National 2015

[austin]

Blue hills is good - Gary and Lou run, or used to. Been RTW on a couple of dommis. Lou is or was a bike journo/ travel writer on something like the guardian We had an Xrv meet there in 2009. I Had a hoot riding gary's dommi outfit around the campsite. It's a long walk to the pub though.


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[Barftone]

Bluehills is good but a fair walk from a pub from what I remember. Wiltshire? Merkinsfarm.com near Bradford on Avon had Enfield owners this year. Nice quiet site with pub up the road. Miles of easy trails near by. Loads of history....Bradford, Bath, Avebury, etc. Could approach the owners if enough interest?

 

[Lord Vader]

Bluehills is good but a fair walk from a pub from what I remember. Wiltshire? Merkinsfarm.com near Bradford on Avon had Enfield owners this year. Nice quiet site with pub up the road. Miles of easy trails near by. Loads of history....Bradford, Bath, Avebury, etc. Could approach the owners if enough interest?

Fair walk is no good. I struggled with the walk on Saturday evening and the pub was on the campsite

 

[Rubberchicken]

Merkinsfarm.com near Bradford on Avon had Enfield owners this year. Nice quiet site with pub up the road. Miles of easy trails near by. Loads of history....Bradford, Bath, Avebury, etc. Could approach the owners if enough interest?

Nice area I've never been to on the bike, that sounds good to me. Pub within crawling distance. Cafe on site for breakfast, that's nice. Campsite seems a bit small though, they say only 1 shower and 2 toilets. That's even less than Takoda.

 

[Kjell Lindberg]

The dates are usually always the same. On my daughters birthday
Beginning of September

Kjell, if you enjoyed the file I send you, PM me your address and I send you something similar

You have now a PM.
Thank You Lord McVader

 

[Lord Vader]

Hows about something in the South downs or The New Forest?

Camping in the new Forest on a bike is a bit tricky. Tried it a few years ago, booked online,rocked up on the bike,walked into reception in my bike gear and was promptly asked if we brought a portable toilet as none where supplied on the campsite. When i asked them in a calm and controlled manner where the feck they recon i should strap a porterloo to my bike i was asked to leave. Nothing at all on the website mentioned anything about loos. Anyway i brought the kitchen sink as usual and thought that was enough

 

[Ian Porter]

Nothing at all on the website mentioned anything about loos. Anyway i brought the kitchen sink as usual and thought that was enough

you needed a toilet and brought the kitchen sink?

I'm no even going to ask........

just never make me a coffee in your house

 

[boboneleg]

New Forest is beautiful but the roads are a pain in the a*se, 40mph limit everywhere. What about Salisbury Plain?

 

[Whealie]

New Forest is beautiful but the roads are a pain in the a*se, 40mph limit everywhere. What about Salisbury Plain?

Know a campsite that will have us - with a pubnearby? Even within spitting distance (north side better).

 

[Lord Vader]

What about Salisbury Plain?

Well you guys know the roads and off road stuff down that way......so convince us it should be Salisbury Plain

Somebody might want to drop RichieB a PM about it

 

[Raymo]

Northumberland !!!! Holy Island

 

[Lord Vader]

Northumberland !!!! Holy Island

NOOOOOOOOOOO
not another Island :vomit-1: :vomit-1: :vomit-1:
Piel didn't go to well for most which where there

 

[Lutin]

Northumberland !!!! Holy Island

NOOOOOOOOOOO
not another Island :vomit-1: :vomit-1: :vomit-1:
Piel didn't go to well for most which where there

S'alright Pete - there's no camping allowed on Holy Island.

It's a local island for local people.

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

NOOOOOOOOOOO
not another Island :vomit-1: :vomit-1: :vomit-1:
Piel didn't go to well for most which where there

S'alright Pete - there's no camping allowed on Holy Island.

It's a local island for local people.

Thank god for that

Phil

Edit, chatting to a friend last night Re planning a lads trip away to the lakes.

He says, ''been looking on the map, there is a shipbuilding museum in Barrow, we could then could go onto Walney Island, not far from there is a little island called Piel and it has a castle on it, dunno if you have been that way before?''

WELL......[emoji3]

 

[Lord Vader]

S'alright Pete - there's no camping allowed on Holy Island.

It's a local island for local people.

Thank god for that

Phil

Phew

 

[Barftone]

What about Salisbury Plain?

Well you guys know the roads and off road stuff down that way......so convince us it should be Salisbury Plain

biggest network of easy dirt roads bar none ... Avebury.....stonehenge....vale of pewsey....wells....glastonbury....bath....bristol....salisbury......wadworths.......bradford the nice one...castle combe.....blah blah blah

 

[boboneleg]

Well you guys know the roads and off road stuff down that way......so convince us it should be Salisbury Plain

biggest network of easy dirt roads bar none ... Avebury.....stonehenge....vale of pewsey....wells....glastonbury....bath....bristol....salisbury......wadworths.......bradford the nice one...castle combe.....blah blah blah

Tone,

would the 'Three Magpies' at Seend be big enough and have the facilities? I've only ridden from there for the day (with you), not camped before. I've been looking online and can't really find any other suitable site.

 

[Whealie]

We must be able to find somewhere north of the Plain that will take us. Surely anywhere between Oxford and Bath would be close enough and have plenty for road riders. We could visit the source of the Thames, for example.

 

[boboneleg]

The source of the Thames really isn't very exciting Chris, plus the locals will point to at least three different spots

 

[Lowflyer]

I'm with Tone and Bob, anything like this years and it will be excellent

Can we do a major off road sesh ? Tone's suggestion looks like a go-er for me.
Where are the plains anyway ??????