From Wiltshire to the Sea and The New Forest. A 180 mile bike packing (sort of) Adventure:)
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Together with my good friend Dave we cycled from land locked Wiltshire to the south coast (mudiford nr Bournemouth) and back home a total distance of almost 180 miles and clocking up 101 miles on the return journey.
Dave rode his heavily laden Riverside 525 bike, a great bike for long distance travel at a sedentary pace, I on the other hand took my lightly loaded planet X Tempest and found the journey a breeze, what a great bike the Tempest has turned out to be, I am very happy with it.
We met up with Dave's old friend Bob and stayed overnight at Bobs bungalow.
Bob was very generous and plied us with plenty of Rum:)
You two guys should be proud of yourselves doing what you do. I love cycling and walking. I bought a bike last April. Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with ME & and fibromyalgia, which got in the way of my simple pleasures. In November 2023, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Subsequently, I had an operation to remove the cancer on the 1sr Feb 2024, which appears to have been successful. However, in March, I was struggling to breathe, and after scans, they found I had blood clots on both lungs. So consequently my new bike has only done 90 miles. My mind says I can get out and go for a ride, but my body won't let me. So Sandy, I haven't written this for sympathy, but I'm just letting you know how much your videos help my mental state of mind, I feel that I'm on your journeys with you. Your videos give me a form of escape because I feel that I'm there with you. A great big thank you again for sharing your adventures with us. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is helped by you, and you never know yourself, just how much help you are to people like myself. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I wanted to say something, but finding encouraging words seemed incentive. I do hope you will be able to get back on your bike or a bike which can be modified to make cycling more comfortable for you. Just getting on a bike and riding round the block can be very therapeutic. Sandy’s channel is an inspiration to us all because he has as you probably already know overcome some serious medical conditions himself.
I believe the body is quite remarkable in it's ability to self heal but sometimes it needs a jolt and we need to believe that things will get better for us. Some would call it the power of placebo perhaps? But I have found with a good balanced diet, (I try and stay away from crappy food as much as possible and often fail), good sleep and vit D supplements my body seems to be responding positively. There is so much in this world which can compromise us but Oshi, just remember YOU have a remarkable body too that CAN self heal given the right environment and mind set. Believe in this then start out with gentle exercise and build up slowly. Doctors are not always right! Go out on an adventure, it doesn't have to be anything big, just down to the gate and back is a start, be patient, give it time and be honourable and thankful to yourself and others and that will create the environment for your body to do it's best for you.
You are fortunate to have a life-long friend like Dave. Being friends (mates as you call them) from 5 years old, and still hanging out together makes him your brother, doesn't it? Friendship being your common mother. Fortunate indeed. May God keep you together a long, long time.
Thanks. Yes, I would consider Dave as family
Wonderful trip down memory lane, to Mudiford, I lived in Parkstone, Poole in 92 - Again many thanks from a homesick expat
Brilliant Sandy. What a great trip and you two put me to shame. I'm 50 and can only manage 50 miles or so max at a time.
Dave, you are a machine! 100 miles fully loaded on a touring bike in warm weather in hard going. My furthest day like that has been 54 miles over the Pennines and I was pretty wrecked, so good on you both 🙂
Sandy, thanks so much for posting again. I really enjoy the records of your trips.
Bob looked like he could tell you a great yarn too, cheers Bob 👍
Best wishes to all of you from, Holywood, Co. Down 👍
Hi there 👋🏻👋🏻. Lovely to see you and Dave as you pedal your way around Wiltshire. What a wonderful ride you took us on, beautiful scenery and just loved seeing the horses roaming free in the New Forest 💕💕. Your videos never disappoint Sandy ❤️❤️. Stay safe, well and happy. Judy 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Thanks Judy
Very inspiring video! One of your very best. It's so gratifying and downright comforting in these crazy times to be able to accompany you two jolly blokes on the bike trip. Everything fits. Very entertaining, superbly filmed, commented and edited. A thousand thanks!
Thankyou:) I'm glad you enjoyed the video
What an inspiring Man You are Sir what an amazing journey well done both
What a lovely video and a well sheltered overnighter you had with great company for Bob bless him. Glad to see you were treated to good weather, beautiful scenery around the Kennet & Avon canal, Salisbury, beautiful New Forest, Lovely pubs and beer, I recognised the seaside area as being near to Poole and Studland down the road from Bournemouth, shame you couldn't stop a bit longer but maybe in future there might be a seaside one another time thanks for sharing another great video Sandy & Dave 🏖👏 👋
It would have been nice to have stayed in the New Forest another day or two but we both got a move on and realised we could get home in one hit. I shall be down this way again hopefully later this year
Beautiful filming Sandy, and well done both of you, that's quite a trek!
