 😉
The woods are in Gloucestershire.
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got this from retrobike.co.uk. Just wanted to see if I could post an image! Bit new to all this, to be honest
One or two spotted in mid-Hampshire this week. They looked lonely! Reckon it will be a bumper year though, so many shoots. 8)
Possibly some pics this coming week from me, fingers crossed.
Saw one or two coming through in the forests below the snow line today.
I know it's not in England but the Bluebell woods on the east side of Loch Lomond are stunning. You can cycle through them along the West Highland Way. I would recommend parking at Balmaha and cycling to Rowardennan or Rowchoish bothy and back. Conic Hill looks like it would be a laugh too but not done it yet. Spring midweek is a good time to do this route as there aren't too many walkers. The flowers aren't up yet but the leaves are emerging.
Getting better...Yesterday
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More Here:
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Mid-Hampshire today:
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Awaits redthunder to produce more "enhanced" snaps. 😉
I grew up and also once lived in West Woods, now you must all forget about its existence! oh and it used to be good for riding in but the FC dug it all up 🙁
Is West Woods worth a visit then MrNutt? I could include the Wansdyke as well as ..... ooh could easily get carried away by visiting the relics too. 🙂
West Woods is the best I've ever seen for bluebells. About the only thing I miss from not living near Wantage any more.
The deer park at Castle Drogo is pretty good too - and the woods at the top of the Newnham course.
if you go to west woods you're spoilt for choice for good eating too, Theirs The Red Lion (Michelin Bib Gourmand) at East Chisenbury, the Triple Crown in Marden (good quality robust food) or The Seven Stars in Bottlesford (French/Canadian). but don't tell anyone about it 😉
Have you actually started your new challenge then?
I always take a picnic. 8)
West Woods is not near Wantage. We're talking Wiltshire here. 😀
Bramingham Wood in Luton.
It used to be a no-go area. Think Central Park at night and you are on the right lines - but they have done a lot of work on improving it and it seems like planting vast swathes of bluebells has been a big part of that.
Nothing special for riding, but if you want too many bluebells thats the place to go.
Swinley has a nice track at the back of rapley lake. bluebells all over
I know West Woods isn't particularly near Wantage but it's a lot nearer Wantage than the edge of Dartmoor where I live now. It was a favourite place for a Saturday trip taking in Marlborough and a nice walk, away from the craphole of Stanford in the Vale where I lived at the time. 😕
Today 🙂
"It's happening Reg... It's really happening!"
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There must be other Bluebell pix ??? Come on, dig them out 🙂
Wow!
Mine (in the garden and our woods) are about to come out - will photo when they do.
Collingborne woods andover, there just out! Pics soon
Wow! That looks pretty good redthunder. 🙂
Hampshire ones are still looking rather sad but it does sound as though a trip to Collingbourne Woods, together with its singletrack, will be on the agenda.
A HDR'esque version... it's a bit light but I'll play with the image later.
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C_G, I was out in Collingbourne Woods last Tuesday evening and the conditions are perfect. Definately worth a trip over to them. 😆
Create your own bluebell wood:
first take wood then add bluebell seeds.
Either:
Bluebell(Wild Hyacinth)Hyacinthoides non-scripta
or
Scottish Bluebell (Harebell)
Campanula rotundifolia
(aka Gowks Thumles)
Macavity - if I planted some, would they flower next year?
Everyone - any pics from the weekend? Did see some on the Purbecks but not at their best!
@CG Here you go.
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The rides around here are like the above, no 'full carpet' yet, but getting closer each day, just a bit more rain needed 😉
I don't live there now but Cann Woods in Plymouth used to have this singletrack section that you only ride when you're heading back to the car. Quite an open space with sparce trees but was covered in bluebells. There used to be a monster double that made for some awesome photos with the bluebells in the background
They're just starting to come out in the garden (5 acres, about half of which is woodland) now - will get pics bientot.
A bit regionist this, just like the southerners to forget spring and blue bell flowering does happen in the rest of the country.
Chalk wood just beside Goring-on-thames, rode through it tonight and there's a stunning carpet of blue already!
Collingbourne Woods last night. Looked lovely with the low sun shinning through.
Taken with low light and rubbish camera phone but you get the idea.
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Nice Cube 🙂
Nice dusk pix of the bluebells.