Paging rower40. Rower40 to the dry-it-out-and-hope-it-still-works courtesy phone please... ;DAny sympathy I was feeling about your invasion force of buzzing yellow-n-black stripey insects is fast receding.
I thought it was in the mild touring thread, but all I could find was this one of Em's particularly well-plaited hair:
(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/251695_10150200095836839_551606838_6819426_7540073_n.jpg) (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=46943.msg961487#msg961487)
Why is that in this thread? There's Nothing Happening there.
Why is that in this thread? There's Nothing Happening there.
If you look carefully, you can see the ford in the background.
In this topic, photos should show:
- a cyclist riding through
- while there's water flowing (no fair riding it when it's dry!).
(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/251695_10150200095836839_551606838_6819426_7540073_n.jpg) (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=46943.msg961487#msg961487)
Crikey, who's that?
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/Riggers_1956/ford.jpg)
Doesn't really meet the criteria as they're not cycling.
Doesn't really meet the criteria as they're not cycling.
No, and at that depth I'm not likely to; dumb I may be, stoopid I ain't ;)
...though I was referring to my photo rather than yours.
About 75cm deep in the middle. No way, José...I'm wondering what is the deepest ford that people would consider riding through? Mr Charly mentions riding through one that was over the top of his wheels!
Some great photos in this thread.The deepest I've ridden through was over the top tube of my bike.About 75cm deep in the middle. No way, José...I'm wondering what is the deepest ford that people would consider riding through? Mr Charly mentions riding through one that was over the top of his wheels!
And does it make a difference whether it's a proper ford or a flooded road? IMO it does, I would be more likely to ride through a flooded road as the water is not running and there's (I think) less likelihood of submerged objects and slippery bottom.
Some great photos in this thread.About 75cm deep in the middle. No way, José...I'm wondering what is the deepest ford that people would consider riding through? Mr Charly mentions riding through one that was over the top of his wheels!
And does it make a difference whether it's a proper ford or a flooded road? IMO it does, I would be more likely to ride through a flooded road as the water is not running and there's (I think) less likelihood of submerged objects and slippery bottom.
And does it make a difference whether it's a proper ford or a flooded road? IMO it does, I would be more likely to ride through a flooded road as the water is not running and there's (I think) less likelihood of submerged objects and slippery bottom.
(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/251695_10150200095836839_551606838_6819426_7540073_n.jpg) (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=46943.msg961487#msg961487)
(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/251695_10150200095836839_551606838_6819426_7540073_n.jpg) (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=46943.msg961487#msg961487)
I'm probably being silly, but however hard I look at this pic, I can't see the reason why it's been posted in this thread. Anyone?
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There will be extended and enhanced opportunities for nothing at all to happen on Saturday. I'm doing a canal-side ride, but on the Orange Bling rather than the recumbent.
This is from a collection of photos (http://site.ctc-cambridge.org.uk/search/label/ctccambridgein1930s) by club member and former president Donnex Claydon (1910–2006).What a fantastic set of photos.
This is from a collection of photos (http://site.ctc-cambridge.org.uk/search/label/ctccambridgein1930s) by club member and former president Donnex Claydon (1910–2006).What a fantastic set of photos.
Charlotte fails to dip a toe into Nutty's Slimed Bottom!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AmnOqms85Ko/TCd26aIFI3I/AAAAAAAAFsE/d2_ftZj2lQc/s640/p6272572.jpg)
edit: It's just occurred to me that putting a finger into Oaky's Wet Ring might be another ford name here. ::-)
Now that's an all-too-familiar sight...+1.
After crossing the ford, to the right there be Dragons.
Now that's an all-too-familiar sight...+1.
After crossing the ford, to the right there be Dragons.
But it's worse if you proceed in the direction the photo was taken from: that takes you to Auchenblae. :facepalm:
I must head out along that road at some point.. Sounds like fun. It took me a while before I could place the photo - having only ever driven the B road.
Also on NCN1, Pease Bay, near Cockburnspath.
This one is near Earl Shilton Leicestershire & found on the Two Battles 200k audax.
Also on NCN1, Pease Bay, near Cockburnspath.
That's a really cunningly composed photo! (Apart from the giant hand at the top, obvs.) You've managed to make it look like a beautiful remote glen by cropping out the caravans, the skip, the sign warning you not to use the skip, the building site ... (http://goo.gl/maps/lYrY)
Also on NCN1, Pease Bay, near Cockburnspath.
