We went up to Coniston for Georges 50th birthday bash. Had two great days riding. Probably the best days riding we have had in the UK this year and I met Simon Barnes [does he have pics of my bum].
Katie was on her new steed and was well impressed.
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Did an epic for the first time yesterday and then a quicky today
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Went to Machynlleth, drank too much Friday, died Saturday and then rode the Maddwach trail today, had ice-cream rode back and drove home. Great weekend though.
katies bike looks ace 😉
Its another SX trail owner! I share your pain with having to do abit of hiking with a bike with those! Nice pics too, im jealous as i didn't get chance to get out this weekend! 🙁
Lakes for he first time in an age, did a nice loop taking in lots of good rock and lots of bad bog.
Shap - Old Corpse Road - Nan Bield - Mosedale - Shap
love the new bike and no major falls although I did run out of water!
Marshalled today at DH race, 300 racers and must have whistled 1,000 or so times over 9 hours or so, loads of crashes and a few timing and rider incident issues on walky talkies and a bit of flagging - excellent experience.
did a calderdale skills day with ed oxley today, around the hebden local trails... and it was great. all 3 of us learned a lot and ed is a great teacher, really can't recommend him highly enough.
Katie's bike is looking good 8) . Yep, twas a fantastic weekend. Rode the [url= http://mamadirt.fotopic.net/c325161_97.html ]local woods[/url] today and hopefully Cwmcarn tomorrow (dontcha just love having Mondays off 
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kickin pink shorts :o)
I met SFB today but I doubt he photo'd my arse.
I met SFB today but I doubt he photo'd my arse.
a) not for the first time though
b) I have loads of shots of your arse John Boy - I'd not like you to feel left out :o)
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sat at home all weekend resting for my coast to coast extravagance and just look at the weather 😥
sat at home all weekend resting
I'm not convinced one day feeds into another unless you totally wreck yourself. I plan to do all my resting in one go when I'm dead.
did an edale loop saturday morning - i did it jacobs ladder first, mam tor last and seemed to be the only one going in that direction. A couple of kind people held gates open for me - a cyclist and a walker!
My answer was to say "thank you, that's very kind" - cringe-tastic!
I'm glad i got there early - the car park at edale was over-flowing when i got back to the car
I found another:
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Went hay timing, got drunk, cycled round coniston, went to a gig, went to the bmx trails and walked up hodge close
Well boring weekend
Wow that's got to be at least 3 years ago Simon??!!??
"Great weekend for riding, what did you do? I met Simon Barnes"
yeah I met Simon Barnes too. Twice in fact 🙂
Went to the Lake District. It was ace:
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I have almost exactly the same shot:
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Where's that then?! 😀
went for a 30km loop on Fanø, which involved 10km of riding on the beach.
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Where's that then?
Bleak Rigg, NY 188 185, with High Stile on the horizon (across Buttermere)
shortbread, any chance of a route outline, looks great but i suspect cheeky ?? 😀
tracey, where do you go for your resprays?
cheers.
tell your nipper her bike looks ace!
Didnt ride. Spent all day sat and sun looking for cars :(((((
Missed out on the lovely weather on Sat but rode the Dark Peak Kinder Circuit on Sunday. This was the first time riding this loop and thoroughly enjoyed something different in the Peaks. Tough, tough climbs and very technical descents.
Met a cool couple and their collies that I shared Hollins Cross and Rushop Edge with but apart from that all the other riders were coming from the opposite direction.
Great pics shortbread, looks fantastic.
I wernt camping at Cwmcarn and did the uplift with Faz - had a few nasty moments but luckily no breaks. Full of bruises this morning, hard to peel myself out of bed.
White Peak on Sunday; saw a couple of riders between Copy Wood and Rowsley Wood but that was it - very quiet
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Didn't go near a bike this weekend 🙁
Saturday - took son back to uni in Newcastle
Sunday - wife away so domestic stuff & driving experience for daughter (test due).
No bike riding this weekend
- went to London for the day on Saturday, had lunch at Covent Garden, did one of the London Walks (something to do with spies) and then had tea & a scone in a cake shop on Regents St.
- Sunday I dug a big hole & filled it with concrete to stick the washing drier thing in. Sore back & hamstrings today!
Had a great weekend enjoying the sun in lakeland camping in Torver.
Saturday did Parkamoor & Tilberthwaite loop of Coniston route taken from the VG book, great ride although we were out longer than anticipated (partly due to us taking in the north face red to the visitor centre and getting lost and losing the BW between Blawith and Torver 🙁
Sunday A.M was Keswick - Threlkeld - Glenderterra - and the lovely drop back into Keswick. P.M. Catbells - Grange - Seatoller - Castle Crag - Grange - Catbells - Keswick.
60 hard miles (for me anyway) slept well last night, happy days 😀
i did a 60km ride on Saturday. it was brilliant, got burnt, ran out of water, almost dry trails 🙂
sunday i was quite tired so took a gentle pootle to recover.
pics of the lakes looking great, not been there nearly enough this year.
