Aftermath of "Gentle GS bimble Saturday 9th February 2008, Newbury area"

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Loz, JamesM, Desert Rat and myself left Chieveley services around 12.15, following JamesM down the A34 to the first Byway on our list for today, the "Ox Drove" just North of Burghclere.

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The Eastern end of the "Ox Drove" - not so much of a ford, more of a large puddle :)

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A quick visit to the Byway South of Burghclere then a few miles down and a mile up the A34 to join the Wayfarer's Walk at the De Havilland memorial, quite deep muddy ruts (a common theme of the afternoon) leading up a hill, where JamesM decided to have a bit of lie down :augie

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Out of the trees into more damn ruts :(

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Caught up with Loz at the Warren and time for a Coffee :)

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A nice drop of scenery

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The Northern end of the warren

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We skipped the "ruts of doom" and sent Loz down on his own - he reported it wasn't too bad.

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Yeah, right, that's probably why a TRO start Monday for 6 months from SU430575 to SU410591

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The Wayfarer's from Walbury Hill to Woodcote Road. I didn't think I had done the first part of this, but Loz reminded me Bakerman took us up this track for a recce a couple of Hograosts ago. It was in the dark, which was probably why I didn't remember it :)

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I was sloppy third's at this stage :eek:

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Which, I guess, is better than sloppy fourth's ;)

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A short stretch of non-ruts - hooray!

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At least we had firm ground underneath

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The end of the section

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While most were content to use the rutted part, someone decided the bit next to the fence was easier.

Probably, until you hit the hidden fence posts :D

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Heave...

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I'd had my "two hours worth" at this stage, so we headed for home.

Desert Rat reminding us why you shouldn't park on the side stand downhill, when investigating a lack of brakes :D

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Back in Reading, we had time for a pint though

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A good afternoon out, just what I needed. Thanks for joining me chaps :thumb2

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Brilliant pics of fantastic lanes - looks like you had loads of fun! :clap

Couldn't make it in the end, there was just too much on my list (will spend the next three weekends on the trails, so had to fulfil a few other duties first... :()
 
Hi All
Great Great to see the big bikes being used on the lanes hope to see more on this site :thumb2 Thank's for sharing photo's



Would be nice to see more signs like this I saw to day on the trail
not the one you came across TRO lanes don't aways re open :(

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cracking.
after living all my former life 3 mins from the oxdrove know it very well.
looks like you had a ball.:thumb
 
Looks like I missed a great couple of hours riding.
That'll teach me to be off guard & strip the bike down for a spring fettle and miss out on a localish ride.

Cheers for the pics. Particularly like the 'let's laugh at the post basher' shot:thumb2
 
Excellent pics, I bloody hate big muddy ruts:aidan
 
A top afternoon out, lots of fun. Cheers Clive for organising, Simon for helping to pick my bike up :D, and loz for making it all look so damned easy...
Till next time.
Cheers
James
 
thank's for a good day lad's especially simon for riding so slow, giving us plenty of time for a rest and giving us a good laugh by constantly falling off :augie

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loz
 
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