Forecast rain and 50mph winds but we got no rain and light winds Result
Grizedale and Claife route
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[url=https://flic.kr/p/DHYK7u]Untitled[/url] by Richard Munro, on Flickr
[url=https://flic.kr/p/DHZMXN]Untitled[/url] by Richard Munro, on Flickr

This was from my ride at Kowen Forest yesterday, somewhat drier and sunnier but I guess thats why I moved to Australia

Had family stuff to do this weekend, so 1/2 hour on the rollers yesterday and then a 45min blast as it got dark to try out a new line i’d scoped earlier in the day, resulted in:

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Your poor bikes 🙁 they should be inside by a log fire till mid-summer.

Charity lane, Macc forest.

Windy ride around West Lancs on this

Windy & showery ride on this

3km round the village before I has to give up. The only view I’ll be taking away from today’s ride is this one. Sadly.

not much riding done this weekend then!

Same as usual for me, just less (or rather no) stopping to take pictures.

one rides and takes pictures at the same time! 😀

It was wet… but I got out. Friday night and Saturday morning

Sunday’s ride had too high a faff/pish weather ratio and the kids preferred to stay in anyway…

one rides and takes pictures at the same time!

Not this one. This one has enough trouble staying upright as it is 🙂

Bit breezy at Stainburn yesterday

And the sun is shining in Edinburgh right now!

Don’t do photos really but we did Climb out from Hayfield up Coldwell Clough and descended Jacobs Ladder, climbed Greenlands, descended Back Tor Farm, Jaggers Clough, The Beast, Roman Road into Hope, Pindale, Dirtlow Rake, Cavedale, Broken Road, Roych Clough, Mount famine and South Head back to Hayfield and finished on the Camp-site descent.

Great day out, just a pity about the head wind and hail

routes are good 🙂

From the looks of my strava feed there were quite a few STW members around the dark peak on Sunday. The freezing cold water splashing up from below was challenging… apart from that bit 20 mins from the end of the ride (knowing you have warm dry clothes in the car) when you choose to embrace the wet for the sake of speed and smiles. 🙂

I got some cheeky trail rage on friday. was ‘exploring’ in some woods local to me to see if there was a linking trail between some other good trails.

for such a small lady she had some serious rage. I got threats of police, she wanted my name and address. We settled on I’d leave the way I came and not come back….

I had a blast up Woodbury Common on the SS yesterday afternoon.. Dipping down off the common into the rooty singletrack through the woods was a slithery sideways fest..

Usual sort of Woodbury route – ride around following your nose looking out for ribbons snaking off into the gorse.. up, down, round, back up again

Good times 🙂

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Just a little local one this weekend. Slim pickings.

The Road Less Travelled.
I found a new bridleway, just down the hill from Old Winchester Hill near Chidden. Ridden that way for 20 years but never come across this one.. As I’m using the CX a lot it seemed rude not to go explore uh hu.. Nice having Grifo’s back on again..

And of course, beer.

beer looks a bit flat!

That there is “real ale” Finest Flower Pots IPA, 6.5%. Available once a year, they brew 2 barrels, that was getting to the end of the second.. You had to be there.. Crisps (I know a fail, you shouldn’t spoil beer with crisps) were some Smokey Bacon variant of Kettle Chips.. rather nice too.. hence the flatness in the beer.

Burp.

Couple of hours doing bits of Glentress off piste, red and blue for me yesterday. Wet and cold but always better than not being on a bike!!

Short ride distance wise but about 2.5 hours time wise in the worst of the weather on saturday. Hope, Roman Road, Beast, Win Hill, Parkin Clough, back up Win Hill then down to Aston.

I can’t remember the last time I got so wet on the bike. Parkin Clough was a bit crashtastic too with all that moisture!

beer looks a bit flat!

that’s soft southern shandy….not beer. 😀

Had a very windy 70 miler with a spot of climbing on and around the South Downs.
Roll on Banff.

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Sunday doing the less exciting trails around Matlock/ Bakewell way 🙂

The only riding I did was riding a hospital bed from A&E to X Ray department.

Bit late to the party but had an early ride in the Dark Peak on Sunday. I think it’s the first time I’ve ever been able to look from Mam Tor toward Back Tor and there not be a single person in view.

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/DVeGG7]Side of Mam Tor[/url] by Sam Dexter, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/DPj4cP]Back Tor[/url] by Sam Dexter, on Flickr

Nice pics Sam!

Bit late as well..

I took the opportunity of a break in the rain to try out the new to me CX bike.. from Ross on Wye I headed out to Symonds Yat, the Wye is pretty high;

[url=https://flic.kr/p/DTGoXX]20160207_102411[/url] by Ian Beddis, on Flickr

From there I headed to the Saracens Head before heading down to Monmoth;

[url=https://flic.kr/p/CWf1rf]20160207_103117[/url] by Ian Beddis, on Flickr

Just into Monmouth and the road was flooded..

[url=https://flic.kr/p/CWmPbz]20160207_110909[/url] by Ian Beddis, on Flickr

I headed out on the Wye Valley road towards Chepstow before heading up to St Briavels, the rain looked good heading up the valley, it battered me a few minutes later;

[url=https://flic.kr/p/DkThtZ]20160207_114304[/url] by Ian Beddis, on Flickr

I headed to Dowies for a larf.. I even managed to get some sun in!

[url=https://flic.kr/p/DL7SKr]20160207_120716[/url] by Ian Beddis, on Flickr

Great ride that I really enjoyed, I’m looking forward to more of the same 🙂