Lovely. Thanks for taking the time to share your trip with us, very enjoyable drone footage and I like your commentary too. Much appreciated😊
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I think that this is one of your best videos to date. Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks Tony, we certainly covered the miles and on the way back fully loaded with camping kit and climbing over the highest hills in Wiltshire still managed to clock 101 miles and plenty of energy left in the legs:)
Liking the clear glasses and the foam protectors on the helmet ties, cool!
Loving the "Elvis" look. Stick on sideburns.👍😂
As I have mentioned before, your various excursions, by bicycle or motorcycle, always fascinate me due to the trips' scenery and your visits and videography of the multitude of historical places of interest.
As an ex paratrooper I was pleasantly surprised by your short overview of Albourne and its link to the 101st Airborne Div., preparing for Operation Overlord...how I wish I could have visited all these wonderful historical places. Thank you Sandy👍🏻
Nice one Bob & Harry 👏🏻☀️🙌🏻
Well done to the both of you.
That's an impressive trip and you timed the weather perfectly.
Enjoying your channel from South Africa, Sandy.
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Lovely video Sandy. Well done for cycling that distance especially up that hill outside Ramsbury. I agree it’s a tough one. Martin WB
Well done on a good outing there. Love the New Forest area, Christchurch is a lovely place.
Well done guys that was a long ride out! Well captured on film sandy your filming just gets better.
It was nice to see you and your mate Dave out on your bikes again looked a very nice day and sunny the videos were very good stay safe and stay healthy one life enjoy blessed be
Thanks Francis, it's about time we had some sunshine, been so cold and cloudy here in the UK
Superb video as always, thanks a million
What a ride out standing love the video 2 very fit men 😊😊
You are lucky as have friends to join you❤
Brilliant video Sandy. Great scenery. Cheers from New Zealand.
Used to love going through Ringwood, Salisbury cycling onto Marlborough and onto Bath to see my aunt, then down to Radstock to her sister, gone a long time now. Lovely memories.
Glad this brought back some nice memories for you
You have a good mate and endless beautiful place to be able to cycle.
Lovely video. I like the still photos 👍. Very informative with great drone footage
Fantastic, Sandy. Great to see you and Dave out touring again 👍👍
What a lovely adventure to have with a good mate while the rest of us are at work. Very envious! Good stuff 👍
Amazing what a. Couple of old uns can achieve. Keep it up Sandy.👊
Came across your videos by accident Sandy but im hooked now. Im also in my sixties, struggling to get my fitness back and I can tell You I find you and Dave positively inspirational. Great video, really enjoyed watching it. Well done guys!
The body is an amazing thing, you can become quite fit even as an older person
Always a pleasure seeing you two out and about - Superb camera/drone work as usual Sandy 👍
Cracking ride out Sandy, lovely weather for the adventure mate. In Deepest Hampshire, down my neck of the woods, and a good old peddle bud, hats off to you both n that count mate.
Excellent video as always Sandy, keep them coming mate I find you work vert entertaining.
Regards to one all all in the house of the Wiltshire Man.
Moose
Thanks for taking us with you on your wonderful trip
I really do love this content. Thanks, Sandy and Dave and of course, Bob. 👍🙂
Bob saved the day Brian and made sure we had plenty of liquid alcoholic refreshment:)
Well done to the pair of you. Pretty good for a pair of old gits. 😁
All the best.
Old gits rule:)
@@WiltshireMan Indeed we do...
Thank you for sharing your adventures. You are getting very close to geeing me on my own one :) ps very much deserved rum and coke with good company.
Only YOU can make it happen:)
If I knew you were coming down that far I would have popped over from the Isle of Wight to say Hi , in fact I was probably cycling around the New forest at the time .
Nice one sandy &dave. Made my day 🍀
A true adventure-Well done Sandy 👍👍
Life is all about having some adventures James:)
Great video Sandy 👍👍🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️👍👍
Lovely trip 👍
Sandy your videos are getting better. It does remind me of 'out of town' with Jack Hargreaves 😊
Lovely trip. Cheers!
Very well done Boys, all that trainings done you well. Atb Grant 👍
I feel great now thanks to cycling:)
Only just discovered your channel , absolutely love your Videos ...great Stuff 👍😊
Thanks Paul
No small achievement, credit to you all…😊
Well done to you both.
