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Through Hanging Wood, up Deadmen Lane, down Gallows Hill to the start of Thieves lane....

...at this point I started wondering where these places got their names from.

...then I remembered it was nearly Halloween.

Funny how the normally rational mind can work overtime when on your own, miles from anywhere and in a pitch black wood.

I pedaled quite fast.


 
Posted : 31/10/2014 12:01 pm
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I rode through an alfresco costume party in the woods a couple of years back and got chased by a werewolf 😆 The ghosts seemed more scared of me than I was of them though


 
Posted : 31/10/2014 12:06 pm
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I was out on my own last night too. Never ever EVER look behind you on a solo night ride. Just pedal faster when you feel the breath on your neck 😯


 
Posted : 31/10/2014 12:11 pm
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planning on a solo trip to a bothy tonight . . . what could possibly go wrong 😕


 
Posted : 31/10/2014 12:17 pm
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Night ride planned tonight but with a couple of mates. Was that or stay at home and keep opening the door to kids/teenagers after sweets.


 
Posted : 31/10/2014 12:19 pm
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[i]planning on a solo trip to a bothy tonight . . . what could possibly go wrong[/i]

Which bothy exactly?


 
Posted : 31/10/2014 12:23 pm
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There is a bit on Cannock Chase which I often have to climb solo if I've bailed out of the pub finale to our night rides. It's through and ancient oak forest and it's shown on the OS map as "Devil's Dumble".

What's even scarier is that I don't even know what a Dumble is. (Off to Google.)


 
Posted : 31/10/2014 12:26 pm
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according to wikibloodypedia, in Nottinghamshire it means a wood lined stream, often in a steep sided valley.


 
Posted : 31/10/2014 12:33 pm
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according to wikibloodypedia, in Nottinghamshire it means a wood lined stream, often in s steep sided valley.
Thank you.

It's near a stream and it's woody - as denoted by oaks - and steep enough too, so that makes sense. To be fair, it never really does feel that malevolent, so I think it was just named by someone with a vivid imagination and/or penchant for recreational drugs. Perhaps even a fascination for Coleridge.


 
Posted : 31/10/2014 12:45 pm
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planning on a solo trip to a bothy tonight . . . what could possibly go wrong

Which bothy exactly?

a welsh one near some trees - why are you planning the same? Ill be arriving quite late - but will try not to freak out anyone already there 🙂


 
Posted : 31/10/2014 1:44 pm

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