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We had a bit of bad news yesterday when we heard that one of the original crew, Rachael the caterer, had passed away. And it got me and Jason (terrahawk) thinking… Should we do it again?
Well, maybe not a full on 12 hour race because I’ll be nearly 60 and getting the permissions would be a complete ball ache, but mark the 20th anniversary in some way. Perhaps a ride out and an evening in the pub, or go large and hire the campsite, get in a bar, catering and a DJ and have a massive party, with a big ride out in the afternoon before it.
Like many good (and bad) ideas, we’re going to have a pint and discuss options.
The first question is… Would anyone be up for it?
Everytime I drive round the M60 I always have a little chuckle as I drive under those two bridges near the park.
I only did one race, not sure what year but it was mega fun, one of the very first races I did. Pissed it down for 12 hours i reckon.
2008, maybe?
12 hours of pissing rain?
That was 2008.
It snowed quite heavily at one of the races (I was marshalling at the time and it was a bit chilly and slippery).
That would be when TJ and a few dozen other spent an hour or so pushing cars up the hill.
Will Craig Charles turn up this time? (or was that always just to wind up gullible people line me!)
Did we ask Craig Charles? I can't remember. I think we wrote to Frank Sidebottom.
We also had BBC radio turn up with a OB car once.
I did 3 of the races....was there an 8 hour one? I did that....and a couple of the shorter ones....would be up for it again....not raced since 2013 like.
Yes please....!
Did a very wet one many, many years ago.
Up for a social ride, party, etc, ..
I will see if I can find my ‘Pedal you b@stards!’ sign…
yes please.............. and i wont be a marshal this time.
12 hours of pissing rain?
That was 2008.
Found this on facebook, dated 20th July 2008.
I think thats my 'type 2 fun' face.
12 hours of pissing rain?
That was 2008.
Found this on facebook, dated 20th July 2008.
I think thats my 'type 2 fun' face.
We did the same year. Absolutely heaved it down. Went through a set of new brake pads in 2 laps and the mud stank of shit/sewage.
Would/could be up for a reunion ride or something.
The organisers (all three of us) had been up for about 72 hours by that point.
Highlights included the non stop rain. Huge sections of the course needing re-marking because someone took the tape down and the portable toilet block arriving on the biggest lorry in the world and clattering every tree on the way into the site.
Also, the campsite marshall (that we had paid for) decided he was out of his depth and went home.
There was also the guy who joined the wrong queue and thought he'd turned up at a paintballing event.
The afore mentioned shit was horse flavoured, not human.
and I took some at the 2010 edition (at which Mrs NBT and Binners stood on the top step of the Podium, alongside Kiwi John)
The photo thread for that is here
https://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/htn-pictures-thread
Fotopic died, so I moved the photos to DPReview. That site also died at some point since then, but got rebuilt and the photos are still there
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and there was another discussion last year that threw up some other memories and videos
https://singletrackworld.com/forum/postid/13511051/
My wife despairs at my wardrobe.. ..
Ha! I've got a bag of those somewhere. I use them for decorating.
In that video, 4mins 51 secs 😳
I marshalled at one of the first, if not the first ones and think I was the fastest only fatty at the last.
Like a berk I rode there and back. At least it stopped all the mud getting in the car. It was a very wet and muddy one.
I remember Guy Martin lapping me in his smarties helmet...5 times. And we has a curry at rusty spanner's house
if you need cash to get the ball rolling I'll buy one 🙂Ha! I've got a bag of those somewhere. I use them for decorating.
I remember racing at least one, probably two. Mostly all I can recollect is my mate Chris riding some sort of borrowed Surly with large(?) wheels - a Krampus I think - and no suspension and absolutely hating it in a really intense, visceral way, nd a very nice man with a rally car driving background kindly getting my Mk2 GTi out of the sodden car park.
Was it the intention that people should remember more than that? If so, I'm really sorry. Oooooh, hang on, we raced pairs and had a grudge match involving one of our local Peak Midweek crew and his mate who is on here and still posts occasionally I think. and... we beat 'em. The End. When I say 'we', I can't even remember who I was racing with, it might have been Rich, now of Keep Pedalling, probably was.
