Cannock condition

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  • slowslowslow
    slowslowslow Posts: 488
    I hacked out a few miles round the blue route with a few variations yesterday dead early. Conditions were fantastic. Dry, solid and no ice problems. Views were amazing and stacks of deer in the early morning.

    If you do not limit yourself to dog/monkey there is plenty of greast riding to be had this time of year.....
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    Forgot to say props to the bloke on the unicycle on Tacks Blast 8)
  • paramart
    paramart Posts: 69
    did ken and barbie, over the road from the german cem, and a fair few others most were muddy leg pullers, still icy in the roller bottoms, on sunday, nice weather though
    the bit of dog from the caravan site is well hamered now the snows gone, ok once over the first track
  • Flax1980
    Flax1980 Posts: 47
    snows coming back this weekend so the forecast says. gonna squeeze a cheeky FTD in on Friday noon.
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  • swagman
    swagman Posts: 115
    6 hrs up there yesterday,muddy, saw 100 deer.
    Watch out for a clothes thief though as i got all my change of clothes stolen and trainers from my car, left the car radio and cds. Very weird!
    :twisted:
  • Flax1980
    Flax1980 Posts: 47
    anyone been up today, has the rain managed to get rid of the snow much?
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Yeah, any updates on FTD and the monkey from any cannock locals? Pretty please! :D
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    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • slowslowslow
    slowslowslow Posts: 488
    went up today. the snow has gone and the mud was thick and claggy, real leg burner.

    Only went round Brockton and sprigslade area though. no idea what dog and monkey are like.
  • Pain Cave
    Pain Cave Posts: 18
    Went round the Monkey and the Dog today.

    Fireroads still a bit icy in places but Monkey was clear if a bit muddy where snow has melted. Dog was a nightmare near the end. Can only see it getting worse with traffic over the next few days.

    Solution = just ride the Monkey again and again. Love it!
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  • lexinoo
    lexinoo Posts: 132
    You were right Mart. Oh dear,what a mess !Deep deep, mud for most of the dog and monkey today,its like wet concrete in a lot of places and is very hard going.I think it s gonna be a long time and take a lot of work to get it back to how it was.Roll on spring!
  • Pain Cave
    Pain Cave Posts: 18
    Leave the 2nd half of the dog alone and stay on the monkey trail. Great training for the legs on the ups and good for the skills on the downs!
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  • Flax1980
    Flax1980 Posts: 47
    think I'll stay on the fire roads just to keep my legs going and get around, having a lot of sh*t with my rear hub too. if monkeys clearish might give it a whirl. don't think my mates done it yet so should be fun. lol!
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  • lowride303
    lowride303 Posts: 33
    i am supposed to be going cannock tommorow for the first time, would you say it is worth going or is it worth holding out till the conditions improve?
  • Lowride
    Lowride Posts: 214
    Ten of us went to Cannock on Thursday, never seen anything like it. I felt like I did after I`d done the Hell of the North Cotswolds and I`d only ridden ten miles, it was ten miles of riding thru wet cement though

    I jumped on the road for the last few hundred yds, I would`nt bother going over. It`s royally fcuked
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  • Flax1980
    Flax1980 Posts: 47
    wow if it's that bad I'll give a miss and do a canal loop instead saves on fuel too I guess. bummer!
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  • Stu 74
    Stu 74 Posts: 463
    Avoid this place. Went for the first time yesterday and it was absolutely awful. Going to have to strip my bike down now to get all the sand out of the drivetrain, bottom bracket and pivots. :x They should close the trail until it has dried out. It would be a great trail in dry conditions but this is not an all weather trail and I will not be visiting again unless we have a drought.
  • Flax1980
    Flax1980 Posts: 47
    I think it's great I started riding it march last year, bit slippy with all the pebbles but still great fun. when it's dried out I love it, still very Rideable in spring. come back feb march. you'll love it.
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