We're planning a ride at Swinley Forest near Bracknell on Sunday 25th February, if anyone fancies joining us. The main aim for this is for those folk going to Spain to meet our friend, Chris who is coming on the trip too, but of course all will be welcome.
Plan is to meet 10.30 for an 11am start at the The Look Out Discovery Centre in Swinley forest. It's about 15mins off Jt 10 of the M4 and it pretty well signed, but here is the postcode to help find it: RG12 7QW
To ride at Swinley, you must purchase a day permit, price £1.50, and this goes towards maintenance of trails including purchase of specialist equipment and supplies. This is available from The Discovery Centre building. It is however free to park.
We were there last Saturday for the Shecycles ride and were shown some new sweet bits of singletrack, so hopefully we'll remember where they are!
Let us know if you're coming along.
Swinley Forest, Bracknell - Sun 25th Feb
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Great ride, a little wet and muddy in parts. We both really enjoyed ourselves but Nicky is a litlle battered and bruised so is reflecting on further MTB rides .
New mud tyres worked really well ( they had to ) wish I'd used them on the SPAM challenge. Great facility, good cafe with fantastic stodgy cakes Go Ape looked fun too
Thanks RaV for working out some great routes
New mud tyres worked really well ( they had to ) wish I'd used them on the SPAM challenge. Great facility, good cafe with fantastic stodgy cakes Go Ape looked fun too
Thanks RaV for working out some great routes
Onwards and upwards
Many thanks RaV for leading us astray round the woods. I'm sure we didn't do the place justice in the rain (& mud) so would be interested in another trip when the trails are a bit drier.
On Monday morning I managed to find a few bruises I didn't know I had - obviously missed them in the excitment of the tumble. Morale is, if while mounting your bike, you catch the back of your shorts on the front of the saddle, stop before you go down the next technical bit. Otherwise you will realise that having all your body weight forward as you go down a drop isn't a particularly wise idea .
We managed to get round to my cousins with about 10 minutes spare before supper; just enough time to wipe the mud off my face. Perfect timing
On Monday morning I managed to find a few bruises I didn't know I had - obviously missed them in the excitment of the tumble. Morale is, if while mounting your bike, you catch the back of your shorts on the front of the saddle, stop before you go down the next technical bit. Otherwise you will realise that having all your body weight forward as you go down a drop isn't a particularly wise idea .
We managed to get round to my cousins with about 10 minutes spare before supper; just enough time to wipe the mud off my face. Perfect timing
If found, please return to the pub.