Today's Ride ..The Simonside Hills , Northumberland .with pi
Oct 8, 2016 16:22:31 GMT
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Post by hodgy on Oct 8, 2016 16:22:31 GMT
Please don't read or view this post if you firmly believe that as the law stands in England at the moment we should on no account ride on paths...as 80% of this ride was .
You see I don't think it's right ...never have ..and unless it's the landowner who is asking me to leave will defend my right to be there ..although to be fair the majority of ramblers that I come across these days are totally fine..
This set of hills are some of the bonniest in the entire country nevermind just Northumberland..and to be honest because they are a ramblers honeypot I have never ridden them in 20 years of mountain biking ( and they are only 40mins away) as I had heard that there would be major conflict with walking groups ....until today !
It became apparent however that if we were hoping to do this " under the radar " those hopes evaporated when we hit the car park to find a large international orienteering event on !
You know what though the organisers & competitors were as good as gold ..very chatty and friendly as were the 2 or 3 sets of walkers we met while riding .
Anyway we had Colin with us ( a Scotsman)..and their right to roam is transferable ( cough cough !) .
It was an absolutely superb ride..with a bit of everything in it and goes right to the top of my list in terms of rides in my home county.
Many thanks to my partners in crime ..Paul, Graham ..Barry ( don't leave it so long until you join us again) and especially Colin for his knowledge of the area ..that rocked !
The pictures will have to follow as I am being dragged 20 miles down the road to do a food shop at our nearest ( big ) supermarket ..they are worth waiting for though ( lol)
You see I don't think it's right ...never have ..and unless it's the landowner who is asking me to leave will defend my right to be there ..although to be fair the majority of ramblers that I come across these days are totally fine..
This set of hills are some of the bonniest in the entire country nevermind just Northumberland..and to be honest because they are a ramblers honeypot I have never ridden them in 20 years of mountain biking ( and they are only 40mins away) as I had heard that there would be major conflict with walking groups ....until today !
It became apparent however that if we were hoping to do this " under the radar " those hopes evaporated when we hit the car park to find a large international orienteering event on !
You know what though the organisers & competitors were as good as gold ..very chatty and friendly as were the 2 or 3 sets of walkers we met while riding .
Anyway we had Colin with us ( a Scotsman)..and their right to roam is transferable ( cough cough !) .
It was an absolutely superb ride..with a bit of everything in it and goes right to the top of my list in terms of rides in my home county.
Many thanks to my partners in crime ..Paul, Graham ..Barry ( don't leave it so long until you join us again) and especially Colin for his knowledge of the area ..that rocked !
The pictures will have to follow as I am being dragged 20 miles down the road to do a food shop at our nearest ( big ) supermarket ..they are worth waiting for though ( lol)
... wouldn't fancy getting caught out in the rain on a windy day up there tho 
