Velmead Common lies to the east of Fleet, between the A323 and Aldershot Road towards Farnborough Airport. It is often the place I ride through to get to Caesar’s Camp and Tweseldown. I pass through it so much that I forget that it offers really good riding itself. During lockdown it was our favourite place […]
Mountain Biking around Alresford Disclaimer: This isn’t the official Watercress Way full route, but it does overlap sections of it. When I designed this route on Kamoot, I just picked trails that I thought looked fun. It was only when we were riding it and I spotted the Watercress Way route signs that I even […]
The following is a breakdown of what the conditions were like when I rode the Shipwrights Way in early September 2020. Bentley Station Through Alice Holt Forest To Cradle Lane The Shipwrights way starts at Bentley train station. Look out for the ship’s wheel markers on the signposts, these will be your friends on this […]
Hawley Lake wasn’t one of J’s regular mountain bike routes. In fact, the only reason we tried it out was because I kept seeing pretty pictures shared to one of the local Facebook groups. I thought that it seemed like a nice place to check out. Fleet to Hawley Lake The route to Hawley Lake […]
I had high hopes for the Blackwater Valley Cycle Route. Everything about it sounds like it might be a nice, gentle, pretty route through picturesque scenery. The sort of thing that the Famous Five might have done on their day off, cycling along with a picnic accompanied by lashings of ginger beer. Breakfast of Champions […]
Feel The Fear and Say F**ck It Looking back , deciding I was cycling the Shipwrights Way solo seems like a pretty crazy idea. I’ve only really been back in the bike saddle for a few months for the first time since my teens. I still don’t really know how to do simple bike maintenance. […]