Nuts, I've got to go to a wedding on the first. Not far from me though, I'll have to get down there. Another time.
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STW Ride - Cragg Quarry - Saturday 1st May
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I shall grace the occasion with my presnce but more importantly my cakes - can you hear the vegan xherbivores delight?
No idea of climb but I suspect I will walk.
Leaving from Chorley if anyone requires a liftPosted 2 years ago # -
I'd be keen to come along to this. Would be good to meet some local riders...
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johnnie, i plan on attempting to make a veganised millionaire's shortbread for this...
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Trekster:
Is it worth a 6hr round trip from oop North?Also is it worth a 6hr round trip from daahn saarf?
It is if you make a weekend of it and ride Lee Quarry on the Sunday. I could link you some accommodation if you're interested.
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is there a viable route from lee quarry?
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i think Tony L they said they were going to try to get a viable route in the 'future' from lee quarry to cragg quarry..
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i was thinking for may 1st?
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is there a viable route from lee quarry?
Might be more viable going across/down from Cragg to Lee and back to car along the road...
...I did try this last week and quickly ended up axle deep on what looked a good dry bit so rode down Rooley Moor Road and back instead
PaulPosted 2 years ago # -
I couldn't possibly endorse this but this is probably the best route short of the bog fest on the tops.
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Took the Ibis Tranny for a ride round Cragg today. It's just about the most flowy trail in the UK. So much fun, and the great thing is that when you've ridden it once, you can just go round again.
The link route will be going ahead sometime this year. It will go from the top of Le Quarry over the moor and up to Rooley Moor Road (Mary Townely Loop). In itself it will make a great descent in to the top of Lee Quarry.
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Did 3 laps of it today. Great fun, and uses the terrain in the Quarry very well. It pissed it down on me all the way round though
I linked it back to Lee Quarry with a cheeky path over the moors from RMR.
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Who's coming along on Saturday then?
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I'll be up for it, I live on booth road so i'll go down cat steps and cart on up Rooley Moor Road as per stumpyjons route.
Its a great view over cowpe that way as well
That route up behind the pub on the PBW will be a massive push for us mere mortals
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That route up behind the pub on the PBW will be a massive push for us mere mortals
It's a big hill but we have mountain bikes.....which can easily be push bikes
My 12 year old is coming and he'll be pushing so no one will be lonely at the back.
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i should be there, and i'll be pushing up. without any shame too.
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i'm def there, gonna be at Lee quarry from 9am then make may way to the pub
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My 12 year old is coming and he'll be pushing so no one will be lonely at the back.
Thanks Ed, that really isn't helping, Nial's already a better rider than I'm ever likely to be
Everyone else, I'll be at the back, looking at the view (probably my breakfast).
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I had a ride up there today to gps the route out so I can make some maps and signage (another tough day at work!). Its dry and fast at the moment and its getting better all the time with a bit of use. Hill going up from the Buck is steeper than I remember it I had to push
it was fun on the way back down though. Ranger Bill has had a lot of the ruts filled in on the hill so its much more usable than it was a couple of months back.Once we get Cragg and Lee linked its going to make an excellent few hours riding.
Met the landlord from the Buck today he's going to come out on the ride with us on Saturday.
Don't forget Brownbacks racing at Lee Quarry 30th May still time to enter!
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http://www.brownbacksracing.co.uk
online entry here
http://www.xcracer.com/raceentry/index.php?series_id=15
best venue, low cost "just for fun" racing, great prizes, raising money for local good causes
no licence required (just a bike and a helmet, see the rules for the rest)
enter and join the fun (or even help us run it!)
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Likely.
Brownbacks - interesting to read that in the rules, nudity leads to disqualification. Shame.
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Me and 3 mates will be there.
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Had a good ride up there last night with some of the volunteer Rangers and a couple of others. It took us about half an hour to get up the Mary Towneley from the Buck Inn, with a mixture of riding, pushing and chatting. To get back down took about 8.5 seconds! Nice Timothy Taylors Landlord in the pub after as well.
Should be a jolly day on Saturday and it looks like we'll have a good sized group along from far and wide.
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Which is the best way to go? stay on Cowpe rd or go on the top of leach footpath?
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Am still expecting to join in from the pub car park.
If I can get my a** out of bed early enough I'll have dabble at Lee Q before...
...maybe.Cheers
PaulPosted 2 years ago # -
see u all tomorrow
should be good!
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Looking forward to it tomorrow, the ride and meeting some of my fellow forum users. just bought a new helmet and gloves, hopefully i won't be christening the helmet.
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Brownbacks - interesting to read that in the rules, nudity leads to disqualification. Shame.
we stole that from the HTN rulebook, we figured there must be a reason for it!
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Which is the best way to go? stay on Cowpe rd or go on the top of leach footpath?
The path to Top of Leach is the Pennine Bridleway. Follow that up and to the left and you go through the quarry.
Went up today, got utterly soaked, but enjoyed it. Only managed one lap though, so, so wet..
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sacked off playing in lee quarry this evening so i'll be all set for tomorrow morning. looking forward to this quite a bit.
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Anybody going tomorrow want a random selection of MBUK's that are cluttering up the place? Mostly recent ones.
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I've got some Good news and bad news.
Bad news is that I can't make the ride today:-(
good news is that my missus gave birth to a baby boy at 3:45 this morning!!
He is a couple of week early but I don't care 'cos I'm the proudest man in the world.
Hope you all have a good ride.
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Will do and you enjoy the first few days of parent hood
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Well that was superb, the new trails really flow well. Fantastic berms, short climbs, really steep drops, all pretty smooth. What an excellent set of trails and a nice bunch of people to ride them with to boot. All topped off with a lovelly pint of Timothy Taylor Landlord, onion & steak baguette and a plate of chips in the Buck Inn at Cowpe. And I got home before the 1 cm hail stones started coming down, don't think some of the others were so lucky. For those of you asking about the route up to the quarry, here's a map. The blue route is the legal bridleway (but is a b*gger of a climb), the red is a cheeky route using a few hundred yards of footpath although people ride it fairly regularly.
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Been a cracking day and ride thanks to ed-o and tony
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