Right then boys and girls as it's less than 2 weeks away here's a heads up .Public car park next to Mc Donalds Minehead Saturday April 3rd .930 for a 10 am roll out .I f you were there last summer you'll remember a cracking day .So more of the same .Slog to Dunkery can be left out if you want .Keep in the fun bits Stoke Pero descent to Horner Water .Going to add a bit of a climb up Grannys to take in more sweet descending .Eats at the tea garden at Horner(she'll be open weather permitting ) .Sublime singletrack from Selworthy Beacon down North Hill to finish .Oh and an option of fish n chips on the beach at the end .Sound ok ?If so stick yer name down need to warn the tea garden lady how many roughly to expect .
So come along and say cheerio to the old bugger before he sets off for 5 months of hell in Whistler ! 😀
Judsey 😀
Pikey 😯
I'll have a crispy bacon roll with clotted cream please 😆
bugger no can do 🙁
i'll be there
I've got a freedom pass that day and have been wondering where to ride. This sounds like fun, albeit quite a hike from oxon, but then that's why alarm clocks (and children) were invented. I wonder if it's mad to try and drive that far on a bank holiday. Hmm
just realised this is the easter W/E, i might have other plans and as said above M5 from Worcs to there on a BH doesn't appeal much 😕
I'll be there 🙂
What happened Andy ?
BTW think you ought to stay away from Weacombe .Got the hex on you mate ! 8)
Yep, I'll be there, transport permitting. 😆
I may fancy coming... How far will it be?
About 20 ish miles .
It's quite hilly, but the pace is very sociable with no one left behind or make to feel awkward. Last summer's STW Exmoor Safari was my favourite group ride of the year.
I'm keen. Depends on the bird and her plans for Easter.
Every time you post about this, I have to balance the moral scales against leaving someone who's flown around the world to see me. It's a close run thing 😳
Cool sounds like a reasonable length ride... I'll have to decide nearer the time...
Rich how long is your visitor here for ? It's only a day and you don't have to stay for fish n chips . 😀
Think I'll be able to come FW. Will you make the cakes?
Hmmmmmm Easter Saturday. Thinks.
Ah yes, I will wave from the top of Skiddaw. Wave back!
It's a bugger having friends in the Lakes. 8)
Have fun everyone.
AB thats great .
Who's FW ?
Free Willy ? x
I could be up for this ride weather permitting
Mulletus Maximus - Member
Yep, I'll be there, transport permitting.
Your carriage awaits Sir. Sorry it will be a bit grubby but it's an mtb'ers wagon 🙄
Edit: oldfart - you don't mind an old Swinley scumbag coming do you? 😉
Elaine always welcome and yes you can bring an old Swinley scumbag as well . 8)
Think will struggle to make this bro. 😥 Will let you know closer too.
Right, decided I'll brave the traffic & leave at the crack of dawn. See you there 😀
OF you know I went tubeless well I slashed my sidewall open on something
Nobby Nicks are a bit thin on the sidewalls
I will have revenge on weacombe 😈 at least it was after the gate
Andy's new bike:-
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oldfart - I will be bringing "the new girl" 😀
Andy - bad luck but hope you won't be working or anything silly like that!
Can we have a "what tyre for Exmoor" thread please? I'm sort of not using tubeless now so as I can be a tyre tart 🙄 Wimmin's logic innit?
I'm still on. Whereabouts in Minehead is McDonalds?
CG bad news I am working on our soap making enterprise ( 6 day weeks for me and I am knackered), so only available to play on sundays
i'll be there - mr fart is buying my lunch 😆
Lol @ Dibbs .Andy will be getting an inferiority complex if your not careful . 😀
Sponging Machine .Coming along the A39 after Dunster turn right at the 1st roundabout .Think it's signposted seafront .Mc Ds along that road on left hand side .Pay n display car park next to Mc Ds own .Cheapest for all day parking .
Aleigh your on providing you promise to leave my legs alone at Brechfa ! 😯
Andy 'twould be good if you could make it little bro .It's been a while . 😥
Elaine looking forward to meeting the "new girl " !
What tyres ? I tend to go for round rubber ones !!!!
Sorry .What is this tubeless faff nonsense ?Get some High Rollers and tubes , slime 'em jobs a good 'un etc .
think i'll bring cake!
Still planning on coming. Lived in Minehead for a couple of years, so it should be good to see the old place again.
Think i'll send this back up the charts in case anyone else wants to join in .
cream teas , chips on the beach ?
aaaawwwww yessss !
hey mr k have a look at the retrotastic thread ,check out the vids then see if you agree with my comments .
Btw Anna mentioned FW making the cakes .Any idea who FW is ?
Anna always brings cakes (hope she gets the hint).
Cakes you say? The odds of me putting in an appearance have just shot up 
Yeah but who IS FW ?
