The Wessex Ridgeway

Dave Barter · Post by **Dave Barter** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:01 pm

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

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

Cheeky Monkey · Post by **Cheeky Monkey** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 11:04 pm

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

Zonc · Post by **Zonc** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 8:03 am

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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Dave Barter · Post by **Dave Barter** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 8:14 am

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.

Bearbonesnorm · Post by **Bearbonesnorm** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:59 pm

A true public service you're doing there Dave

paramart · Post by **paramart** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:15 pm

well wrote dave,

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:18 pm

Dont think ill be riding this route in a hurry dave!

Dave Barter · Post by **Dave Barter** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:45 pm

Dont think ill be riding this route in a hurry dave!

Porter or Gove then?

Gari · Post by **Gari** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:33 pm

Dave Barter wrote:
Dont think ill be riding this route in a hurry dave!
Porter or Gove then?

whichever it is for god's sake leave the gopro at home

Richpips · Post by **Richpips** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:47 pm

I thought that picture of the bleeding hand on twitter was of a ladies hand.

Dave Barter · Post by **Dave Barter** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 7:07 pm

She clearly hadn't used much moisturiser

fatbikephil · Post by **fatbikephil** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 7:31 pm

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

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 7:59 pm

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

Dave Barter · Post by **Dave Barter** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:29 pm

I'm in.

ZeroDarkBivi · Post by **ZeroDarkBivi** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:12 pm

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!

mountainbaker · Post by **mountainbaker** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:50 pm

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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