Wessex Ridgeway

[lune ranger]

Considering this as a ride in a couple of weeks time.
Anyone got any info, fox etc.
Would it be a sticky nightmare in winter?
Any good bivi spots?
Is it all bridleway?
Cheers

[Dave Barter]

I think it may be grim in places currently. I rode it a few years back in better conditions

http://phased.co.uk/the-wessex-ridgeway/

[lune ranger]

You make it seem so idyllic...
No nettles at the moment though

[sean_iow]

I rode some of it on this trip

http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... 10&t=10877

It will be better if you're there before the vegetation gets going but the ground might be wet? Dyffers coment on my trip report is telling

I recognised the cross in Dave's report, it was quite the push up to there and as it appeared I thought at first I was hallucinating

[lune ranger]

Another sparkling recommendation!
Dyffers has already told me not to do it...
I feel strangely drawn towards it

I want a 1 1/2 or 2 day bivi trip in Feb that ends near Charmouth/Lyme Regis/Bridport. Any other suggestions?
Either starting anywhere near a train station or near Exeter.
I'm tempted just to put my head in the maps and DIY something just as hideous as the Wessex Ridgeway - what is there to loose

[sean_iow]

Go for it despite my experience on the bit I rode I'd still like to go back and ride the whole route. If it was easy everyone would do it and where's the achievement in that.