Trail Centre: Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire, UK

[NULevo]

I’ve just seen Boris on the news and he’s confident all’s well with with petroleum spirits and it’s derivatives so all’s well with the world ????

Ok fcuk, I'm off to join a queue, I may be gone a while.......

 

[Rahr85]

I shall now change my status to: Going if i can fill the tank with fuel by friday, the weather can do whatever it likes.

 

[The Hodge]

Got a txt at 5.00pm ..wheel is sorted and can be picked up tomorrow ..Happy days ?

 

[The Hodge]

Pack Ups ?
Do you mean bait ?..
Just remember Mr.G to pack one less for yourself as you will be sampling a Geordie speciality ..?

 

[The Hodge]

I shall now change my status to: Going if i can fill the tank with fuel by friday, the weather can do whatever it likes.

Looks OK according to the Met Office

 

[The Hodge]

Dream on ..?

 

[Tubby G]

Link to google maps for Adderstone field / Dixons Hollow car park:

Adderstone Field

https://goo.gl/maps/QcAr5CqDFxbVJTAT6

 

[Tubby G]

Link to google maps for Adderstone field / Dixons Hollow car park:

Adderstone Field

https://goo.gl/maps/QcAr5CqDFxbVJTAT6

The pin drops to Adderstone Field, it’s actually the strip of gravel next to the larger field to the right of the pin

 

[Tubby G]

Oh another thing to add, there’s bugger all phone signal in most of Dalby but I do get a faint signal at Dixons Hollow (Vodafone), so if anyone is running late or has last minute cancellations, just message me on here and I should pick it up ok ??

 

[The Hodge]

Last time I parked in Adderstone Field was for a Rick Astley concert , before that it was Will Young….

no, they were good honest ?

I think I’m gonna leave right now ? ? Sorry

?

 

[Tubby G]

Last time I parked in Adderstone Field was for a Rick Astley concert , before that it was Will Young….

no, they were good honest ?

I think I’m gonna leave right now ? ? Sorry

I’ve never actually been to one of the summer gigs at Dalby, but we did go to see Tom Jones at the Open Air Theatre in Scarborough just for a laugh and only because we were offered tickets for a tenner ?

 

[Tubby G]

We went to York races one year with Sir Tom doing a concert in the evening. Twat didn’t turn up because thunderstorms grounded his chopper (helicopter)

But Jose Carreras and KiriTe Kanawa were brilliant at Scarborough on the reopening night, brilliant night

Probably for the best that you missed Tom ?

 

[Tubby G]

Had tickets for the re-arranged Genesis concert in Newcastle on Thursday evening, but the immovable work commitment got in the way.
The tickets have gone

We bought tickets for Bicep (electronic duo) and Nitin Sawhney prior to Covid and the dates & venues have been rearranged so many times since that I have no idea when or where we’re meant to going! Probably already missed them

 

[emtbPhil]

Aiming for a 10am start but appreciate quite a few of you have long journeys so might just roll around the car park pulling wheelies whilst waiting

If the fuel situation doesn’t get any better by Friday then we could postpone and arrange for another time in the near future ?

Oh and don’t forget your flasks & pack-ups!

Willing to pay for anyone who can teach me how to wheelie a damn emtb lol

 

[The Hodge]

Had tickets for the re-arranged Genesis concert in Newcastle on Thursday evening, but the immovable work commitment got in the way.
The tickets have gone

Now you are talking ..
I first saw Genesis when they supported Lindisfarne at a Christmas gig in The City Hall, Newcastle ..Foxtrot had just been released ..loved them in the Peter Gabriel era and saw every tour ..the highlight being "The Lamb" tour..lost interest a good bit when they became a Phil Collins backing group ..

 

[The Hodge]

Back in business...

 

[The Hodge]

Anyone looking for a Whyte E180rs ..Team Cycles( Gateshead ) have one in stock (another Whyte bike got delivered while I was there..non too gently dropped by the courier )..
0% credit available ..

 

[Stu McSender]

Right then, so far we have:

@Tubby G (that’s me) + 1
@The EMF
@The Hodge
@Tonybro
@Rahr85
@Kilham5
@emtbPhil
@E150rob
@drewbirks ?

