PH MTB meet at Swinley Forest (Bracknell) II - Interested?

[anonymous-user]

I'll see peeps at blue trail head at 10ish, will be me on my black c456 and my mate on his black Spesh. (#murderedout)

;-)

[Herman Toothrot]

Great see you there.

[Herman Toothrot]

Well the weather looks properly st. Rain all day, I'm just on the way to pick up my mate and head on down. Water proofs def a good idea today. If possible can people coming update the thread and say they will be there (trailhead at 10am for 10:10 departure) so we are not hanging round un-necessarily getting more and more drowned :-)

[daddy cool]

Herman Toothrot said:

Well the weather looks properly st. Rain all day, I'm just on the way to pick up my mate and head on down. Water proofs def a good idea today. If possible can people coming update the thread and say they will be there (trailhead at 10am for 10:10 departure) so we are not hanging round un-necessarily getting more and more drowned :-)

I will be there (with my buddy, Ben). See you in a bit!

[daddy cool]

Cheers for organising Steve!
The cycling gods smiled on us today - the rain stopped bang on 10am and by the end of the ride it was sunshine
Nice meeting the rest of y'all too!

[ukbabz]

Was good fun to get out and get to meet you guys Bit muddy, but clothes in the wash, bike cleaned and debating a beer. All before 3pm. productive sunday!

I just need to work on my MTB skills as was struggling to keep up in bits!

[ecsrobin]

Hopefully there will be another soon, I'm moving back in 2 weeks

[Herman Toothrot]

It was surprisingly dry, although I was soaked in my waterproofs doh! Just finished cleaning my bike when the thunder started and heavens opened, so spot on timing.

Good to meet everyone, hopefully get another one in with nice fast dry trails in the summer.

Also if any ones got any other areas riding worth sharing, post up.

I'll plan a Cwmcarn trip later in the summer for sure, bit harder riding and as it more travel getting there its always worth doing both XC routes back to back, maybe with a lunch break, the cafe is good, 1000m climbing 30km for both routes.

Cheers

Steve

Edited by Herman Toothrot on Sunday 3rd May 15:21

[deadtom]

gutted I couldn't make it this time after all, exam season is a bh

[yellowjack]

I'm also "gutted I couldn't make it this time", but I didn't roll out of bed until 1050hrs this morning. Rather knackered after turfing the 'lawn' at the back of the house yesterday, and didn't fancy a schlep up to Swinley in the rain when I had the option of staying in my nice warm, dry, comfortable bed with coffee an croissants brought to me...

[anonymous-user]

Hey all, yeah it was good to catch up with some PH mtbers (And weather was perfect for a quick rip round the woods!)

If people would like a guided tour of Woburn Sands (my local trails) sometime then i'm happy to lead a ride around there ;-)

[E91 Gaz]

I was riding there today and never even noticed this thread, how big was the group. Didn't see a massive groups on my outing

[Herman Toothrot]

Hi, only a small group in the end, just 7 of us.

[anonymous-user]

Most importantly, no one fell off. Or if they did, they managed to do it out of sight and earshot of the rest of the group ;-)

[Herman Toothrot]

Yes, it was strange I though a guy was going to come who's notorious for SPD fails, completely forget what his name is, maybe I'm imagining things ;-)

[daddy cool]

Since we're all mates now, I should point out that UKbabz is a lot less sexy in real life than her his PH username would suggest.

[ukbabz]

daddy cool said:

Since we're all mates now, I should point out that UKbabz is a lot less sexy in real life than her his PH username would suggest.

haha, yeah.. although if you'd have seen the shorts today your mind may be changed!

[Gren]

Herman Toothrot said:

Yes, it was strange I though a guy was going to come who's notorious for SPD fails, completely forget what his name is, maybe I'm imagining things ;-)

Too busy rocketing up and down the tarmac these days...

[Bobley]

T'was a good day out. Thanks for organising it.

[Gren]

Weather for this Saturday is looking good so I'm going to head up to Swinley fairly early - 9ish by the lower star post, if anyone is up for a morning's riding?