FOD STW SS forum ride Sunday 7th November riders

at least the locals didn’t burn you in a wickerman!

Flatfish? Where were you? Really sorry.

Oops. I think rule 5 apllies here. 😆

Looking at the map when i got home, somewhere near coalway.

Where abouts? Must be getting a signal to post on here so that narrows it down a bit, possibly near the top of the last climb. Who wants to join the search party… 🙄

Don’t know what to say other than sorry.

Ah, you’re home! You escaped the locals alive. Phew 😆

Putting a more serious head on, when did we lose you? Before the pub or later in the day?

It was the section after we’d stopped above the quarry.

Really not sure why you got missed then as we still had 2 sweepers then!

flatfish were you on the Giant?

I thought Pete and Mandy were behind so when i couldn’t see anybody ahead i waited for them to point the way but nobody arrived. I hung around for 10 minutes then started swearing a bit.
Vaguely knew which direction was pedalabike was so i headed down hill, fairly sure i’d hit the road and came out at the south end of cannop ponds.

yes postie, twas the Giant.

There’s quite a few turnings through that bit. Mandi and me were bringing up the rear there but obviously missed you. I’m thinking that after the trail dropped down (fast) and up again there’s a left turn that is easily missed; if missed you shortly come back up onto the fireroad. There were 3 guys stopped (not with us) just before the easily missed turn. Glad you found your way back OK though.

When you’re done posting about sick and sodastreams, how about posting some pics!?

There’ll be none of me, i was lost. 🙄

Mandi is confused to how things went so wrong, again sorry flatfish, I counted a few times and we had 20 everytime?

Buzz lightyear, mine should be up tomorrow night once I’ve converted them etc!

I counted a few times and we had 20 everytime?

You were counting your wok as the missing rider.
An easy mistake to make with something that big.

Sounds like flatfish took a wrong turning so the sweepers had no chance of finding him as he wasn’t on the same trail.

How could you count Sheldon? You were still pissed. 😉

Stu, i took the right turning into a piece of singletrack, following somebody else, they were about 30/40 yards ahead, saw them ahead in the trees and when i came out on a fireroad nobody was there.
I’ve no idea where everybody went after that but i was defo following the “correct route”.
Maybe you lost more and i’m the only one to get home and complain.

Taylor wondered where you had got to , you did not miss much weak beer and what seemed like a an old railway track back 😉

All my action pics are crap cannot not be arsed to upload.

saw them ahead in the trees and when i came out on a fireroad nobody was there.

So you took a wrong turn/missed a turn off in the trees then.

No, my singletrack came out onto a fireroad right where i saw my last attention whore. There were no other turns on this section of singletrack.

Well you went wrong somewhere didn’t you. 😉

come out with you lot was my mistake.

That’s easily solved then. 😆

If you want a guide to hold your hand try paying for one. 🙄

I would payed with a pint in the pub given the opertunity.

What quarry was that then ?
I don’t remember a quarry but it reminds me of a quarry in krygystan
Thanks for a great day out tho till the next time

:-)))))

So….SS types can’t count and if you’re not from round here, we’ll leave you for dead in the forest.

No wonder fishy wanted company yesterday! Poor beggar.

i wouldnt have (didnt) abandoned you flatfish, not all SS’ers are the same! 😉

To be fair, every time we stopped for Don to be spu, he asked if everyone was there and ready to roll. You obviously didn’t make it known that you were missing and defiantly not ready for any rolling just yet.

Thanks to all for a smashing day out.

Loved the Followthrough at the end, the only time that I felt alive all week.

Where’s the follow through then?

Any pics from the ride? Really peeved that I missed it. 😥

jimster +1

I really enjoyed the ride too Nice brownie too thanks Ted 😀

Just to point out the same group of us managed to guide nearly 300 people around the forest in April and as far as i am aware we didin’t lose anyone that day !

I remember seeing flatfish everytime i saw him he was either crashing,dabbing or walking 😆

Sorry it didnt register when you wern’t there i guess i just thought you were getting better maybe you can take us out sometime and lose us ?

Don’t get me wrong, the april event was tops, as was yesterday until everybody vanished.
I’d be happy to lose you in the mendips sometime. 😉

Big Ted – Member

Loved the Followthrough at the end, the only time that I felt alive all week.

LOL ! Not surprised, on retro-rigid & V brakes 😯

jimster – Member
Where’s the follow through then?

jimster, locally known as Year2000

Don’t get me wrong, the april event was tops, as was yesterday until everybody vanished.

We didn’t vanish, you did. We were difinatley all still there but you had um, vanished. Almost as if you were never there in the first place. We are talking about the forest of Dean STW ride ? Were you there ? It was very good.

All the trails we rode yesterday don’t exist!

All the trails we rode yesterday don’t exist!