Anna wants to try someone elses cakes knottie....... Old fart, you don't really Kneed me to remind you who FW is do you? 🙂
Is that car park still there ?
Anyone kind enough to provide a multimap/google maps location pointer for the car park please? Never been before & not sure how big the place is, and after 3 hours of driving I'll probably have lost the will to live/navigate :-). Cheers!
hi.. I'm new to the forum but would like to come along to this.
My regular riding buddy has had his wings clipped with work commitments lately and besides that.. it's about time I broadened my horizons a bit..
Super, thanks knottie.
This is shaping up nicely .Better get on the blower and order some sunshine then . 😀
Can you order me some hill climbing legs too ?
😯 😯 😯Slog to Dunkery
Just had a look on an OS map. Ouch!!!
dont worry we aint doing the lonnnnnnng slog to the top of Dunkery this time.
only if you order me a pair of bollox !!!!
oldfart - any chance of this again pretty please?
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CG think the ascent of Dunkery isn't on the agenda 🙁 or 😀
according to your point of view .But we have replaced it with some corking singletrack and descending .Hope thats ok ?
Put me down as a "yes"..
Will check with Roge' the traffic light man and confirm.
Do you mind if some "strange folk" tag along for the ride ??
bobsoff course all welcome come on down !
just a reminder boys and girls be there or be well you know ! 😀
Mr Youngfart - are we having cream tea at the usual place? Presumably you will need to pre-order? Fish and chips on the beach again? Please ... no s****ing like last year at the beached whales 😯
Dare I ask about tyres? Am currently running Maxxis Medusa 1.8's - will they be OK?
Really looking forward to this. 8)
CG cream tea at usual place ?If the lady has reopened , she did say it was weather dependent .So will be phoning her as forecast isn't great :cry:which kind of impacts on the beach eating at the end as well .(i didn't mean eat the beach though one or two last year looked like they had ! :D)
spiked tyres for snow and ice CG, judging by the forecast
Chunky mud tyres and crud-guards I reckon - gonna be fun!
never mind what tyres :roll:......more like what cake to bring 😉
Humm interesting 😯
Hi was down there last week bit of advice dont bother with the BW from Brockwell to Luccombe then the Rupp up to Webbers post both a mess.Dunkrey down to Brockwell running find at the end you get nice RED Tyres.Top of the beacon fine.Alot of surface water about.Grabbist was in better nick the two BWs down to Dunster running dryish.BW down into Wootton Courtenay bit messy nr the end.The BW around Sweetworthy is very muddy in places alot more Exmoor ponies up there nowadays.Have fun.Took me a while to clean bike after a few rides.
dobie cheers for the info .
Are my 1.8's going to be too skinny?
My bikes don't like mudguards - spoils the lines. 🙄
Hi there i might come along as well if i can please.I'm camping over at Porlock over the Easter holidays so it would be nice to ride with some other people rather than on my own.Been up over the tops today and aimed to go over Dunkery Beacon but couldn't make because of the snow,some of the drifts were knee deep and that was still a way from the summit.Oh, and iv'e only got Racing Ralphs as well...
Hmmm..... I'm also camping at Porlock this weekend, might just have to ask the relevent permission granters about this and pop along for a pootle.
Just called in McDonalds in Minehead for a quick McWee, and it would seem that the public car park is no more!!!
Urgh.. so err... is there still a mahoosive carpark across the road like on google?
OR.... is there a contingency plan?
So ... is this an all day buffet or a bike ride? Wot, no McDonalds now?
[b]OLDFART TO THE FORUM PERLEAZE![/b]
We need to be told where to abandon our vehicles.
Am trying to get a message to him!
Will anyone be taking a gps? If so, could they please e-mail the eventual gpx route sometime. Mount doesn't want to keep the gps in place and prefers to throw it off. 👿
C-G
I will bring mine. 8)
dont panic there are other parking options ,
Well I think there are other car parks near Butlins so if the one we used before is gone, I'll go there and ride over to McD's.
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Hope the weather holds - this afternoon was pretty nice, if a bit cool.
The Warren Road CP looks to be on the same street as McDonalds, just a bit closer to the seafront.
More importantly, are there any news on the cake situation? Are we on code red yet?
Don't panic everyone as Mr K said .I obviously wasn't aware the car park is no more .So putting on my i'm in charge hat let's all meet at the McD car park for 930 .I'll get there before and sort out the alternative's .There is that o.k ?
Headless chickens stand down now !
All it means is charges will be a bit dearer . 😀
Just looking at info linky they are all a fiver so the nearest one to the original will do the trick .I'm guessing the station car park .OR free parking round the industrial estate / Pompys cycles area .Fear not i will check it out and report back tomorrow at Mc Ds car park . 😀
Phew, I was just about to go to bed so I can sleep well knowing that McDonalds is the place to be. 🙂
judderman - thank you. 8)
Local folk - has the snow gone?
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