Thursley Common Meet

[Boddie]

I can do either weekend and am happy to drive from Brum. I may very well pick Steve up as we spoke about this yesterday and would be looking to make a weekend of it, camping and all that.

For me its a date.

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by speckled wood

My Brompton fears nothing except sharp thorns.

Brompton. One of my fave bikes. Them and Moulton, I hope you have the Brooks saddle on top

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by speckled wood

My Brompton fears nothing except sharp thorns.

Have you tried solid tubs? My wife has them on her bike and they slow it down but ... I think it would need a good suspension on the saddle for rough work.

[speckled wood]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

Have you tried solid tubs? My wife has them on her bike and they slow it down but ... I think it would need a good suspension on the saddle for rough work.

Brompton has only got 16" wheels, I am lucky most of the time.

[aeshna5]

Jules, unless they've moved it, I think you'll find Thursley is in Surrey, not Hants!

One of my favourite places + for me one of most devastating events of past year was the destructive fire started by some pyromaniac moron whch destroyed so much of this jewel. I think the Sand Lizards have gone.

From an ecological point of view it'll be interesting to see how communities are recovering, but I think it'll still be rather sad to see!

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

Jules, unless they've moved it, I think you'll find Thursley is in Surrey, not Hants!

One of my favourite places + for me one of most devastating events of past year was the destructive fire started by some pyromaniac moron whch destroyed so much of this jewel. I think the Sand Lizards have gone.

From an ecological point of view it'll be interesting to see how communities are recovering, but I think it'll still be rather sad to see!

Yes, it would certainly be interesting to know the effect of the fire. There is a view that fires were once a commonplace and might even help to maintain a 'real' heathland fauna (whatever that is ) - a lot of reptiles and insects can elude fires if these are flashfires - burning out quickly and moving on. I've no experience and it does seem risky but certainly on our upland heaths (which, admittedly, are a lot larger) regular controlled burns seem to have minimal impact on the fauna.

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

Jules, unless they've moved it, I think you'll find Thursley is in Surrey, not Hants!

One of my favourite places + for me one of most devastating events of past year was the destructive fire started by some pyromaniac moron whch destroyed so much of this jewel. I think the Sand Lizards have gone.

From an ecological point of view it'll be interesting to see how communities are recovering, but I think it'll still be rather sad to see!

Oops. Well it must be must be very close Thanks for that.
Yes, that's one thing I want to check out before the meeting-the effects of the fire and whether there are restrictions, whilst recovery takes place.
Also, the need for B&B's if members are doing an overnight job, if they're not camping.
Any input gratefully received.

Jules

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Yes, that's one thing I want to check out before the meeting-the effects of the fire and whether there are restrictions, whilst recovery takes place.

I found this bit about the fire, the effects and recovery.

The Environmental Project Consulting Group

[fbcpmike]

Multimap centered on Thursley Common car park here
News report about the fire with a man bailed for arson here.
Thursley is OS map 186 ref SU 901 417
There is a YHA at Hindehead here

The closest stations are Milford and Whitley (just right of the A3 on the map, a bit further away are Farnham, Haslemere and Godalming. For those driving, the A3 joins the M25, and the A331 (pan out and north) joins the M3.

I was at a wedding reception that weekend and from the garden we were overlooking the whole area involved in the fire, it was huge !. It had been burning for some days previous with huge smoke clouds dominating the local area.

[Fourwings]

Sounds like it should recover well in time Jules, doesn't look like the Odes will have been effected much if at all.
I'm planning to camp when we come down as is Boddie.