That's a really cunningly composed photo! (Apart from the giant hand at the top, obvs.) You've managed to make it look like a beautiful remote glen by cropping out the caravans, the skip, the sign warning you not to use the skip, the building site ... (http://goo.gl/maps/lYrY)
Newbie here.
I take it you know about this site, I used to use it a lot when I was travelling about in my Land Rovers
http://www.wetroads.co.uk/
As as for deep water?
How about this idiot in the floods a few years ago at Castleford???
He's on the 'Barnsdale Road', which is the 'Roman Road' that goes from the bridge over the River Aire, up towards Peckfield Bar & Aberford
Then again, he's probably not a cyclist, just a 'bloke on a bike'
If there was a manhole cover blown off by water pressure (before the levels rose so high) he'd have never be seen again
Zooomed in image
(http://image52.webshots.com/452/8/16/16/2640816160047309372fKHBQx_ph.jpg)
Road from start of closure
(http://image24.webshots.com/565/4/19/87/2621419870047309372vqxgyA_ph.jpg)
He was walking/struggling through half-a-mile of water
How about this idiot in the floods a few years ago at Castleford? He was walking/struggling through half-a-mile of water
How about this idiot in the floods a few years ago at Castleford? He was walking/struggling through half-a-mile of waterYou say "idiot", we say "intrepid explorer".
Newbie here.Zoinks!
I take it you know about this site, I used to use it a lot when I was travelling about in my Land Rovers
http://www.wetroads.co.uk/
As as for deep water?
How about this idiot in the floods a few years ago at Castleford???
He's on the 'Barnsdale Road', which is the 'Roman Road' that goes from the bridge over the River Aire, up towards Peckfield Bar & Aberford
Then again, he's probably not a cyclist, just a 'bloke on a bike'
If there was a manhole cover blown off by water pressure (before the levels rose so high) he'd have never be seen again
Zooomed in image
(http://image52.webshots.com/452/8/16/16/2640816160047309372fKHBQx_ph.jpg)
Road from start of closure
(http://image24.webshots.com/565/4/19/87/2621419870047309372vqxgyA_ph.jpg)
He was walking/struggling through half-a-mile of water
What are they for? Fords I mean.
Is that your folder Tomsk?
It's looking a bit nasty on the left of the photo. Is that near Fairford?No, Maisemore just outside Gloucester.
I present this one without comment...
That's Alney Island then! I've ridden through there loads of times, but I always use the cycle path that runs through the nature reserve and then parallel to the road but on the other side of the hedge - it has various patches mended with a sort of chicken wire and marked "Flood damage! Take care!"It's looking a bit nasty on the left of the photo. Is that near Fairford?No, Maisemore just outside Gloucester.
The Severn is split into 2 channels, and the east channel (on the right) is upstream of its weir, but the west channel on the left is downstream of its weir, so you get a difference in water level between the channels and a considerable flow across the fields. The turbulence in the lower left corner is the water flowing across the kerb as the road rises out of the flood. Away from that point the flow is relatively modest - 300m long by 30-40cm deep doesn't need a high rate of flow to shift lots of water.
...I always use the cycle path that runs through the nature reserve and then parallel to the road but on the other side of the hedge - it has various patches mended with a sort of chicken wire and marked "Flood damage! Take care!"I generally use the cycle path too, but it was under even deeper water at the time. Besides which,if you are on the road the hedge will catch you before you go in the river.
I present this one without comment...
Did you shout "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" as you rolled through ;D
I present this one without comment...
I present this one without comment...
That's ace! Where is that ford?
I wonder how common fords are in urban areas?
"Next to the giant Rover plant in Longbridge, Birmingham"
It's loads closer to the Kalamazoo/Reynolds factory, but for some reason most people have a blind spot for that and only ever see the Austin/Rover.
local one to me :)
(http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u333/lonecyclist/WP_20140415_002_zpsad96c34f.jpg) (http://s517.photobucket.com/user/lonecyclist/media/WP_20140415_002_zpsad96c34f.jpg.html)
Tomsleibhe bothy ...
Where's that Larry?
Probably the nastiest ford I've ever ridden through. It wasn't today, I took the bridge, after taking this photo:
Gosh that looks like quite a flow across there, I don't think I'd try riding that one!
One to never ride through at Worlds End
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5689/30311321446_daec86774b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/NbvrQs)
Money laundering? :D
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4744/38761615010_68a3192857_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/224epH5)
Shilton, between Carterton and Burford, about three weeks ago. (No, I didn't, but the Discovery or similar that overtook me down the hill did, with a great deal of splashing.)