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Tracey
We were staying with Mr Nettles and we rode round Cranham Woods with him and Bushwhacked and Sheldon and Dan and it was ace.
Went to a funeral. Played rugby, ruptured my calf. Can hardly walk but managed to bike 5 miles very slowly yesterday to collect my car after commiserating too hard on sat night.
Sat: worked for 11 hours and on the way home, hit the local dirt jumps 'til the sun went down.
Sun: worked for 9 hours and did the same, only for a few hours more,
Saturday - Grizedale - Fox, Hole in the Wall, Breasty Haw, Lawson Park, Riverbed etc - lovely stuff. Still surprisingly wet on the ground though, I guess a forest takes a while to dry out.
Sunday: Gentle pootle on the road bike out to Morecambe, which was absolutely packed and looking lovely.
Guided Dave Gorman on his cycle tour from Leicester to Stoke on Trent on saturday, prepped my SX for sale and sat around being lazy yesterday.
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Wow Dave G!!
find his work really interesting from photographs to TV stuff..
liked his USA road trip via privately owned petrol stations great to watch.
I rode Whinlatter on Sunday after having a night out celebrating Starkeys 40th in Carlisle
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I was mainly riding the Glen Tilt circuit as recommended by Kenny Wilson
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Except for when I had to relace my mech hanger.
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Spent the weekend at Afan and did W2 and Penhydd trails.
I rode Yorkshire Dales Cycle Route on road bike, with bf and mate. 2 days, 145 miles. Tough but fun. Amazing scenery and beautiful sun on Saturday.
Fantastic weather this weekend.
Saturday - Rivington Pike - first time I've made it to the top without a breather.
Sunday - MBB canal and Irwell valley
Didn't want to go home either day. Met lots and lots of smiling MTBers
A brilliant weekend at Afan
Friday - Penhydd
Saturday - W2 and a big lunch at the dropoff at Glyncorrwg (great as ever)
Sunday - Penhydd and lunch at the Afan Centre - much improved since last time I was there
Didnt get out on Sat as will sorting stuff from hols.
Sunday, getting used to the on-one again after 2wks and 1400km from the Lake District to the Swiss Alps doing the Old Man rides Jungfrau on the roadrat. Kept it close to home so a circuit of Chinley Churn from Chapel via Mount Famine. Apparently I'm not talkative (perhaps just had nothing to say!)
Saturday I had a tootle up to the Brecon Beacons Visitor Centre, and then on Sunday I did the 60km Brecon Beast. A good day out, but I felt everyone of the days I've been off he bike as I was struggling my way up the gap road!
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Ready for the off...
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Struggling up the Gap Road
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Looking down onto Tal-y-Bont reservoir
Struggling [b]up[/b] the Gap Road
that is a cruel and unusual waste of a great DH blast 🙁
Did the 100k beast yesterday. Climbing the gap was a killer. Did feel a bit sorry for the a group of riders doing it the better way round, as after their climb, they'll have had a nice stream of beasters (is that the term) to avoid!
Anyway, hardest ride I've done yet, but I pride myself in riding everything (up and down) that was possible (i.e. all except the steps bit at the top of the gap).
I've had two breakfasts and two lunches today and I'm hungry again! Will this be lunch 3 or dinner 1, I'm not sure 😉
Wheelz - any more pics from yesterday? First time I've ridden that particular area and really enjoyed it...
freeridenick - yes, some bits were a little cheeky....
We began in Keswick and did a few back roads until reaching a footpath at grid ref 233 217. It was nice and wide and rocky and climbed gradually at first before rearing up with a few techy sections to join another footpath. We didn't meet any walkers until we joined the second footpath which gives an easier climb before a short 10 minute carry up to the saddle between Causey Pike and Crag Hill. On the map the descent begins marked neither as a footpath or a bridleway although further down it's marked as a footpath. It was fantastic - in about 3 or 4k it doesn't get wider than 12 inches or so. It was steep and drifty at first before becoming much more flowy and twisty on a shallower gradient. There were a couple of stream crossings which necessitated getting off but everything else is rideable. We didn't meet a single walker on it although met a few at the top who didn't seem to give a toss that we had come up on a footpath.
The descent spits you out at Buttermere. We rode alongside Buttermere on a marked bridleway although I almost wish we'd stuck to the road after encountering several bell end ramblers and then up Honsiter Pass. Once at the top we followed the usual Borrowdal Bash route back to Keswick which was good. More tosser ramblers were encountered - one couple, who saw us coming from 50 yards away while walking on a tarmac road near Grange - gave us abuse for not having bells. It seems that the lower down you are and on more sanitised trails the more grief you get! They failed to spoil an awesome ride though.
Did Whinlatter on Sunday which is fun but nowhere near as good as the hills.
brilliant, cheers for the info 😀