Planning a ride down that way on Sunday - there was an article in DiRE a few weeks ago which suggested this was a good area for riding. Any of you folks got any experience of this area/ good places to stop for a cuppa round Shaftesbury? -- jeremy '01 Triumph Sprint ST in green _______________________________________ jeremy0505 at gmail.com
Hmm that thought had crossed my mind. Not too set on the route, just want to explore the region. -- jeremy '01 Triumph Sprint ST in green _______________________________________ jeremy0505 at gmail.com
Ride up it and enjoy but be careful of cages cutting corners on the way down. Best place round there for a cuppa (and the obligatory bacon sandwich) is Old Sarum airfield. From memory it is up the top then bear off to the right. Mikey
The hill itself is fun - easier going up than down though. I went down a few weeks ago with little one on the back who constantly twisted and turned trying to see back up, despite much shouting from the front. Don't put it in the centrestand facing up Gold Hill.
Seconded. Haven't been there for a while but always seems popular with gentlemen of the powered bicycle persuasion, specially older ones. You also get to see lots of bouncy landings and takeoffs and some of the smallest real aircraft I've ever seen.
Did you have to enlist help to get it off again? -- jeremy '01 Triumph Sprint ST in green _______________________________________ jeremy0505 at gmail.com
I'll add that to my possible agenda. Ta. -- jeremy '01 Triumph Sprint ST in green _______________________________________ jeremy0505 at gmail.com
Never actually done that but did park a GPX750 facing downhill with the front wheel on the kerb near Boscombe pier to stop it rolling off the sidestand. Certainly stopped it rolling off. Took about ten minutes grunting (old Yorkshire biking meditation technique) to back it far enough from the kerb[1] to move off.[2] [1] I just typed berk twice there.[3] [2] Course I didn't ask anyone for help. The only other people around were some nasty biker types. [3] I think Freud wants his slip back now.
I just found this http://www.bournemouth-surfing.co.uk/community-webcams.php?cam=southbourne and wondered if those traffic master cams have web addresses. Now *that* would be useful.
That takes me back to when I was a southern poofter. The hill itself is fun but not very long. Cranborne Chase generally is pretty, though, so worth a visit.
Was closed Ah right - not actually at Old Sarum to the north-ish of Salisbury then.... -- jeremy '01 Triumph Sprint ST in green _______________________________________ jeremy0505 at gmail.com
It was. Still, managed a good 170 mile blast this morning, which was nice. -- jeremy '01 Triumph Sprint ST in green _______________________________________ jeremy0505 at gmail.com
