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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Fords
« Reply #225 on: 25 April, 2020, 12:31:22 pm »
The grass has got a lot greener in the last month too, but not the trees. And someone's moved that blue bike that had been dumped in the bushes.  :D
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Re: Fords
« Reply #226 on: 09 May, 2020, 07:23:32 pm »


Near Broughton Green.  I decided not to, as there was an audience.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Fords
« Reply #227 on: 12 May, 2020, 03:19:39 pm »
Shame, it looks pretty shallow on the r/h side. Possibly slimey though.
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Re: Fords
« Reply #228 on: 29 May, 2020, 06:37:59 pm »
Rookery Lane not-that-near Weeford:



Long and shallow, not too slimy.  Yes I did, and Nothing didn't happen.   :thumbsup:
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« Reply #229 on: 11 June, 2020, 09:36:01 pm »
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« Reply #230 on: 11 June, 2020, 11:03:30 pm »
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iddu

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Re: Fords
« Reply #231 on: 14 June, 2020, 10:54:43 pm »
Two for the price of one

A small track S from Cefn Glancamddwr leads you to



No problems...

...but then you come across its bigger twin, wading the Irfon if you dare; it looks to be over a metre deep in the middle.



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iddu

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Re: Fords
« Reply #232 on: 14 June, 2020, 11:15:18 pm »
Westmill Bridge, at Wherwell in the Test valley.


You start with a fairly clear run across the main channel (coming from the far side),


which degenerates into a narrow overgrown strip ~60cm wide as the footbridge kinks around,


leading to another clear run at the grand challege of a bunny hop up a vertical 30cm high muddy bank at the Chilbolton Common exit.

That looks...challanging...

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Re: Fords
« Reply #233 on: 24 June, 2020, 09:51:23 pm »
Trescott Ford, Perton:



Water was a bit deep and fast-flowing, so I didn't.  Which makes me more sensible than the local motorists, presumably.
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JonBuoy

Re: Fords
« Reply #234 on: 25 June, 2020, 07:23:48 am »
Quote from: Kim on 29 May, 2020, 06:37:59 pm
Rookery Lane not-that-near Weeford:



Long and shallow, not too slimy.  Yes I did, and Nothing didn't happen.   :thumbsup:

I was going to post my photo of the Rookery Lane ford near Hints from Saturday's Tamworth tile-gathering ride but I see that Kim beat me to it.  My route took me through this both ways (on the 'summer bike'  ::-)) so you get to see it from the other end.



The surface seemed decent and grippy.  The water was also clear enough to see the bottom and to see the sudden drop off the edge of the tarmac strip  :o

The approach was pretty messy:

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graculus

Re: Fords
« Reply #235 on: 25 June, 2020, 09:00:01 am »
Quote from: Kim on 24 June, 2020, 09:51:23 pm
Trescott Ford, Perton:



Water was a bit deep and fast-flowing, so I didn't.  Which makes me more sensible than the local motorists, presumably.
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.
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Re: Fords
« Reply #236 on: 25 June, 2020, 12:56:45 pm »
Quote from: graculus on 25 June, 2020, 09:00:01 am
Quote from: Kim on 24 June, 2020, 09:51:23 pm
Trescott Ford, Perton:



Water was a bit deep and fast-flowing, so I didn't.  Which makes me more sensible than the local motorists, presumably.
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.

Surprisingly wet.  I rode over it without considering the issue, and didn't fall off.
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andyoxon

Re: Fords
« Reply #237 on: 28 June, 2020, 07:10:23 pm »
Came across this ford at Shilton, south of Burford today.  Rode through as it looked fine; good depth (not over pedals even), and didn't seem slippery.

IMG_shilton1 by a oxon, on Flickr

IMG_shilton2 by a oxon, on Flickr
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Fords
« Reply #238 on: 28 June, 2020, 09:45:54 pm »
You're braver than me! I've been there a couple of times, looked at it and decided against it. The first time I saw it, there was a 4x4 going through it with a great deal of splashing. It looked pretty deep then – I guess this is, obvs, in part weather dependent. Certainly I've never seen the concrete bottom like that.
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andyoxon

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« Reply #239 on: 28 June, 2020, 11:26:14 pm »
I went over and back twice - straight & steady*...  8)  There's a good bench, so I spent around 20 mins there, having ride snack / taking pics, before heading to Burford.

IMG_shilton3 by a oxon, on Flickr

*thinks of Del Boy/Trig at the bar, for some reason...
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Fords
« Reply #240 on: 29 June, 2020, 09:37:51 am »
By the process of looking in earlier pages of this thread, I found what it looked like when I was there, March 2018;
Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 02 March, 2018, 11:40:48 am


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.)
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andyoxon

Re: Fords
« Reply #241 on: 29 June, 2020, 10:00:17 am »
Definitely deeper & a tad foreboding...
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Re: Fords
« Reply #242 on: 29 July, 2020, 07:54:11 pm »
Burlington:



I rode it, the cobbles were a bit slimy but Nothing didn't happen.
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L CC

Re: Fords
« Reply #243 on: 31 July, 2020, 08:42:17 am »
Paging Jiberjaber to this thread...
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Re: Fords
« Reply #244 on: 03 August, 2020, 12:08:46 am »
Ulgham.

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Russell

Re: Fords
« Reply #245 on: 08 August, 2020, 03:03:45 pm »
The most easterly of three over the River Blackwater just north of Bramshill Plantation near Eversley Hants.

IMG_20200720_120237217_HDR by Russell Wiles, on Flickr

IMG_20200720_120014021_HDR by Russell Wiles, on Flickr
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andyoxon

Re: Fords
« Reply #246 on: 23 August, 2020, 09:25:26 pm »
Whistley Mill Lane ford across Old River, just east of Reading.  Decided not to ride through, as it looked like I'd soak at least one foot.  Had an audience, who were keen to see me attempt to cross.  Chap was wading about and the water just seemed a little too deep.  Unfortunately the foot path, was back a bit, walk across field with horses, and lift bike over a pole to cross the bridge... 

IMG_WML ford2_HDR by a oxon, on Flickr


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Russell

Re: Fords
« Reply #247 on: 10 September, 2020, 05:43:27 pm »
Ford over a stream feeding Frensham Little Pond. by Russell Wiles, on Flickr

Grange Road between village of Rushmoor and Frensham
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Russell

Re: Fords
« Reply #248 on: 10 September, 2020, 05:47:22 pm »
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andyoxon

Re: Fords
« Reply #249 on: 11 September, 2020, 03:11:55 pm »
Near Bitterley, Shrops.

IMG_20200910_ford1 by a oxon, on Flickr

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