Author Topic: My afternoon ride................(warning quite a few piccies) (Read 1530 times)

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

Nice old National Lottery hey!

Hertfordshires got some lovely countryside (kinda reminded me of the old National Trust adverts from teh 70's)

The Track seems to go on for ages!!

Nice Lake i found along the way to stop and have a drink

Thought i'd get the bike in a few

My attempt at an 'arty' picture

Some old Metal sculpture half way along the route

I found a friend at the lake side as well.....he wanted my nuts though!

Sorry to bore you guys but it was a lovely ride!

priv · « **Reply #1 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

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #2 on:** March 28, 2007, 04:14 PM »

Looks like fun

highrisedrifter · « **Reply #3 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

pickle · « **Reply #4 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

Obviously i drank a can of Coke.....not the Lake.....wouldn't want a bad case of dropsy or something $:-\$

diesel · « **Reply #5 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?

Its got loads of small jumps and a few bigger ones

pickle · « **Reply #6 on:** March 28, 2007, 04:20 PM »

Oh now that looks cool! where abouts is that?

priv · « **Reply #7 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

priv

diesel · « **Reply #8 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.

Moose · « **Reply #9 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

zed4130 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 28, 2007, 06:00 PM »

some nice pics mate

i loved riding around st albans hilly though

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #11 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.

zed4130 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 28, 2007, 06:46 PM »

you got me going now rob ,im using the ripper for work tonight

pickle · « **Reply #13 on:** March 28, 2007, 07:06 PM »

like you need any encouragement from me mate!

zed4130 · « **Reply #14 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!

this is true

bmxgirl · « **Reply #15 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