@The Hodge , you were going to see if Jaco and @philmedomsley are interested, have you heard anything ?

BBC weather app currently has a very wet forecast for the next 10 days here in North Yorkshire, including today, but I’m looking out of my window and it’s just a bit grey with occasional light rain, so can’t really say how it’ll be on the day. If it does rain continuously, just expect a few puddles, but there isn’t any thick mud or slosh to roll through

There’s toilets at the visitors centre, then again a small block about 3 miles further up Dalby Forest Drive next to the lake, and then Dixons Hollow car park has a few portaloos. There’s plenty of trees in the forest though!

As you arrive you’ll be welcomed by a barrier blocking the entrance. Just sit and wait for what feels like a lifetime and it will eventually lift up and let you in. There’s number plate recognition so you don’t have to pay until you leave. You can either pay on your way out at the gates, or there’s a machine at the main visitors centre car park

I’ll be parked in Dixons Hollow / Adderstone Field car park in a bright orange X1. There’s actually three car parks in this area, I’ll be in the largest one and I’ll make sure I park where you can see my car from the main drive. It’s the first car park entrance on the left hand side as you drive up the main forest road and signage for Dixons Hollow bike park opposite are quite obvious (sometimes they open a gate at the bottom end of Adderstone Field which is around 200 yds before the entrance I’m talking about - ignore that one!)

If there’s anything else you need to know just ask

@Tonybro invited me to join you all on Saturday, Hope you dont mind a newbie to Emtb tagging along.

 

[The Hodge]

HELL...YEAH ...bloody newbie you say ..thats it I'm out...?



Only joking ..any freind of Tony's is OK in my book ..
Welcome ..look forward to seeing you there..??

 

[Stu McSender]

HELL...YEAH ...bloody newbie you say ..thats it I'm out...?



Only joking ..any freind of Tony's is OK in my book ..
Welcome ..look forward to seeing you there..??

 

[Tonybro]

HELL...YEAH ...bloody newbie you say ..thats it I'm out...?



Only joking ..any freind of Tony's is OK in my book ..
Welcome ..look forward to seeing you there..??

Only a newbie to the forum! He's a Downhiller by MTB trade! (setting you up big time, Stu!)

 

[Tubby G]

Welcome aboard @Stu McSender . I hope Dalby doesn’t disappoint. It’s not gnarly or difficult, just a long (21 mile) XC pedal through the forest with a handful of features and a couple of tricky sections. Some people love it for its peaceful & tranquil setting with great loamy soil, many of the younger generation hate it as it has no large jumps, gaps or fast downhill!

 

[Stu McSender]

Only a newbie to the forum! He's a Downhiller by MTB trade! (setting you up big time, Stu!)

Welcome aboard @Stu McSender . I hope Dalby doesn’t disappoint. It’s not gnarly or difficult, just a long (21 mile) XC pedal through the forest with a handful of features and a couple of tricky sections. Some people love it for its peaceful & tranquil setting with great loamy soil, many of the younger generation hate it as it has no large jumps, gaps or fast downhill!

Thanks for the welcome, I have raced and ridden Dalby a fair bit over the last few decades. The trails have a mixed of all sorts to go at and it is Marmite to many who ride it.

 

[billwarwick]

Back in business...
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is that a modern version of fag packet and peg to make your bike sound like a motorbike? circa 1960. been there ,done that.
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[The Hodge]

Naaah mate ..just the bill..?
..but those were the days !..

 

[The Hodge]

Errr..that weather forecast I posted might be ever so slightly wrong ..in a rather big way ! ??

 

[Rahr85]

well at least i have heated seats in the car.

 

[The Hodge]

well at least i have heated seats in the car.

Fine for the journey there..but may cause a bit of steam on the way back

 

[Tubby G]

Errr..that weather forecast I posted might be ever so slightly wrong ..in a rather big way ! ??

Looks ok on the BBC app, in the morning at least!

 

[Tonybro]

Filled up with fuel last night. Waterproofs ready! Just need to try and get these Nobby Nic fitted before tomorrow! May just end up leaving the Maxxis tyres on for now and living dangerously... ?