Your bike next to a ford (water splash)

[ren531]

Fords or water splashes are still to be found in quiet corners of this great land, do you have one near you, this one is near Scorton, Preston Lancs.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Anybody wishing to take part find this site helpful http://www.wetroads.co.uk/

 

[kapelmuur]

A good subject for a future Cycle Photo Challenge?

 

[biggs682]

We have a couple i can think off fairly local

 

[Biff600]

Near Peterborough the other year when the river flooded a bit. Went through it both ways, the water was over the top of the tyres and I was drenched !!

 

[Jenkins]

These are from last year...
Benhall

One of two in Grundisburgh

Marlesford during the dry spell when there was so little flow, it could go through the culvert under the road

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Anybody wishing to take part find this site helpful http://www.wetroads.co.uk/

My immediate thought, on seeing the thread title

I have a couple of images on there, & comments too

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Owler Beck
Slack Lane
NewMillerDam

It used to be, till it got blocked off

I hadn't had the CGR long here, as the spoke-protector is still there

View: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210986473490080&set=a.10208170096922426&type=3&theater



As I said it was capable of its mission

View: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204907902889614&set=a.10203723058589247&type=3&theater



Years before, it was even shallower
Local kids dammed it, downstream
A water damaged (scanned) print

View: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204660387541885&set=a.10202730453374737&type=3&theater



http://www.wetroads.co.uk/westyorkshire.htm

There was talk of restoring it, at one point,
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3827142

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Went through both of these tonight, first two Bilby & then Scofton second

 

[ren531]

That looks amazing, fantastic location

Went through both of these tonight, first two Bilby & then Scofton second

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[Deleted member 26715]

That looks amazing, fantastic location

It's a private estate, they keep it very nice

 

[Aravis]

I met this one on yesterday's ride, at Kineton on the river Windrush:

It is a proper metalled road, but it descends to nature in the vicinity of the river, and I had to walk a fair way up the other side before I was confident of getting a safe start. Instead of the familiar wooden footbridge there is a stone clapper bridge, and there's another very similar ford and bridge a few hundred yards up river.

 

[jay clock]

can't see how to add a pic... but can offer this https://www.dropbox.com/s/t82k6awudx48he3/File 14-05-2019, 21 41 10.jpeg?dl=0

 

[bianchi1]

Not one for riding through this one .... a bit slippery!

Around the back of the Malvern Hills toward Eastnor.

 

[Aravis]

@bianchi1 that one often finds it's way into my rides. A really useful and pleasant section of road.