I think there still is, off to the right from the PoV of that photo, opposite and a bit beyond the old pump thing (out of view).Yes, that's it, can't remember the name of it
Yesterday's ride. I hadn't intended it to have such a watery theme, but perhaps the clues were there right from the start...
River Rea - the bit where the small kids like to paddle:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/887/40482914974_436f7983ae_z.jpg)
I'd drive through that, but then I do have a big green oval machine, happy up to half a meter with no prep
OT for this thread, but here it is when I'd just finished the project (based on a Dawes Super Galaxy) it's been tweaked a bit, but the colour scheme remains - bonus point for a YACF bidon! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190425/b67231ab50a9e2745d2cacf7c0707bc4.jpg)
I like those red mudguards too!
Never have done. Never has been.Today I didn't. It was - very. Strong unrepeatable words were said (while remaining upright, just!)
(Ratby Borough, near Leicester)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180708/65afa9c8c444cb9e695b3bdd11ffa331.jpg)
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This is the wettest I've ever seen the Clatterin' Brig ford.Is that an Irish bridge rather than a bog standard Ford?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48341665267_946f7c19bf_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gDMETn)
IMG_3434_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2gDMETn) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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IMG_3434_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2gDMETn) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
This post could also go on Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!), Silly signs and
Percentage road signs :)
This post could also go on Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!), Silly signs and
Percentage road signs :)
...Is that an Irish bridge rather than a bog standard Ford?...
Dear Mr Eejit, and Mr & Mrs Pingu too...Is that an Irish bridge rather than a bog standard Ford?...
After checking Wikipedia and Streetview, I think it is.
Dear Mr Eejit, and Mr & Mrs Pingu too...Is that an Irish bridge rather than a bog standard Ford?...
After checking Wikipedia and Streetview, I think it is.
If you're stuck for entertainment on 1 Sept, you can enter either the 100k Drumtochty Dander or the more entertaining Kilrymanjaro 100 mile audax. Even better than going up that road, you get to go down it. Hopefully the ford won't be as wet by then.
Dear Mr Eejit, and Mr & Mrs Pingu too...Is that an Irish bridge rather than a bog standard Ford?...
After checking Wikipedia and Streetview, I think it is.
If you're stuck for entertainment on 1 Sept, you can enter either the 100k Drumtochty Dander or the more entertaining Kilrymanjaro 100 mile audax. Even better than going up that road, you get to go down it. Hopefully the ford won't be as wet by then.
In the afternoon, we found a ford, where Nothing didn't happen:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/yacf_wellesbourne_2019/2019_09_07_16_28_33.sized.jpg)
None of the bicycle riders liked the look of the stony bottom, and cycleman made some excuse about mixing water with electricity. The freshness of the looks-like-tractor-wheels tracks was commented on, and as if on cue a large caterpillar-tracked tractor pulling an Agricultural Machine Thingy™ appeared and demonstrated its fording technique, which Nye would doubtless have appreciated.
Never have done. Never has been.Today I didn't. It was - very. Strong unrepeatable words were said (while remaining upright, just!)
(Ratby Borough, near Leicester)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180708/65afa9c8c444cb9e695b3bdd11ffa331.jpg)
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The photos show a small, shallow ford, with clear water through which you can easily see the concrete surface. Of course, that might not be how it was when they were there (though I note it was two separate occasions). I don't think I'd ride through a ford where I couldn't see the bottom. It's not so much the depth, which can often be judged in other ways, or even the stream, as the risk of hitting submerged stones etc. This one, for instance, I always use the footbridge because the ford is full of boulders:I've only ever seen it as a shallow ford - maybe a couple of inches at most - but yes, it is a concrete surface, and maybe that's the key to why algae has built up to such a degree to make it so slippery.
https://www.englishfords.co.uk/photo_14757080.html
The photos show a small, shallow ford, with clear water through which you can easily see the concrete surface. Of course, that might not be how it was when they were there (though I note it was two separate occasions). I don't think I'd ride through a ford where I couldn't see the bottom. It's not so much the depth, which can often be judged in other ways, or even the stream, as the risk of hitting submerged stones etc. This one, for instance, I always use the footbridge because the ford is full of boulders:I've only ever seen it as a shallow ford - maybe a couple of inches at most - but yes, it is a concrete surface, and maybe that's the key to why algae has built up to such a degree to make it so slippery.
https://www.englishfords.co.uk/photo_14757080.html
As I hinted in my posts, I've always powered straight through it (over a number of years) and it was only this last once that it's caught me out. (Un)fortunately it's in a very deep dip, so there's a temptation from either direction to blast down the hill and straight through the water to keep up momentum to get up the other side.