Gent's very impressive performance
Just to the east of the road through Chisbury is a lovely little derelict 13th century Chapel.
DG
I knew there was a chapel there as seen it on Google maps bu never actually seen it with my own eyes
Thanks Bob and well done Dave putting up with the man with the lightest bike this side of Texas.
Thank you for another lovely video report Wiltshire Man! Lets keep doing it all the while we can to enjoy our wonderful surroundings ! At age over 77 years I 'took a tumble' off my bicycle about eight weeks ago! I had just stopped for a breather ,put my foot down through the long grass into a hidden hollow, lost balance, toppled over ! I never had a visible bruise or scratch on my outside but my inside mental condition was very badly beaten up & my confidence thoroughly 'punctured'! After a week I contacted Doctors, they suggested some sort of talking about it therapy!! I needed to do something ,not talk about it ! Seven days ago I was so fed up with myself as I was missing so much going on ,that I just dragged my bicycle out the garage , thought sod it , got on it just went into the forest & honestly didnt want to stop going even though my legs hated me I just kept needing to be out on my bike! ! Today I went out so I could visit some wild Orchids I see each year, THEY WERE THERE & SO WAS I !! I'm contentedly knackered this evening , sitting here having a beer or so reviewing my bicycle rides I'm so fortunate to have had in the past ! Tomorrow morning I plan to be up & out early, after a couple of pints of tea, to see what else is happening! Take extra care now everyone please?
Hi Robert, Talking therapy..What a joke.. What has the medical profession become? You did the right thing to take back your power and get back out on the bike, that is the best therapy there is. Well done to you:) I will now be extra careful putting my feet into long grass though:)
Excellent.
Nice adventure. Are there any public areas you could camp by the sea? That would be nice. Thanks for another adventure. So good to see you getting out. Take care Adam
No camping is the rule in England unless it's on a designated camp spot so stealthy wild camping would be the order of the day
Mega bike ride, wow! Love that you had the weather for it. Good to see the sea too - no dip? 😁🐟🚴♂
It was easy on the new gravel bike Klaus:)
Cor blimey mate, you took me back to my teens when I cycled around the New Forest with a friend. Happy Days 👍 ❤️🍻
All the very best to you, Dave and your families 👍🕺👍
New forest was a lovely place to cycle through, I didn't hear a single owl though:)
@@WiltshireMan Owls are banned in the New Forest, they have got ponies instead 😍😍😍😆
good vid on channel keep up the good vids thanks lee
Sandy , I have a Garmin varia radar/ light / camera . In some of those roads having a warning of the cars coming from behind may have be handy . You are more than welcome to borrow it
Enjoyed it
Outstanding
Lovely video Sandy. Plenty of places to visit in the New Forest area.
I wondered if you might have made it to Lepe or the old Beaulieu airfield as they have strong WWll links. Possible future destinations.
Many happy memories of The New Forest from the mid 1960's onward...the days when you could legally have a wood camp fire if you wished (everyone was more used to herding flames in those far off times)..
It's amazing just how many old abandoned airfields there are Peter
Hi you two guys no kidding the best thing I have ever watched on RUclips I smiled all the way through it brilliant 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
What an adventure/video. 👍. Say a big hello to Bob & Harry. Thanks WM👍👌
Brilliant ride out. Next time give me a shout, I only live a couple of miles from Ringwood and would come over and had a pint with you both. Til the next time 😊😊
Congratulations guys nice bit of country and villages as usual, love the video no problem with my subscription my best wishes to you all from the Philippines ❤️💪👍😉😉😁🏁🏍️🛺🐑🇵🇭🏴
That's a journey mate 👍 You both did well on that one...as tiring as it was. More lovely scenery seen in this one, thanks for taking us along on your adventure
I got home quite fresh still Steve but Spring hill was a killer:)
A lovely little adventure! All went along smoothly until you came to that bloody great fence. A good workeout for the arms!
Every journey should have a Bob!
Outstanding achievement chaps. Actually a little sad you didn't do it a bit slower and camp partway! I'm sure it'd take me 2 days just to do one way, so it's a testament to both of your fitness levels.
We should have gone slower Oscar, it would have been nicer I think
Very nice sandy keep them coming
What won't kill us makes us ache more. 😀
Hahaa that too:)
That’s a very good ride out Sandy to cover that distance. The South Downs way is that long as you know. 😉I’m not sure about the jelly babies & peanut butter. I guess it all goes down the same way so why not. Well done again
The light weight Tempest makes mile munching relatively easy Andy
Epic trip :)
That is epic!
