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Title: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: pickle on March 28, 2007, 03:52 PM: I was tired of working from hokme today....and as it was such a gorgeous afternoon here in Hatfield i thought i'd ditch the computer and get my Street Beat out to play :)

Well i had a quick butchers on the net and found a local cycle route which used to be an old Railway line through to St Albans......well i thought i'd take a few piccies along the way (sorry for the quality as they were taken on my phone)

The start of the old railway
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b339/robertbransby/street001.jpg)
Nice old National Lottery hey!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b339/robertbransby/street002.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b339/robertbransby/street003.jpg)
Hertfordshires got some lovely countryside (kinda reminded me of the old National Trust adverts from teh 70's)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b339/robertbransby/street004.jpg)
The Track seems to go on for ages!!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b339/robertbransby/street005.jpg)
Nice Lake i found along the way to stop and have a drink :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b339/robertbransby/street007.jpg)
Thought i'd get the bike in a few ;D
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b339/robertbransby/street006.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b339/robertbransby/street008.jpg)
My attempt at an 'arty' picture ;)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b339/robertbransby/street009.jpg)
Some old Metal sculpture half way along the route
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b339/robertbransby/street010.jpg)
I found a friend at the lake side as well.....he wanted my nuts though!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b339/robertbransby/street011.jpg)
Sorry to bore you guys but it was a lovely ride!
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: priv on March 28, 2007, 04:11 PM: Nice one mate but i'm unsure about the lake drinking.

get out while the suns still shining,rain forecast for tomorrow

priv
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: Bob_Acid on March 28, 2007, 04:14 PM: Looks like fun :)
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: highrisedrifter on March 28, 2007, 04:16 PM: Quote from: Bob_Acid on March 28, 2007, 04:14 PM
Looks like fun :)

Yeah it does. Looking forward to gettig out on my bike too. Got the south downs to play with here
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: pickle on March 28, 2007, 04:19 PM: Yeah it was fun! i must've looked like a big kid with huge smile on my face......some of the looks i got from the MTBers and runners were amusing :daumenhoch:

Obviously i drank a can of Coke.....not the Lake.....wouldn't want a bad case of dropsy or something :-\
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: diesel on March 28, 2007, 04:19 PM: I must go down there and take a look.

Here's another place in St Albans that might interested you?

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/DirtJumps.jpg)

Its got loads of small jumps and a few bigger ones
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: pickle on March 28, 2007, 04:20 PM: Oh now that looks cool! where abouts is that?
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: priv on March 28, 2007, 04:22 PM: if you had drunk any of the lake a quick sip of coke afterwards would have cleared you right up,that's why we are the worlds No.1 soft drinks company :4_17_5:

priv
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: diesel on March 28, 2007, 04:22 PM: Opposite the fire station just off the road side.

I've just started to ride there again, in the evenings.
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: Moose on March 28, 2007, 05:58 PM: Thanks for those pictures Pickle.

Once last year, I cycled from Hoddesdon to Hertford along the river path and then from Hertford to Welwyn Garden City on a similar track to that. At Welwyn you can pick-up a cycle route to St Albans, I presume that those pictures are part of that same route?

Looks a nice ride so I guess I'll be cycling along there at least once this year then :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: zed4130 on March 28, 2007, 06:00 PM: some nice pics mate :daumenhoch: i loved riding around st albans hilly though :buck2:
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: oberonspacefruit on March 28, 2007, 06:44 PM: i like threads with lots of pics.

looks like you had a nice time.

thats it lads, get out on your bike with yer camera and show us your local area.
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: zed4130 on March 28, 2007, 06:46 PM: you got me going now rob ,im using the ripper for work tonight :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: pickle on March 28, 2007, 07:06 PM: like you need any encouragement from me mate! :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: zed4130 on March 28, 2007, 07:07 PM: Quote from: pickle on March 28, 2007, 07:06 PM
like you need any encouragement from me mate! :LolLolLolLol:

:LolLolLolLol: this is true :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies)
Post by: bmxgirl on March 29, 2007, 04:34 PM: Looks like a really nice place to ride. Like the pic of your bike next to the stile and the cute squirrel :daumenhoch: