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Re: Glossop- whats it like to live there?

Bunnyhop — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:41:56 +0000

Yep.
It's my gorgeous bunting hanging outside the shop :-)

Their bread isn't the best I've had but the cinnamon swirl was yummy.

Edit; Yep to walking into the shop and saying bunting, not on commission. It's a sore point, will tell you tomorrow the full sorry, sad tale.

Re: Glossop- whats it like to live there?

BadlyWiredDog — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:30:57 +0000

You seriously expect me to walk into a shop and say that I've been referred by 'Jane the bunting lady'? Are you on commission ;-)

Re: Glossop- whats it like to live there?

Bunnyhop — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:11:13 +0000

Oh, and thanks for the bakery heads up - I shall go and investigate tomorrow. I am definitely not local btw The lady is called Jane. Mention to her that I told you about the shop (she knows me as Jane, the 'bunting lady'. Don't be embarrassed to say bunting :wink:)

Re: Glossop- whats it like to live there?

stilltortoise — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:13:50 +0000

There are a load of great trails around Glossop that don't require a car to get to. To the south you've got Rowarth, Hayfield, Kinder, Chinley Churn etc and all within a short road ride up Chunal Hill (locals may know a more pleasant route to avoid this main road). I don't know the north side so well but there are trails around the reservoirs for an quick(ish) and easy burn. All of these are legal and have existed since long before mountain bikes were even a twinkle in the eyes of the klunkerz. How much you can do in 2 hours is as much a question of fitness I suppose. If you're the kind of rider who enjoys a quick hour at lunch time then perhaps Glossop is left wanting.

Re: Glossop- whats it like to live there?

BadlyWiredDog — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:10:12 +0000

I bet commuting from Glossop its 1.30hrs each way.

It's a good job you pointed that out as no-one else has mentioned the traffic. Or the alternative of a 35-minute train journey... :roll:

Re: Glossop- whats it like to live there?

molgrips — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 08:59:39 +0000

Show me a map link BWD?

Re: Glossop- whats it like to live there?

hora — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 08:30:26 +0000

Commute to Manchester from Glossop?

At weekends (and occassional evening rides in Summer) I'll go back/forth that way. Its M.E.N.T.A.L in anything like rush hour due to that lovely bottle neck as you get within 1-2miles of the motorway and vice versa back to Glossop.

No ta.

How many times a week will you ride in the Peaks? Say 3?

How many times a week will you commute into Manchester compared? 10.

It takes me 45mins to get from St Retford, Manchester to Ladybower on a sleepy early Sat am.

I bet commuting from Glossop its 1.30hrs each way.

Re: Glossop- whats it like to live there?

BadlyWiredDog — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 08:22:41 +0000

Some rubbish riding about ten minutes away...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9yad_6VW0Dg/TZeALA1ILvI/AAAAAAAAAZA/VTEuxoneyao/s640/sp3.jpg

Re: Glossop- whats it like to live there?

BadlyWiredDog — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 08:17:48 +0000

Okay, so you genuinely managed not to find any good riding. I'm somewhat bemused by that, which is why I thought you were trolling . I think it's fair to say that you probably overlooked some very nice trails, which is a shame. Where did you live by the way?

All I'll add is that Glossop also has an excellent award-winning local butcher in the form of Mettricks, which no-one has mentioned yet specifically, but produces ace sausages, though they have little impact on the evils of road congestion.

As far as that goes, I guess there are two facets to it: one is that it's a bitch to get in towards Manchester during peak times and the other is that the High Street is also the A57 aka the Snake Pass, so while it's not a dual carriageway trunk road, it can get busy on summer weekends. It would be more pleasant were it a pedestrianised, cobbled precinct and it does mean the town centre feels a bit 'roadie'. Blah... etc and indeed, blah.

In summary: nice trail riding, which Molgrips couldn't find. Nice road riding. Good train link to Manchester. Awful road links to Manchester. Peak District National Park starts on the edge of town. Decent spread of shops, pubs and restaurants, all seem to be on the up. No proper cinema, opera house, ballet, theatre. Several gyms and a swimming pool. Generally friendly but occasionally grumpy people. Slightly grim weather thanks to be ing in the rain shadow of the Pennines, but when it's good, the place is beautiful, not twee and touristy, brilliant Thai noodles.

Re: Glossop- whats it like to live there?

molgrips — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 23:32:51 +0000

I'm not trolling. I just said that when I lived there I didn't find any decent riding from the door, despite being on the edge of the Peaks. That's truly what I found.

If you think that's trolling you've got a different definition to me.

My map incidentally was an OS map and it didn't show many bridleways, and on the occasions I went to follow some of the permissive paths I ended up clambering over mountains of peat. There was a trail on the hill opposite my house but it didn't go anywhere.

This was over 15 years ago, and trails are far more developed than they used to be now, generally, but I dunno if that's had an effect.