[Closed] WHY!!!!

The Quantocks is a landmass of about 88km sq, on it theres is approx 250km of rights of way, 65% of these are Bridleways...some wide, some narrow but non with saboteurs lurking in the undergrowth....till now!!!!!!

Yesterday the plan was to ride from the horrid town i reside in and do so with riding as little road as possible, this means footpaths and bridleways.
Aside from riding through fields of maze, barley and corn, cow dung strewn pasture all was going well till i reached an area i'd been meaning to explore, swooping singletrack meant the brain was disengaged and was getting carried away.......partially aware the point i needed to get to was off to my right, i found a singletrack and began descending, suddenly, like really suddenly the sides began closing in on me, the track was vaguely visible below my tyres, but the greenery covering it had plans to slow me down...

Despite the knowledge i was riding through five foot high potentially tick infested bracken my mission and destination was down there somewhere...then without warning that shear pain rushed up through my legs again and again then across my arms, next i my bars where grabbed and as my momentum was slowed, i was pitched on my side, no doubt being swarmed upon by ticks, the blood was pouring from my legs and arms, in particular the bit of my shin just above the top of the shoe.
After getting up i surveyed the land around me for a escape, behind the trail has closed in on me, to the left was a mas of bracken that i couldn't see beyond, to the right was dense wooded undergrowth......so straight on then, i knew the road was down there just got do it....so once again i rode down, every pedal stroke was a painful one as the trail keepers grabbed at my open wounds, till finally it opened up and i could see a clearing......picking up some more flowing singletrack i cut right down a track and before i had time to change my mind was blazing through stinging nettles arching over my route.....now that really smarted....

So brambles and nettles aren't the best combination i now know, but turned out to be another awesome summer evening ride, was out till dark and finished off with a cold pint, before going home for a shower, at which point it all came back to me..............owwww!