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Henry Swardle

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About Henry Swardle
First off-road biking experience over half a century ago. Not bored of it yet, although my body sez different.

The rides I’ve posted here are my personal ‘diary’ of rides*. Your choice if you want to follow any. Don’t whine if you don’t like em tho.

(Profile pic [and web link] ‘Mint Sauce’ by Jo Burt)

*There are many many more…some lost in the annals of history/not recorded, and some I can’t be arsed to plot and put up.

www.thisiswhy.co.uk

Distance travelled

492 km

Time in motion

18:44 h

Recent Activity

went mountain biking.

July 15, 2025

Hurst Castle walk/ride/ferry

5.92km

0m

0m

July 15, 2025

Bike/walk/ferry with dogs on a v v windy warm day.

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went mountain biking.

July 4, 2025

8.39km

30m

190m

July 4, 2025

3rd July

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went mountain biking.

July 2, 2025

4.08km

10m

70m

went mountain biking.

June 23, 2025

17.5km

90m

90m

July 4, 2025

Date approx

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went mountain biking.

May 27, 2024

15.3km

130m

130m

May 27, 2024

First ride out for wifey's Tera X and first ride for some time.

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went mountain biking.

October 12, 2022

9.63km

130m

140m

went mountain biking.

August 21, 2022

01:16

16.2km

12.8km/h

140m

140m

went mountain biking.

June 7, 2022

03:41

19.0km

5.2km/h

210m

210m

likes this.

June 7, 2022

Gentle pootle up to YHA Black Sail hostel for a cuppa and noodles. Spastic dog in trailer behind wifey bike so steady away. 'Fire road' type trail apart from a couple of hundred metres of rougher adjacent to the hostel. Cracking weather.

A bit of effort to get there (e-bike not turned on, just to see

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went mountain biking.

June 5, 2022

02:30

15.8km

6.3km/h

280m

270m

likes this.

June 5, 2022

Started frim FC Moor Top car park (didnt quite manage to set route recorder off tho!). Free on the day but about not to be. 2 or 3 free spots nearby (good for overnighting in a van).

We followed the 'Green' route. Dull 'fire roads' basically (we were trying out a bike trailer containing a hound) but some

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went mountain biking.

May 16, 2022

02:07

18.0km

8.5km/h

130m

130m

May 16, 2022

Attempt at getting to Corrour bothy. Failed.

Westerly track continues on but we were told en route that it turns into bog a couple of miles short of the bothy. Miserable scenery too, unless you like deer and sheep wrecked landscapes with no natural trees, which for some seems fine. But that sort of

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