Seeing as in, at least some of the country, the ark could take a day off

Malverns December 2012 by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

Malverns, my mate DavidB finishing the climb to the Beacon after I’d lied a bit about how much of a climb it was 😉 Lovely light. Not monster busy either. Rarely ride there is the day but FoD would have been a swamp.

Let’s see some more then. It’s that or go and talk to the in-laws. I feel I should be spared for a few more hours at least!

Howling 60mph winds here and no-one to ride with so decided the gym was a safer/easier option – though I kind of beasted it, so a bit trashed now! Managed a cheeky pre-Christmas dinner ride on Friday morning and aim to go out tomorrow when it calms down and Mr-ahsat isnt working so dont feel too bad about it.

Fatbike day

30 Miles,2500ft climbing,snow,wind,hail,rain etc but still fun!

Not riding pictures but took the new bike up to Macc Forest DH tracks – great fun, far more bike than rider 😳

not sure where you found a “dry” trail Al??!?! 🙂

I walked home from the last train from Worcs the other night: 8 miles from the Train Station via St Annes, The Wyche, Cheeky Jubilee, the Hotel, and then down past the resevoir to arrive home at 02:30. And it was wet. Wet, wet, wet. Even the “All weather” stuff. I cant be arsed to take the bike on the hills at the moment. 🙁

Did 3 hours on the road bike, and had to ford 3 streams across back roads. One was ‘falsetto’ deep!!

I looked like a drowned rat at the end. Might as well of gone off road 🙂

sounds terrible. it isnt bad on the tops. wyche and beacon dry. climb from st annes is fine. lower down and out of the woods is grim. trying not to ride there as it us really cut up. it’d be 1000% better if it were frozen.

today was the NW Alps christmas ride we managed 13 miles, mud, streams, coffee,mince pies, banana cake, home made biscuits, beer and bacon sarnies all mostly done in sunny blue skies

the NW Alps Christmas ride by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

Built yesterday, shakedown today 😀

+1 for the Malverns today. Really nice along the tops. Spent most of the ride south of the Wyche today. The views of the flooded Severn were astonishing.

If you go up to the woods today….you’ll find lots of mud and hoofprints.

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If ‘e fell off, doing that, ‘e’d bite ‘is tongue clean off….

Glentress, yesterday. Cold, wet,muddy…… PERFECT! 😀

Not ridden the Malverns for years was looking across at you from the Cotswolds 😆

Looking down on the fog-filled valleys from the mountains to the west of Madrid, beautiful day once we’d gone up a couple of hundred metres:

(Sorry for the sloping horizon, cba to fix it!)

Nice little spin around the Furness Peninsula. Sandscale Haws in the picture…

Untitled by t.clark50@btopenworld.com, on Flickr

Xmas day round trip of 70 miles with Parsley Hay as mid point. The cafe was closed for some reason 😕 .Have re-discovered that my overshoes are not water resistant and bike is not mud resistant. It took three eccles cakes to get warm at the top 🙂

Xmas day round trip of 70 miles with Parsley Hay as mid point. The cafe was closed for some reason

We were there yesterday, and it was closed then too.

Today we went over Holme Moss.

Didn’t ride but a walk, was nice out

Yetitony – Roanhead? Nice, my neck of the woods.

This is where I went. Started t’other side of the furthest mountain, up the coast to here (Biarritz) then back via an inland route.

Delamere for me..well, on Sunday it was, never got out today on the bike 😡

Delamere for me..well, on Sunday it was, never got out today on the bike

We used to love riding there, meet up next year Nick.

richpips – Member
We used to love riding there, meet up next year Nick.

Yes please Rich.. Would be great to catch up with you and Tom again..

cough cough………..can i come too?

ton – Member
cough cough………..can i come too?

Like you need to ask…. 🙄

Tony, the offer is always there fella. Always.

ace, let me know a date Nick. 😀

cough cough………..can i come too?

Like you need to ask.

Let’s swill some beer somewhere too.

NB. Tom can’t drink more than two stubbies.

Of course Tony, ill drop you a line..

Bob summers- yes Roanhead. Thought I would have an explore whilst visiting in laws. Some nice beaches I never knew existed.

Mytholmroyd, the Pike, Withens, Cragg Vale etc.
Cracking ride, working off Xmas…

Managed to ride the status up the first climb of the MBR trail at Coed y Brenin, just to prove to myself it was possible, then i hammered it down the final descent.