Wonderful adventure but peanut and jelly baby rap .😊😊
Uplifting video Sandy good friends enjoying a trip together, gold. 👌
Excellent blast fellas, very inspiring. Great vid too. Sandy you beast- 101 miles! That's big day & powered by peanut butter & jelly baby wraps, I'm on to that bud for my next trip. I like the content of your vids that I've seen recently, whether that's bike, hike & camp. After decades of backpacking I've recently moved into bikepacking too & yes I'm a similar age to you, so your vids really hit the mark for me. Have hit the sub button & dinged the bell. Catch you laters
Thanks, for me the switch to cycling has helped because hiking was causing me lots of hip pain due to a degenerative right hip, cycling is low impact and better for me and the speed seems just right, I love it:)
Thanks for a great video, and no DickyMintCycles recovery vehicle this time. 👍
Hahaa Dickie Mint cycles was not required on this one:)
Great ride the pair of you. That’s an impressive distance.Looked like you need to take up weight training to get Dave’s bike over that gate.😊
He needs a Planet X Tempest like I've got:)
great video mate greetings from liverpool england
Hi sandy,coming home on a Friday night to be greeted by this adventure what a lovely chill out. Memories of home an cycling in new forest as a kid came back, also spending a lot of time in Wiltshire an Hampshire working I must say you have really portrayed the areas covered nicely. Thanks again for a Friday chill an already looking forward to the next adventure!
Was lovely to be able to tag along bro , there is some lovely countryside you both cycled through. Safe travels. Ken.
Great ride. Enjoyed coming along, loved the effort and heavy breathing coming up the hill, good to see others struggling
Good video great cycling and a lovely dog fare play and to nice bikes lovely scenery keep them videos coming.
Superb filming! Don't underestimate what goes into filming these cycling escapades!
Solid chaps. I’m late 40s and I would no way keep up. Another great video by the way. Made me smile 👍
I've had rides like that; if you had only known, you needn't have carried all the camping gear at all ! Fantastic efforts both of you, well done.
Hi Sandy, it's good to see you and Dave out again and didn't you get the miles in over two days. It won't be long and you will be putting a link to Dave's own RUclips channel...Haha, keep them coming, your videos are always entertaining. ATB Big Dave
Thanks Dave, not sure my mate will ver do a YT channel, it's not his thing
True, but I never thought Dicky would start his own channel.
It's good to get on your bike and go out and enjoy yourself and let it click by slowly great video Sandy🍰🍰🍺🍺🚴
You'll be surprised just how much ground you can cover on a bike even when taking it slow
The seaside is a nice destination. The Sea is always calming to me, even when she's raging. That wrap you made would not have been calm in me after I consumed it. Looks like a great summertime in your part of the world Sandy.
Hi Jim, I wonder what the wrap would have done to you? When riding a bike for miles it was good fuel for sure, I can get 20 miles easy out of aa wrap:)
@@WiltshireMan That kind of sugar causes me trouble. Nut butter and regular jelly is ok, candy sugar not so much.
Well done good for a couple of oldens lol what beach was that please
Thanks Sandy, great adventure and thoroughly enjoyable. I must say your mate reminds me of Phil Daniels in some scenes, without the cockney accent #Bikelife 😁😁
Fantastic effort both of you ! Wow 😮 that’s some going. The liquid refreshments must have helped 😂 great to see you both out and about enjoyed that one 👍♥️👌😉
nice one guys 🤣
Brilliant trip Sandy. You came within a few yards of my house in the New Forest. That was a great mileage over a couple of days.
Riding an imperial century is very impressive Sandy.
A super adventure, thanks for taking us along with you. Being in the industrial north I have to travel some distance to enjoy scenery like yours. Usually Forest of Bowland or Yorkshire dales so it's always a two day ride and difficult to fit in. All the best mate.
Great video, very inspiring, I do like seeing the villages that you pass through. Drones add a lot to a trip like that.
The drone can really show a place well, a great asset for any video maker
Looks a beautiful ride , make sure you drink enough water, lots of sips as you ride😊
Oh we drank loads, I made sure of that as I got a little dehydrated on a previous ride.
Great ride guys, that new bike will need a service if you keep those distances up. . Well done gentlemen 👍😀
Good stuff Sandy, not sure about that wrap though
It was actually quite nice:)