Mark Miwurdz

Just moved down to a village near Devizes (love it - right in the middle of 6X Country) and I'm planning a jolly on the plain with a couple of mates. Plan is to ride out on the Friday to a pub, stay overnight, mess around on the Saturday, another pub taht night and a steady peddle back on the Sunday.

I've had a look at the map and there are loads of routes but what's the score with going into the danger area? Is it active the whole time? If not, is there a number you can call to get the latest info?

Any help much appreciated.

Cheers
Kav

V5

Mmmm...6X

unclebuck

Devizes eh? Head for the Kennet and Avon Canal and follow it along to Honey Street. There is a top pub and camping and wonderful countryside. Plus you will be in the heart of crop circle country

UB

wiltshire_boy

Devizes? Welcome to my Kingdom!

Hello Mark,

The Plain can be a bit of a no go apart from the obvious tracks. You're in luck this weekend though as a lot of the usually inaccessable tracks are open for the Bank Holiday.

There is a bit of a do going on at Imber as wellhere which may or may not be up your street but you should still be able to visit the village (usually closed).

Ooh yes, red flags=upgrade your helmet and body armour.

Roy.

P.S. Which village are you in?

Mark Miwurdz

Thanks Chaps

Roy
Marston. Also reminiscent of another of my favourite beers

Cheers
Kav

MooseRacer

MTB'd on the plain a fair amount. Fairly good fun, a lot of the MOD land is fine for riding on and no-one really bothers you unless they're practising. Mostly smooth lanes, but there are some good steep/twisty bits on the edges.

Get anywhere near the German village and you'll soon know about it though

you can actually cycle around the whole of the edge of Salisbury Plain, a trip of about 50miles if I remember right.

Mark Miwurdz

Sorry - should have said it's the weekend after the bank holiday we're going.

What's the score then? Stick to the main tracks and we should be OK?

Cheers
Kav

MooseRacer

Yep, you shouldn't have any problems.

Mark Miwurdz

Nice one - cheers mate.

wiltshire_boy

Tend to be quite a few unexploded things away from the main tracks too.

Mark/Kav,

Pop down to the Rose and Crown at Worton if you haven't already, they do fantastic grub served by the most buxom barmaid you'll see in a long time. (Apologies if you'd rather eye up a barman Really friendly with chickens and doves scratching about in the beer garden. In fact, i might go down meself now.

Or.. The Raven at Poulshot is a bike ride rather than a walk away from you and they do loads of beer straight from the wood. Grub's not quite as good and it gets packed with tourists but still worth a visit.

Or...You could start working your way around the boozers in town.

Maybe see you around.

Roy.

wiltshire_boy

UncleBuck,

I was going to mention the Barge in the cropcircle thread but didn't for fear of being labelled a hippy.

Mark Miwurdz

Cheers Roy - I hope so!

Had a swift half in the Rose and Crown the day we moved in. I went in on the pretence of getting the removal men a carry out

Had a nosh at The Raven a while ago when we came to see the house. Proper boozer with great food - I've never had such a fine pint of 6X in my life. We had another meal at The Barge at Seend last weekend - the sun was high in the sky, pint in one hand, bowl of mussels in the other - was it Jack Nicholson (sp?) who said "Life doesn't get much better than this"?

I think we're going to like it down here.

Cheers
Kav

unclebuck

Roy - I used to ride the K and A several times a year in the summer. Honey Street is great because it is almost exactly half way between Bath and Reading. All that crop circle stuff is a recent innovation to get the punters in.

Old hippie, moi? Surely not.

UB

wiltshire_boy

UB

I'm a retired hippy too! They seem far too hard core these days for my liking, and way too young for my *** nowadays.

If you boys ( Markus and friends, and uncle buck ) fancy a ride down the K & A let me know.

Hey! Don't tell the wife but i could even ofer you a room for the night.

Glad you liked the locals, [tentative mode] we should meet up some time [/tentative mode]

It would be a pleasure to meet you guys.

NSR camping holiday in Wiltshire?

Roy

Luke

Try going from Devizes to Avebury That s a good ride

The barge" last time I was there,, was to see a band called "Read them and weep" ...many moons ago. Nice food

catalunya199

im in the army and live in larkhill dont go into the impact area as there is unexploded shells in there they will definetly mess your day up.i havent got the number but if you can find the number for spta sailsbury plain training area and ask for range control they no whats happening for the week

Mark Miwurdz

Thanks mate!