The Wine Press, Hollingworth Lake.
8:15 blast off
Bring money for beer

Will there be drunk old blokes in blazers to throw bottles at us?

I’m sure it can be arranged 😉

I’ll save up the weekend’s empties, should just about fit in the van.

Pretty sure I’m in for this. Where’s Piethorne?

South East of Hollingworth Lake on the other side of the M62.

I won’t be out same situation as last week. Should be OK for next week.

Aaah. Okay, ironically I think that one of the few MNPRs that I’ve actually made was the same one. Looking forward to it!

I’m just going to mention this with a view to upcoming MNPRs venues…

The Irwell Works Brewery now has a pie cabinet thing. Not a pie fridge like the church. Actual warm pies!! Really nice pies, plus cracking beer (as you know) and lancashire crisps.

My knee is feeling a lot better this week so…. next Monday?

Sounds like a plan.

Trip to London on the train on Monday but should be back in plenty of time so I’m in.
Also Rammy next week sounds good to me.

Was ill last week. Recovering from Oktoberfest this week, hope to be out next week

Have you got the minibus booked yet for the Jolly Boys’ Outing to Newton Stewart? 🙂

Minibus? I think this is the new MNPR approved transport…

So I fully expect last week’s enthusiasm will be sustained this evening. We went out at the weekend round there and I can assure you all that it was bone dry. We actually found a new variation on the Mordor route but we’ll save that for another time.

I can assure you all that it was bone dry.

Hmm. I’ve refitted my mudguards just in case, so I’ll be riding.

Probably a good idea 😀

I’ve had to miss a few MNPRs recently due to work commitments but should be able to make this one…

See you later

Rich

Going to give it a miss. Got a lot of stuff going on and quite frankly I’ve had enough for today and I need an early night.

Gridlock on M62 between junction 20 & 21. Blue light just went past. Looks like accident. Upshot is satnav now saying eta of 20.27 & rising. Bollards. Looks like I’m oot.

Not out tonight because I’ve spent the past few days feeling like shite and randomly falling asleep like an octogenarian. I think I have a

Gridlock on M62 between junction 20 & 21. Blue light just went past. Looks like accident. Upshot is satnav now saying eta of 20.27 & rising. Bollards. Looks like I’m oot.

I don’t feel so bad now.

I don’t feel so bad now.

Bloody pub was shut as well.

Neatly swerved H_the_S, ’twas indeed an accident – up near junction 22 apparently. It was 8.35 before I got to junction 21. I took an executive decision and diverted to Philips Park for a bit of red run razzing, with dogger dodging thrown in for free. All’s well that ends well, hope the collective had fun

Aah, just saw post about the pub. Do you think they were tipped off..?

No it’s always shut. Don’t know why we bother with that place other than the fact it’s close to the motorway.

Yeah, we need an alternative base for the Hollingworth rides. Shame cos there’s a couple of decent options route-wise from there but what’s a pub ride without a pub?

The Red Lion in Littleborough always seems to be open. Never been in there though. Looks like a local pub for local people. We might need to take Binners with us to give us some northern salt-of-the-earth credibility.

Enjoyed the ride and it was a shame the pub was shut but at least it meant I got back at a decent time

Must look into getting a rack as the car still had a faint aroma of sheep sh1t this morning 😳

it took me almost 3.5 hours to get home from work last night, thanks to a variety of public transport woes that conspired against me. still, i did get to ride the 2-3 miles from my house to horwich parkway train station to go collect my car!

Rammy next week?

Due to being broken I’ve not ridden for about 6 weeks, but I reckon we’ll be reet for then. I’ll also guarantee an open pub. It’s clear standards have been slipping of late, and you lot need your priorities sorting out! The brewery is shut on a Monday, but the Hare and Hounds is open. So a route of some description finishing with some slippy-slideyness down through Redisher

Anyone up for the Rake Hillclimb this Sunday. Watching, not riding, obvs.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/XX1wQh]The Rake[/url] by bin lid, on Flickr