Saturday, 11 May 2013

Weybridge Navigiation followed by Basingstoke Canal

Still unable to run so took the mountain bike out again. Decided to turn off the navigation and follow the Basingstoke Canal as far as Woking. To be honest I would not repeat this route. The Weybridge Navigation is far nicer and scenic.


The photo's below are from near the start of the navigation and probably a good indication that I didn't see anything worth photographing all the way along the Basingstoke Canal.



Monday, 6 May 2013

Windmill Hill from Lightwater Country Park

Not running until I see the doc and physio later in the week so set off early to Lightwater. I had seen on Openstreetmap that there is a path down the side of the ranges from Lightwater vehicle testing area to Deepcut.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/308646092

The Lightwater end of the testing ground was really cut up from the winter testing and had now dried out. Making for a lethal experience.


The route from Lightwater to Old Windmill Hill was fantastic and if you stay on the housing side you can avoid some of the more savage hills.



Once at Windmill hill the MTB is fantastic. Well worth a visit.










The last section I tried was near Lightwater on the other side of the M3. Although it had potential it really was not as good as Windmill hill. However saying that the natural half pipes near the tunnel under the M3 are great fun it not a bit terrifying.