Although I was looking forward to today’s Brookwood ride, I wasn’t exactly over the moon about the weather report. Storm Alex had brought downpours all of yesterday. Today I woke up to more of the same. I’ll confess that I am absolutely a fair weather rider. Even in normal life I don’t do rain. Or […]
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 […]
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 […]
After a few more weeks and some introspection and apologising on my part, I persuaded J to take me back out on the bike. By now my ride ambitions were stretching beyond local laps of the nature reserve. Lockdown was starting to get to me and I was longing for some adventure. Restrictions had eased […]