Bike Ride

[Chubbs]

Right, I got my bike back which i didint even know my dad leant it out to someone.

Wheres good to cycle around swindon?

[pumbaa]

Magic Roundabout?

[Ralphy]

The magicroundabout .

[Ralphy]

bollocks!

beat me.

[Bogus Dave]

very few places i suspect in januray, other than the obvious lydiard, coate water etc

i rode to cotswold water park with my mates last year, that was good. But that was in june, i think it may be a little different this time of year.

[pumbaa]

bollocks!

beat me.

Hehehe, only just though.

Great minds and all that eh?

[Bennett]

magic roundabout?

[Reg Smeeton]

Right, I got my bike back which i didint even know my dad leant it out to someone.

Wheres good to cycle around swindon?

 Now you're talking....TBH I've not been on my bike for about 18 months,  but before that for many years a pedalist of some distinction.  I keep meaning to do the bit of work to get my bike back on the road.

 Swindon has in fact got a rather decent network of cycle tracks, bits of quiet road etc,  that make it just about possible to cycle anywhere safely.  Similarly these can be linked up to lanes etc to get in and out of town reasonably easily.

  Living in OT the most difficult bit is to Wooton Bassett, in a reasonably sensible fashion.....there is a route all  through  West Swindon, but very much a long way round.  If you're prepared to say do 30-40 miles then there are some marvellous routes out and around.

 So where abouts do ypou live Chubbs?  what sort of mileage are you thinking about?  Give me a clue and I'll give you a decent route.

[Bushey Boy]

We usually do West Swindon via old town to Barbary castle, then long way back - about 25 miles I think, its a killer but good views

[yeo]

Shaw Forest (tip ..whatever) is easy enough to get to via cycle routes and  non boggy because its been pathed all round.To be honest you cycle from one side of swindon to the other in 20 minutes and there are cycle routes everywhere anyway.

Barbury Castles a nice ride with a bitch of hill but thats Summer fare for me.

[Reg Smeeton]

Shaw Forest (tip ..whatever) is easy enough to get to via cycle routes and  non boggy because its been pathed all round.To be honest you cycle from one side of swindon to the other in 20 minutes and there are cycle routes everywhere anyway.

Barbury Castles a nice ride with a bitch of hill but thats Summer fare for me.

   Once you're up to Barbury then rolling along to Rockley via 4 mile clump is a good one, then on down into Marlborough and back by the old railway line is a decent 30 miler.

[Miss Angry]

If you pop into the library you can can a map of all Swindon cycle routes! It's great!

[Samdy Gray]

No need to go to the library...

http://www.swindon.gov.uk/swindoncycle1.pdf

[BANGKOK RED]

The old railway track is good for a shorter trek, doesn't take long on a bike though.

Growing up in Park South, Coate Water was dead close to me and once you get behind coate then there are all sorts of Random track's to get lost on (Which I did often, I loved getting lost, sort of added to the adventure). In the summer I used to follow the Ridgeway all the way to Avebury and back, although I woudn't recommend it this time of year.

Behind Coate you also have Liddington hill and Barbury Castle (I think!!!)

Mountain biking used to be a keen hobby of mine, I even spent 1,500 quid on a specialized rockhopper something once, which was promptly knicked within a month after letting my brother borrow it to go to town, duh!

Asides from Avebury I never really set off with a target destination, I preferred to just see what was about and twice I stumbled across Army Excerices wiv tanks and stuff, which was cool.

[Reg Smeeton]

 

Asides from Avebury I never really set off with a target destination, I preferred to just see what was about and twice I stumbled across Army Excerices wiv tanks and stuff, which was cool.

 I've done a bit of walking on Salisbury Plain, which is rich in wildlife and archaeology....mainly because it hasnt been subjected to agribusiness.  Its weird because the rights of way are a bit vague....in many cases in theory there are still paths but often nobody much bothers due to the militarry presence.

 When John Major was PM  he introduced the Citizen's Charter....one of which was a leaflet entitled Walks on MoD land with a phone number to check military movements.....I rang up to sort out a route I had devised....they didn't have a clue what I was talking about...just said do it anyway, but don't mess with shells, or go anywhere with a red flag.

 But then you get the tanks and strike helicopters flying around....it feels like they decide you'll do as some sort of fucking target for an operation.

  Not exactly relaxing.