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Trip down to Glentress this morning with one of my mates I've not seen in a good while. Dusting of snow Spooky Woods made it interesting.
Dubbs Jenkins Loughrigg Fairfield Alcock Tarn and back cracking day!
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Mortal Man ?
An invitation to get absolutely hammered ?
I'd be looking for a pub named Knackered Man ..
Mortal Man ?
An invitation to get absolutely hammered ?
Rich only gets hammered when someone else is paying.😋
Double raindrop all day forecast tomorrow. What a pita!
40 mile Road ride on Friday, then 35miles of slop around Sherwood Forest on my singlespeed today
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Continued my long road back to fitness with a morning spin up to Rivi Pike and back. Nice to be out in the sunshine.
So far this weekend:
Fri: A day of putting trails back together including an old favourite back in action.
Sat: A day of hill climbing and sharp descents in the steep-sided Teign Valley.
Sunday: 60km MTB ride or me. Very wet and sloppy in parts, rode some trails I've not ridden in ages, and bagged a reasonable amount of hills.
Mon: Not sure yet. Hopefully out for a road ride. possibly more trail maintenance
Reasonably comfortably over 2k climbing and about 80 km for this weekend so far, quite happy with that.
Rich... whats the Footpath up to the Hause like ? I've only ever gone up the Bridleway. It almost looks rideable from those pics.
Been a normal working weekend for me, so add in some child duties and I've been surviving on chilly wet road rides around ma hood.
lowey/rich how does going up that side compare with what we normally do which is up sweden bridge to the top then across to fairfield?
Graft, graft and more graft on the house....with cheeky local spin out with stevestunts, having an explore on the low fells. No picspbut Cheered the weekend right up.
I took a spin from the door with my overnight kit. Picked up part of the fred Whit route over the western fells with an over night stop in Ambleside.
I had the option of carrying on that route or a shorter return. Fresh snow on the tops and a strong wind made me decide on the soft option. The slog up Dunmail raise was pretty grim in a strong headwind and sleet! The breakfast in Keswick made it all seem worth while. My first trip in the tent this year here`s hoping there are plenty more.
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Decided to tick off my third 100km ride of the year yesterday after work. Bit cold and windy but at least it stayed dry.
Wore my Flanders socks in preparation for watching the race with my dinner.
Big foot done the Sweden Bridge way once and never again!!
Second week of camping on the edge of the catalán Pyrenees, almost overwhelmed with options. I'm riding a road bike with 40mm tyres which has made the terrain a bit challenging though, a lot of carrying yesterday, and we've ridden a lot of gravel roads too. Road ride tomorrow up the Mare de Deu del mont, which is a 20km climb then a mix of single track and gravel to descend back to base, going to be a wrench returning to cold wet Basque mountains next week.
Cracking day Saturday
in the Manx hills
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Friday potter locally - no pics.
Chasing DofE groups around Loch Ard forest area - all forest tracks, lots of back and forth as I had two groups moving at very different speeds, so saw the same stretches of forest track three times....Nice to have a good few hours solitude in the sunshine though. I lay on the ground like a solar panel...
Today a very cold ride with youngest_oab at Carron Valley.
in the Manx hills
Looks very dry there.
*checks ferry times*
Most of it was dry, not so today ⛈🌧⛈🌧
Tell me about it.
Had a taste of nice dry trails up in Tweed Valley last weekend, makes it all the more painful that it's a slopfest round here again now.
Rich - how are you dropping off Heron Crag towards Alcock Tarn? Can't see much of anything on the map or aerial shots?
That track up towards Hause Gap looks lovely.
Martin.. . just after Lord Crag there is an unmarked path that doubles back and descends to Alcock tarn.
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There is a small cairn that marks the spot.
Cheers Lowey <S>Rich</S>. I see it now. Been spending half the day browsing OS maps and Geograph in front of the burner. 🙂 That looks like a fantastic way to get to and from Fairfield.
it is a good descent from the top of fairfield then down by alcock tarn. you can also push up nab scar to do the alcock tarn descent if you're wanting a short ride or to fit in with something else.
rich - i don't mind the sweden bridge way, fair bit of pushing but you also get a short but nice rocky descent in the middle
Weekend just got better Alpkit posted a easter treasure hunt on their FB page so we went for a wander and found the bottle buried next to a tree 🙂
£50 in vouchers ta very much daughter very happy.
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Friday - South Devon lanes, in the rain.
Sunday - Southern Dartmoor lanes, in the rain.
