The Wessex Ridgeway

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Dave Barter
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The Wessex Ridgeway

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I did this ride yesterday .. so you don't have to.

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

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Re: The Wessex Ridgeway

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Funny write-up.

I'm never going to ride with you though. You appear to have some weird MTB-related jihad being waged against you so all your rides have a disproportionate amount of "character building" in them :cool:
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Cracking adventure there. Thanks for sharing. Amusing and well crafted too unlike the usual "I did this - then that happened" write ups that so often blight our magazines :-))
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You appear to have some weird MTB-related jihad being waged against you
That's why I've binned the road bike, character building's where its at.
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A true public service you're doing there Dave :wink:
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well wrote dave, :-bd :lol: :lol:
it's not that I can and others can't, it's that I will and others won't.
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Dont think ill be riding this route in a hurry dave!
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Dont think ill be riding this route in a hurry dave!
Porter or Gove then?
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Dave Barter wrote:
Dont think ill be riding this route in a hurry dave!
Porter or Gove then?
:shock: whichever it is for god's sake leave the gopro at home :|
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I thought that picture of the bleeding hand on twitter was of a ladies hand. :lol:
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She clearly hadn't used much moisturiser
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Brilliant!
Maybe we should all design a route for Dave to do which involves, say, a reasonable amount of climbing, some nice single track, plenty of easy double track and lots of nice views as it appears that every ride he does turns into an epic :grin:
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I've just thrown a route together to try out in Stu's back garden its about 184miles as a route so u can prob add another 30 on for all the bends. Ya welcome to av a go Dave ;0) it has lots of hills a few bike hikes and plenty of overnight option's
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I'm in.
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Had a crack at this from East to West. Lasted 3 hours of the sort of sh1t you described before riding back to the van on the lanes! Some 'rides' are just not worth the misery!
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Re: The Wessex Ridgeway

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Jesus, going to the countryside in late summer and moaning about nettles and brambles is like going to a pub and moaning about the drunks.
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