neilly
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Make sure to double check the lanes are not still on a VTRO or seasonal TRO, the wet winter has delayed a few lanes being reopened.
Cheers
neilly
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i believe they are as well @Hicap phill drove some the other week and may know a bit more info.
Cheers
Hicap phill
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Not yet ventured onto the plain so far this year.sorry mine are 40 miles further NE.
All closures are up to date on
http://php.wiltshire.gov.uk/row/closures/closure_search.php
Where you planning on starting from?
All closures are up to date on
http://php.wiltshire.gov.uk/row/closures/closure_search.php
Where you planning on starting from?
Hicap phill
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How far are you from winterborne stoke?
It's on the 303.
Just looked at a 50 mile loop ends in bulford
PM if you want info.
Be aware I have not drove this.
It's on the 303.
Just looked at a 50 mile loop ends in bulford
PM if you want info.
Be aware I have not drove this.
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wish i had read this yesterday, would have been right up for a trip out as need to test my transfer box. not driven the planes before though despite being about 20 mins from them. if anyone needs a second person/vehicle for a trip im always up for a day out and would love to explore the planes.
Had a good recce of possible routes yesterday, did a few lanes off 303 someset way and old roman roads and then scouted around the plain by road finding where some start and finish, no signs saying any where shut but was getting dark and phone was low on batt so will return another day. Looks good though!
Hicap phill
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Nope I'm stuck on a marshal point for mountain bikers Sunday.
But to get to my point I can do some green lanes there & back & make a good day if it. Then follow some of the MTB course & sweep up the any breakdowns/punctures.
@90jc do you use GPX files? I have some routes but are unconfirmed. If you want to test?
But to get to my point I can do some green lanes there & back & make a good day if it. Then follow some of the MTB course & sweep up the any breakdowns/punctures.
@90jc do you use GPX files? I have some routes but are unconfirmed. If you want to test?
Hicap phill
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Pm coming over with email address.
Reply & will send files.
I have not drove these lanes but are marked on OS maps and just need checking
Reply & will send files.
I have not drove these lanes but are marked on OS maps and just need checking
@Hicap phill
i went for a look around and most of your route is drivable, luckerly the flags were down and gates open, its a fantastic place. didnt do the whole route as a very kind chap on a quad offered to give me a bit of a tour of the different areas and i didnt want to turn this down. im trying to put together a route of where i went to send you so you can compare it to your route. its very easy to get lost and i often ended up turning round and going back to make sure i wasnt where i shouldnt be.
some of the tracks on your route are signposted on the ground as private military roads but are on definitive map as byways, some arnt signed at all, nethertheless i didnt drive theese but most are well signposted as BOATS by glass and wilts council. none are on the list of wilts closures. your start point is good and was one of my favourite lanes with some of the best scieniery. i also headed to the western end on my way back and headed southpicking up a few more out this way.
lots of water holes some very deep so id recomend checking on foot everytine you come to one, one side might only be a foot deep but the other wheel rut can be over 4 foot deep, lost my welly twice. (take a long stick). often its possible to go round them so shouldnt be a problem unless we get alot of rain, id say 95% of the route is drivable in a standard vehicle with a bit of experiance, the bits that arnt there is always another way around to get to the next waypoint using a different route. Your route crosses a stream near the start, this is the only place that looks possible to cross due to high (stagnant) water and very soft ground.
i went for a look around and most of your route is drivable, luckerly the flags were down and gates open, its a fantastic place. didnt do the whole route as a very kind chap on a quad offered to give me a bit of a tour of the different areas and i didnt want to turn this down. im trying to put together a route of where i went to send you so you can compare it to your route. its very easy to get lost and i often ended up turning round and going back to make sure i wasnt where i shouldnt be.
some of the tracks on your route are signposted on the ground as private military roads but are on definitive map as byways, some arnt signed at all, nethertheless i didnt drive theese but most are well signposted as BOATS by glass and wilts council. none are on the list of wilts closures. your start point is good and was one of my favourite lanes with some of the best scieniery. i also headed to the western end on my way back and headed southpicking up a few more out this way.
lots of water holes some very deep so id recomend checking on foot everytine you come to one, one side might only be a foot deep but the other wheel rut can be over 4 foot deep, lost my welly twice. (take a long stick). often its possible to go round them so shouldnt be a problem unless we get alot of rain, id say 95% of the route is drivable in a standard vehicle with a bit of experiance, the bits that arnt there is always another way around to get to the next waypoint using a different route. Your route crosses a stream near the start, this is the only place that looks possible to cross due to high (stagnant) water and very soft ground.
Hicap phill
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@90jc
Thanks for the update. This route was just planned of the OS map app so I never know what the land will be like.
It's good to know if routes are drivable as wasting fuel to find it's a normal road is not fun.
It's a slow week at work so I may be on the maps later looking for more routes.
If you send a PM or say where a closer start point is good I will look at lanes from there.
Thanks for the photos & updates on signage.
Thanks for the update. This route was just planned of the OS map app so I never know what the land will be like.
It's good to know if routes are drivable as wasting fuel to find it's a normal road is not fun.
It's a slow week at work so I may be on the maps later looking for more routes.
If you send a PM or say where a closer start point is good I will look at lanes from there.
Thanks for the photos & updates on signage.
