took the day off to recover from the Superbowl and it coincided with my Birthday so went for a ride, very very strong wind nearly had me off a couple of times and pedalling downhill…on tarmac.. was the only way to prevent being blown back up the hill

but the best thing is that the wind has dried out all the trails 🙂

The Birthday Ride by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

cheeky trails are easy on a workday

cheeky by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

wind dried singletrack by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

mid ride lunch stop, cheese sarnie, coffee and left over lemon meringue from my Pre Birthday Birthday party yesterday

luncheon by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

had a great birthday and the weather stayed dry 🙂

just wind blown by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

Cracking way to spend a birthday – trails look great. Penblwydd Hapus! 😀

sorry, got the wrong end of the stick with the “blown off” bit??? thought you had got lucky while out?

well it was meant to be a bit of a double entendre wormhole 😉

*is envious of how much riding RD does*

Did you enjoy the Superbowl? It was a cracking game and really pleased the Packers won.

I managed a quick 11 mile spin myself and found it really hard going in the wind…it woke me up though after the 3.5 hours sleep I had!

i only had about 3.5 hrs too

matt, swap you for your job and house?

Happy birthday rOcKeTdOg. 😀

Am seriously impressed with your picnic – lemon meringue pie sounds delicious!

So what’s the idea of a Pre Birthday Birthday? Does it mean you get to eat lemon meringue twice?

So what’s the idea of a Pre Birthday Birthday? Does it mean you get to eat lemon meringue twice?

it does! it was a major cake-fest, needed to ride it off 🙂

i’m suffering cake withdrawal today 🙁

moose hoof in pic 4!! 😯

I wish!

Love riding on weekdays. Rode round Rowarth and Chinley last week and only saw one other biker all day. Like having the place to yourself 😀

Nice pics rocketdog.
Do you use a tripod or something when you’re out?
Cheers

dafunkphenomenon – Member
Nice pics rocketdog.
Do you use a tripod or something when you’re out?
Cheers

a gorrillapod (you can get unbranded ones on amazon for about £4) like this original Joby ones are about £15

You should try the Cathkin Braes in Glasgow there’s loads of guys willing to blow you off if you stop on the trail

😆

Happy Birthday RD, great pics…

Hippy berfday RD, you old dog. What was the route then? Recognise the 2nd pic over the M5 but the rest could be anywhere..

Thanks RD, looks tidy that does.

i’ll endomondo the route Mick, nowt special just a tour of the locality

cheers might see if I can link it in to a bimble over Clent tomorrow.

sorry Mick, was out riding last night, will try and do it this evening