todays ride

after yesterdays awesome ride where i deviated form my usual canal path - puncture - walk home i ventured just off the canal path onto the reservoir . rode around that a few times and went on a path i spotted on google earth

was a wicked path , all uphill . ended along a road that leads pretty close to the house

so today i started from the road ready to blast it downhill

bugger , didnt see that yesterday when going the other way :cry:



spent a long time wondering if i should go for it anyway , finally deciding not to as there might be an angry farmer waiting at the farm near the bottom

there was a public footpath sign just before the private sign . i hoped it would be nearly as good



however at the end of the woods and across some fields it leads back to a road

i head back home and instead to the canal path , there was a path opposite the entrance to the reservoir i wanted to try

this is what the canal path looks like



lots of wind today and the stuff on top of the water had gathered into one place



this is the path opposite the reservoir . i stood in the middle of the road to get that pic



lots of steady uphill



at the top i could see the canal



just on the right is where the bench was . i had a choice of where to go from here



straight over ? looks like it hasnt seen any action in a while



down ? i had a good feeling it went to the canal



i went up



this track went very far and was muddy



it just kept going up and up



of course i pushed all of this going up





still going





by now ive crossed a road or 2



no idea where i am now





i reach some really interesting uphill now . coming back down this on a rigid was amazing , i had to stop halfway as my arms were too pumped up i rimmed the front at least once . this bit coming back down was amazing





bugger , ive ran out of county



i rode all the way back down , even through all the bottom bracket deep mud and ruts . had to dab a couple times when the front wheel would try to climb out the side of a rut and i came to a stop when the front wheel dug in and i dabbed a foot . the path going down did lead to the canal and i mustave looked strange to the couple walking their dog batteries in the camera ran out next time im going to see where a few of the paths leading off go

Look like a fun ride. What bike are you riding?

thats a 98 dmr trailstar

im knackered now , ready for some sleep

you seem to like the ups as much as the downs! good to see some pics of a ride too!

yeah ive lived in lincs for 4 years and i miss a good uphill

the ups are as fun as the downs

ill be going for a lower gear soon and hopefully itl dry . i think getting to the top of that is my new challenge . its difficult to pedal in the ruts so im not sure if ill ever manage it but ill give it a damn good go

it was about time i got some riding pics , i had to endure having the camera in my pocket though as i never ride with a bag

Cool, nice little story you got doing on!

Nice route and it looked like the sun came out once or twice for you. Pity about the deep ruts but you might be able to get around the edges and only suffer a few scratches and grazes! When that lot dries you'll get up it OK.

Haven't you got an OS map of the area yet Perry?

ive been cross referencing some routes on bikely ( fook all detail ) with google earth so i have a vague idea of where to go

would an OS map have all the bridle/public rights of way ?

can i find it online ?

havnt managed to get a loop yet . imagine the canal path being a straight horizontal and this starts by coming off it , going alongside then vertically . i need to join the 2 together nice and far from the house so i dont have to stop and turn around . be really nice to have a lap

i havnt bothered looking where i ended up yet

Yeah, OS maps have rights of way, the 1:25000 are the best. You can go on www.streetmap.co.uk and look at your area though, I think it's 1:50000 but has all ROW on there.

ive been looking it over and ive worked out a loop but half is road . it does leave me with a nice long downhill though

the pic with the Leicestershire sign is only where i decided to stop and turn around . over the road the track carries on but i wasnt sure if it was another private road only leading to a farm but after looking at google earth and streetmap i can go along the road where i started , go past the private road and join the track further along , thatl then take me straight down to the canal path . nice and easy . either along the road and downhill or uphill then end along the road

the track is called viking way and it passes fanny wood the bit of good downhill is big wood