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Redmans
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J55TTC
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thatscold
Joined: 17 May 2008
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 Posted Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:18 am |
| Quote: | Well, Ill be darned...
Just when I thought I knew swinley well I go and find about an hours worth of new stuff including a cool little stream crossing
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Can you share these new routes?
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billysan
Joined: 04 Jul 2009
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Location: Reading
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J55TTC
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deadkenny
Joined: 04 Jul 2009
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Location: Woking, Surrey
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Posted Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:59 pm |
My last trace covers a fair amount, including Seagulls, The Stickler, Tank Traps, Whole Nine Yards, Babymaker(maybe)/ Labyrinth, plus a bit going on from the bottom on Labyrinth which hits a recently refurbed section with a couple of very short bridges (over a stream? well, ditch), and a couple of tiny bits out on the Crowthorne side (near Seagulls) which were new to me.
http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/workoutdetail/index.do?id=1637943
My plan is to map these somehow on Google Maps or similar, marking up the actual sections.
My mission on further visits is to explore a lot of other areas. There's a lot more out there. I also haven't ventured outside of the Swinley estate itself (e.g. towards Crowthorne and also south into MOD land).
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billysan
Joined: 04 Jul 2009
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Location: Reading
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Posted Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:13 pm |
Thats a good start at mapping it. If you click on the satelite image button you can just about make out the major fire roads, and from those work out what you're been riding on!!
Did you do that loop non stop? The data points towards that, it looks like a nice loop to do if you want to get a training ride in with limited time to hand.
Thanks for sharing.
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deadkenny
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J55TTC
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Posted Thu Oct 1, 2009 3:09 pm |
Its hard to explain where this new bit is I found so Ill post some images.
First one is my 30km route excluding crowethorne and seagul
This one is where this new bit is
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chubby666
Joined: 30 Jul 2009
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Posted Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:08 pm |
To anyone that may be interested :
i'll be riding Swinley allmost everyday from 2nd Nov - 6th nov mainly Single trac and Jump gully also be looking for the D/H sections
 
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billysan
Joined: 04 Jul 2009
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Posted Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:11 pm |
You're going to spend a whole week riding in the gulley and on the 'downhill sections'?
You cant get bored very easily then?!
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deadkenny
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Posted Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:08 pm |
A lot of the kids just spend all day in the gully. Would bore me to death but they're kids (the kind like snowboarders who will go all the way to a ski resort and just spend the whole week in the snow park). Then again, I can't do jumps anyway.
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chubby666
Joined: 30 Jul 2009
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Posted Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:27 pm |
| billysan wrote: | You're going to spend a whole week riding in the gulley and on the 'downhill sections'?
You cant get bored very easily then?! |
how could i possibly get bored ! the buzz of being airbourne and very fast descents ? probably spend a couple of hours doing this then another couple of hours riding the singletracs and lookig for other routes , now how could that be boring 
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billysan
Joined: 04 Jul 2009
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Location: Reading
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Posted Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:14 pm |
My point being there isnt really anywhere that you can descend 'fast' for more than a few seconds!!
If you've got a whole week to spend there riding why not try exploring a bit more? Ie beyond Swinley?
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m_cozzy
Joined: 19 Sep 2009
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:22 pm |
There is a gorrick event this coming sunday (8th). I only saw a little sign way out in the forest advertising this. Does anyone know how much this limits the trails? I'm thinking of changing the usual sunday morning ride to a saturday if all the good bits are roped off for a race?
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missmarple
Joined: 23 Sep 2008
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Location: London, UK
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Posted Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:15 pm |
I'm meant to be going to Swinley on Friday night with the club, anyone know the conditions of it at the mo?
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billysan
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Posted Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:33 pm |
Moist?!
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missmarple
Joined: 23 Sep 2008
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Posted Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:16 pm |
I hope it isn't soggy, went through 36 miles of the North Downs yesterday - should've come dressed for swimming as it was that messy.
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billysan
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Posted Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:50 pm |
To be fair I wasnt actually in Swinley yesterday, went down towards Blackbush. But it is pretty muddy. Some of the tracks in Swinley have been waterlogged for a couple of weeks now, and remember we've had a fair bit of rain over the last 24 hours.
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