Cycling: Sally-in-the-Woods

speedbird591 · Post by **speedbird591** » 05 Oct 2009, 19:06

A nice day again on Sunday, but as I was nursing a twinge of sciatica I thought I'd avoid the off-road stuff for this ride. I devised a route using unclassified Wiltshire lanes, with much of it running through thickly wooded hills. Sally-in-the-Woods is an area just to the east of Bath and named after an old lady who used to live alone in the woods. That's not an official name but everybody in a wide radius knows it as that. I wish I'd taken more notice of the contour lines when I was planning the route and the fact that one hill had double chevrons for a descent and another had single chevrons for an ascent. For those unfamiliar with Ordnance Survey maps, these chevrons are used sparingly to denote the very steepest of gradients. As you can see in the fourth picture I plummeted down a 25% (1 in 4) hill with a right angle corner halfway down. That's a drop of one metre every four metres and even with hydraulic discs and newly fitted pads, they were fading noticeably by the bottom but it was too steep to walk down so I didn't have a lot of choice. A bit worrying though

Anyway, here's some pics.

Ian

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 05 Oct 2009, 19:11

Great shots as always Ian.

Post by **DaveB** » 05 Oct 2009, 20:59

Ian..

I think you should consider taking someone of the fair sex along with you.. as Brian (FlyTexas) does. I dunno why but his shots seem to generate a lot of interest

SO.. you've not taken to riding in your spandex shorts where the general public go yet??

Saying that.. you didn't come past the pub yesterday did you

ATB

DaveB

Post by **Garry Russell** » 05 Oct 2009, 21:01

Don't you mean the unfair sex Dave??

Great shots again Ian

I wish I could ride mine

Garry

Post by **DaveB** » 05 Oct 2009, 21:04

Well yes.. a female would do rather than cheat us with inviting, suggestive titles

ATB

DaveB

Post by **Garry Russell** » 05 Oct 2009, 21:07

Women.....never were dreams and reality further apart

Garry

forthbridge · Post by **forthbridge** » 05 Oct 2009, 21:22

Nice shots again Ian.... although I was a little disappointed not to see 'Sally'

Post by **Garry Russell** » 05 Oct 2009, 21:32

She was hiding in the wood Jim

Garry

forthbridge · Post by **forthbridge** » 05 Oct 2009, 21:37

Garry Russell wrote:She was hiding in the wood Jim

Garry

Ian must have had the extra tight Spandex on.......

speedbird591 · Post by **speedbird591** » 05 Oct 2009, 21:44

DaveB wrote:Ian..I think you should consider taking someone of the fair sex along with you..

Are you completely mad? The whole point is the utter freedom of it

DaveB wrote:SO.. you've not taken to riding in your spandex shorts where the general public go yet??

If you've tried cycling far in jeans or cotton shorts then you'll know the meaning of pain

Softly padded, seamless, snug shorts are heaven. But you won't see mine because they fit inside three-quarter length baggys. Sadly, the only thing that lets down the cool ensemble is my legs!

Maybe I will ride over to Streatley one day and see if I can get past the fashion-police bouncers! The rustle of a crisp ten bob note should do the trick!

Jim - I don't think so. We're talking about a long dead witch

Not even a Scotsman could harbour such fantasies

Ian

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