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pyro_maniac · **Posts:** 145

Russell wrote:

ParfedOut wrote:

I stumbled across Belhus woods the other weekend, it was very muddy/boggy though. Can you string a worthwhile loop together? Seemed very flat though. Are there any good bits?

There's some good flat loops in belhus, too muddy in the winter though, when it's used to get to hornchurch country park or Davy Down, as Simon says.

The best route when the weather is like this is the thames loop:

http://www.strava.com/activities/105173581

22 miles, mostly off road. It's what I'll be doing if the weekend is dry.

I wouldn't bother touching belhus at the moment, was there on Sunday and it doesn't seem to be draining at all, was at least 4 inch gooey mud almost everywhere

ParfedOut · **Posts:** 124

Thorndon/Warley/Hartswood etc all very muddy apart from the lesser used and leafy bits, virtually unrideable in some places.
Put a foot down and it goes into 6 inches of thick mud, some comedy moments getting out of that.

Simon · **Posts:** 1151 **Location:** Harold Wood

ParfedOut wrote:

Thorndon/Warley/Hartswood etc all very muddy apart from the lesser used and leafy bits, virtually unrideable in some places.
Put a foot down and it goes into 6 inches of thick mud, some comedy moments getting out of that.

You can use the fire road loop over Thorndon, if raining the night before it can turn into a nasty grinding paste at times which your bottom bracket may not take kindly too

Bingham · **Posts:** 103

Has anyone been to chicksands recently ?

Jon · **Posts:** 3602

A bit more rain to come by the looks of it...

Chris Tubbs looks pretty damm enduro too

peterfb · **Posts:** 408 **Location:** Romford

This is what Hainault Forest trails looked like last week

milk282 · **Posts:** 223

Bingham wrote:

Has anyone been to chicksands recently ?

Yeah its running great, all drained well and they have just built a load of new stuff that opens on sunday.

Bingham · **Posts:** 103

Awesome im only 30mins away so will prob head over this weekend.

Geoff43 · **Posts:** 471 **Location:** canvey island { aka THE ROCK }

Anyone know how danbury common running ????

VW-surfbum · **Posts:** 5060

I popped up there earlier and did one bombhole run, i would say it still needs to be left alone for a few days as its soft on the burms and slippery in places. rideable but not great.

Shelfside · **Posts:** 245 **Location:** Basildon

Cyclopark bone dry, bit of cross wind on the rock gardens added to the fun......but all that wind has dried the trails just nice.....

Shelfside

unityjon · **Posts:** 2082 **Location:** Southend

Danbury was running real good on Saturday, man it was good to get back over there, and runs have been manicured too

but there needs to be a bigger berm where the trails (two drops and the two berms) merge by that small tree as we were carrying a lot of speed through there making the tree a bit more of a threat than it ever used to be !!

Simon · **Posts:** 1151 **Location:** Harold Wood

Thorndon running good today considering the amount of rain

PeskyJones · **Posts:** 97 **Location:** B Stortford

I need to get back to danbury ahh

Shelfside · **Posts:** 245 **Location:** Basildon

Danbury jumps a bit muddy in places but surprisingly very good for the recent weather We've had & again surprisingly busy...
Get out & the most of it.......it won't last.....

Cheers Shelfside.......

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