I don't ever recall seeing a footbridge here, but can't say that there isn't one (equally I don't think I've ever seen a pedestrian on this lane either)
Location : 52°39'03.7"N 1°15'24.6"W
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2954880054561985&set=g.2407091319
Shatton near Hathersage in the Peak District
Rookery Lane not-that-near Weeford:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/cycling/2020_05_29_15_44_07.sized.jpg)
Long and shallow, not too slimy. Yes I did, and Nothing didn't happen. :thumbsup:
Trescott Ford, Perton:What was the footbridge surface like? I was there a couple of weeks ago and the covering of algae/weed made it extremely slippery to walk or wheel a bike across.
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/cycling/2020_06_24_13_00_47.sized.jpg)
Water was a bit deep and fast-flowing, so I didn't. Which makes me more sensible than the local motorists, presumably.
Trescott Ford, Perton:What was the footbridge surface like? I was there a couple of weeks ago and the covering of algae/weed made it extremely slippery to walk or wheel a bike across.
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/cycling/2020_06_24_13_00_47.sized.jpg)
Water was a bit deep and fast-flowing, so I didn't. Which makes me more sensible than the local motorists, presumably.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4744/38761615010_68a3192857_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/224epH5)
Shilton, between Carterton and Burford, about three weeks ago. (No, I didn't, but the Discovery or similar that overtook me down the hill did, with a great deal of splashing.)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50301074731_7eb425be11_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jCWa4a)Ford at New Alresford (https://flic.kr/p/2jCWa4a) by Russell Wiles (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156615223@N02/), on FlickrThis one appears to have a grid pattern surface. Tiles, bricks? It looks like it would be virtually unrideable even without the river. What was it actually like?
Paging Jiberjaber to this thread...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50301074731_7eb425be11_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jCWa4a)Ford at New Alresford (https://flic.kr/p/2jCWa4a) by Russell Wiles (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156615223@N02/), on FlickrThis one appears to have a grid pattern surface. Tiles, bricks? It looks like it would be virtually unrideable even without the river. What was it actually like?
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Malmsmead in Devon
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Tarr Steps
I think it's a problem with Google photos. They don't generate a .jpg link or something. Rather than you being an idiot. But I'm not sure how to get around the problem.
I just create a link from my Google photos and people on here click the link :)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9NN7GNfKaYrqxoZR9
This one appears to have a grid pattern surface. Tiles, bricks? It looks like it would be virtually unrideable even without the river. What was it actually like?
Fairly tame.That's because it's an Irish bridge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-water_crossing), rather than a ford
IMG_1030_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2oBwQVJ) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
I have seen what you did there!
Fairly tame.That's because it's an Irish bridge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-water_crossing), rather than a ford
IMG_1030_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2oBwQVJ) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Coughton Fields Lane, near Ulster...
Local pronunciation of “Alcester”, perchance?Indeed, another of those local place names
Two today after following google cycle routing between Melton Mowbray and market harbourgh.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/CFe5Jizro7oHvMSc7
Is that at Abberwick, Joe?
I always end up going through Edlingham for the Bridge-Views if I'm that way. Looks lovely in your pic though.Is that at Abberwick, Joe?
Yes, it the one on the road between Abberwick and Titlington. It was the first time I'd been that way for years.
We rode through the one at Eslington Hall too, no water though so not worthy of photo.
(https://i.imgur.com/hOZvgpF.jpg)Soon appearing on YouTube, then.
(Now) closed to all motors, unless you've got a tractor...Hedley Ford,
Mrs F, yesterday:Looks a bit lumpy stoney to ride, though I guess if you have wide enough tyres (or suspension) you can ride pretty much anything. Hope your feet survived!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53577666565_76d9b0c35a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pCtxDP)
Fords (https://flic.kr/p/2pCtxDP) by Ron Lowe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62966413@N04/), on Flickr
The air temperature was 2 degrees C, and the water felt colder.
With cold wet feet, the remainder of the ride would have been a problem, but she'd brought different shoes to get wet on the crossings.
I rode through them, but that doesn't keep your feet dry. I had cold wet feet after the crossings!
Looks a bit lumpy stoney to ride, though I guess if you have wide enough tyres (or suspension) you can ride pretty much anything. Hope your feet survived!In fairness, I was riding an MTB, not the gravel bike Mrs. F was riding.