Guided ride - Sherwood Pines, NCB area, & Vicar Water. Sun 28th Jun'26

[Rockhopper70]

As is the way, I may have to move a child out of Uni digs over the course of the weekend, and the notice I’ll get of this might be short. I should know the night before and I’ll drop an update on here either way.

 

[Davvee]

Cya there @steve_sordy

 

[steve_sordy]

We now have 9 riders.

We now have 6 definites
@steve_sordy Confirmed
@johnc Confirmed
@weiran TBC
@Davvee Confirmed
@skismith +1 TBC

And 3 possibles TBC
@Rockhopper70
@kefconstruction 's +2


To save us all hanging about for possible latecomers, it would be great if all could either confirm that they are definitely coming or definitely not coming.

 

[steve_sordy]

Hi Steve
I'm going to have to miss this yet again some things have come up, one day I will get a ride around sherwood with you!! The other 2 that were coming with me may still come but if there not there for set off time just leave without them, for all going hope you have a great ride

Thanks @kefconstruction , If your two buddies still want to come ask them to let you know and you can drop me a msg. The ride that @johnc and I have planned is very much better than anything Sherwood Pines alone can offer.

 

[skismith]

We now have 9 riders.

We now have 6 definites
@steve_sordy Confirmed
@johnc Confirmed
@weiran TBC
@Davvee Confirmed
@skismith +1 TBC

And 3 possibles TBC
@Rockhopper70
@kefconstruction 's +2


To save us all hanging about for possible latecomers, it would be great if all could either confirm that they are definitely coming or definitely not coming.

Hi all my TBC is Mark Brassington & he’s a definite.

 

[steve_sordy]

Updated 26th Jun'26

We now have a possible 10 riders.

We now have 7 definites
@steve_sordy Confirmed
@johnc Confirmed
@weiran Confirmed
@Davvee Confirmed
@skismith +1 Confirmed
@Sparkomatic Confirmed

And 3 possibles TBC
@Rockhopper70
@kefconstruction 's +2 (Kef said not to wait for his +2)


To save us all hanging about for possible latecomers, it would be great if all could either confirm that they are definitely coming or definitely not coming.

 

[Sparkomatic]

Hi @steve_sordy
Plans have changed meaning I'm free Sunday so I'd like to come along. Cheers!

 

[steve_sordy]

I was out at PInes again yesterday, suffering on your behalf. I was out for 4.5 hours and only did 4.8 miles. Yes!

What the hell was I doing?

Slashing back brambles and, most unexpectedly - bracken! That stuff must have grown 15" in all directions since my last visit. It was taller than me and was shaking hands across the trail. I haven't done everywhere on our 20 mile route, just the bits that I thought might be bad, and they were worse! If I hadn't cleared them, we would have had to walk!

No more biking, no more gardening now until Sunday.

 

[The Hodge]

So potent

I was out at PInes again yesterday, suffering on your behalf. I was out for 4.5 hours and only did 4.8 miles. Yes!

What the hell was I doing?

Slashing back brambles and, most unexpectedly - bracken! That stuff must have grown 15" in all directions since my last visit. It was taller than me and was shaking hands across the trail. I haven't done everywhere on our 20 mile route, just the bits that I thought might be bad, and they were worse! If I hadn't cleared them, we would have had to walk!

No more biking, no more gardening now until Sunday.

So potentially Steve ..there could be 15.2 miles of walking ..
Very shoddy work
Only joking ..hope it all goes well..

 

[steve_sordy]

So potent

So potentially Steve ..there could be 15.2 miles of walking ..
Very shoddy work
Only joking ..hope it all goes well..

Worse than that! The 4.8 miles of riding was getting to, between, and from the two worst bits. So approx four hours of slashing, sweating and pushing the bike. What was worse, I had forgotten to apply sunscreen, so I was uncomfortably aware of the sun burning through the tree cover. Even worse than that I had also forgotten to apply insect repellent. Yikes!

Afterwards, I was chatting to one of the Sherwood PInes Cycles guys, and he told me that they had lent two emtbs for the Forest England rangers to prune back the overgrowth (regular trails only) with their powered cutters. When they returned they said that they could not believe how much the bracken had grown in just one week. Enormous growth were the words they used.

If I haven't seen it, it's not there!

 

[kefconstruction]

One of the lads is definitely coming he said he will see you there and looking forward to it

 

[kefconstruction]

One of the lads is definitely coming he said he will see you there and looking forward to it

Funnily enough his name is Steve aswell!!

 

[The Hodge]

Enormous growth were the words they used.

Yep its sprouting up ..bloody sunshine has got a lot to answer for ..