boboneleg Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Today we were due a break between the howling winds that Tym kindly sent over from his flag island so it was a good chance to go for a trail ride. Only one destination in mind and that was the Fosseway, nice and steady and a good way to worm my way back in as my last trail ride was June 2021 . I met Tony at Castle Combe and we set off for Summer Lane but that was blocked by a fallen tree, so backtrack and straight onto the Fosseway at Fossegate. Lots of puddles and fallen branches to avoid but apart from that no dramas until we stopped at the ford, no fording today so we took the bridge instead............. There was some evidence on an unsucessful previous attempt by someone else............ We carried on another couple of miles until coming across this coming towards us. I asked the driver if it was ok to take some photos as I had never seen a carriage on a byway before........... At the junction with the Kemble road we took the UCR around the airfield. Stopped here to open a gate, you can see planes in the background................. We wern't sure if the AV8 cafe was open or not as it had been closed for a couple of months. When we got there we found out why, it probably takes a fair while to manouvere a jumbo jet into a position where it can greet you as park in the cafe car park After a nice cup of coffee and watching several light aircraft taking off in fairly gusty winds we made oue way over to some lanes south of Cirencester.............. and then found a handy bench to sit on and eat our sandwiches on a farm track south of Malmesbury From there we rode a couple more lanes before parting on the A420. I rode down to a local garage with a jet wash to get rid of the mud and than made my way back home. It was great to ride a bike on loose surfaces again and feel it moving about beneath me and the bonus was not a single badger 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Cool stuff, you have a horse wearing a visibility jacket and a coffee spot inside a jumbo jet, it’s like the Jetsons appart from the mud. Nice to see you out again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Great report Bob....the horse drawn carriage was very impressive! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, XTreme said: Great report Bob....the horse drawn carriage was very impressive! She asked if I would send her the photos, I have been in correspondence with her this evening, what a lovely lady .............. www.learntocarriagedrive.co.uk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 Btw @XTreme , that ford is the one where you superimposed my leg in it about 17 years ago 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Btw @XTreme , that ford is the one where you superimposed my leg in it about 17 years ago I looked at the pic and thought....there's something missing! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 2 hours ago, boboneleg said: Today we were due a break between the howling winds that Tym kindly sent over from his flag island so it was a good chance to go for a trail ride. Only one destination in mind and that was the Fosseway, nice and steady and a good way to worm my way back in as my last trail ride was June 2021 . I met Tony at Castle Combe and we set off for Summer Lane but that was blocked by a fallen tree, so backtrack and straight onto the Fosseway at Fossegate. Lots of puddles and fallen branches to avoid but apart from that no dramas until we stopped at the ford, no fording today so we took the bridge instead............. There was some evidence on an unsucessful previous attempt by someone else............ We carried on another couple of miles until coming across this coming towards us. I asked the driver if it was ok to take some photos as I had never seen a carriage on a byway before........... At the junction with the Kemble road we took the UCR around the airfield. Stopped here to open a gate, you can see planes in the background................. We wern't sure if the AV8 cafe was open or not as it had been closed for a couple of months. When we got there we found out why, it probably takes a fair while to manouvere a jumbo jet into a position where it can greet you as park in the cafe car park After a nice cup of coffee and watching several light aircraft taking off in fairly gusty winds we made oue way over to some lanes south of Cirencester.............. and then found a handy bench to sit on and eat our sandwiches on a farm track south of Malmesbury From there we rode a couple more lanes before parting on the A420. I rode down to a local garage with a jet wash to get rid of the mud and than made my way back home. It was great to ride a bike on loose surfaces again and feel it moving about beneath me and the bonus was not a single badger So warming where can one start?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 That's a big lump of the fosse way I never got to do although maybe the TDM could of managed it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 8 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: So warming where can one start?! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 22 hours ago, boboneleg said: Btw @XTreme , that ford is the one where you superimposed my leg in it about 17 years ago Found it, it was only 16 years ago. My memory is deceiving me 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 11 hours ago, boboneleg said: Are you able to sneak along the restricted parts of the Fosse way Bob or is it no go now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Are you able to sneak along the restricted parts of the Fosse way Bob or is it no go now In Gloucestershire it's all byway Fred so all legal. There are some parts in Somerset that are no go nowadays. You're not thinking of the Ridgeway are you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 20 minutes ago, boboneleg said: In Gloucestershire it's all byway Fred so all legal. There are some parts in Somerset that are no go nowadays. You're not thinking of the Ridgeway are you ? I was thinking of this bit here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: I was thinking of this bit here It's an old map to be fair Fred it's an old map. You need to come over some time, we could do the Fosse, Macmillian Way and some other lanes to make a day of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, boboneleg said: It's an old map to be fair Fred it's an old map. You need to come over some time, we could do the Fosse, Macmillian Way and some other lanes to make a day of it. Hmmm that's a 2021 map if i go to the the larger scale it shows that bit as a restricted byway now, i was asking because i can remember doing it on the XR many years ago being led about by some lads from that way As for your offer i'm determined to drag the dog your way this year to be led about by someone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Hmmm that's a 2021 map if i go to the the larger scale it shows that bit as a restricted byway now, i was asking because i can remember doing it on the XR many years ago being led about by some lads from that way As for your offer i'm determined to drag the dog your way this year to be led about by someone That's even more strange as that bit has new (official highway) signs warning you to slow down because of the traffic coming out of Upper Fosse Farm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, boboneleg said: That's even more strange as that bit has new (official highway) signs warning you to slow down because of the traffic coming out of Upper Fosse Farm Yes that is strange i keep forgetting about the GRM and that shows it as legal (green = good to go) weird maybe it has had its status overturned and the OS maps haven't caught up yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace (BikeHedonia) Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 That looks genuinely delightful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 6 hours ago, Grace (BikeHedonia) said: That looks genuinely delightful. Thank you Grace, It was a damned sight colder than your present surroundings but great all the same. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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