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So pleased to see dry weather for the next week!
Been at one of my favourite haunts today, Bestwood:
Sod off, its just started raining here.
Ah sorry mate. It looks a pretty good forecast across the country from Saturday PM so hopefully you'll get some riding in 🙂
Still stuck in the office for another 4 hours yet, ya bugger.
Bit early for any pics but I'll be off round the KAW this weekend. Will see what I can get 🙂
Still stuck in the office for another 4 hours yet, ya bugger
If it's any consolation, I spent the rest of the morning cleaning bathrooms, and have to go sofa shopping this afternoon
We are up in the Lakes for a long weekend in the camper, its the PMBA Enduro this weekend so whilst Abigale practices and races it should give us some time to explore.
Set off in sunshine and tshirts.
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Got here and it's raining, hopefully it's not the wet kind and will soon blow over
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Pitlochry, Tummel and Kinloch Rannoch this morning. In 20*c. With few cars.
I'm enjoying this road ride malarkey.
Out with my brother in law last night... 15 miles into our 22 miles he goes OTB and chips a bone in his should and damages the rotor cuff. He goes off to A&E with his Dad and I rode the rest myself.
@ Tracey - what are those frame protectors? They look like just what Im after.
Yesterday was glorious and today a little bit overcast (and the wife’s shopping tonight) so I did tonight’s ride yesterday.
Looking forward to a ride from Osmington out and around Portland tomorrow and Wales on Monday.
The bike shrouds were made by RB Sails down on the south coast.
We first got some 5 years ago as it allows us to stack the bikes against each other in the van or in the camper garage.
They have been a god send and make transporting alot better as there is no worry of bikes rubbing.
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A couple from a cracking evening yesterday..
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Not quite so dry in the Tweed Valley...
Suns out but the trails are far from dry.
Golfie, Inners and Glenbenna yesterday and today.
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Did I say it's dry? I seem to have led us into a pool of abrasive clay paste at the bottom of an old quarry. Mate with shiny new chain/chainring not best pleased!
@jimmy748 - mate where are your top two pics from? I live in Broadmayne know the local tracks very well and I didn't recognise that trail?
Does Thursday Eve count.
Our first Thursday night ride with the lads from the choir for a while.
Thursday was the last day of my Lakes trip, 80 miles and 12,500ft of climbing over 5 days mean my legs need a rest for a few days!
Ended the trip around/above ullswater with some actual dry weather.
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First ride of the weekend. Got the road miles in that I'd planned. 2 days of Dartmoor trails to come ( hopefully)
@gazzab1955 it’s here Dropped pin
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Beautiful out today, lots of tourists about, including me.
Hopton
Lovely day, prime conditionsish.
A tootle up the Pennine Bridleway to Garsdale. As usual, the Bank Holiday train-spotters were out in force.
Quiet country lanes. Not blowing a gale. Lovely.
Not far away from last pics came of the canal at Wotton Rivers was the warmest day so far this year I have ridden in Wilts very quiet old railway line to Marlborough and through the Savernake forest really good and pretty dry cant be bad.
I wouldn't normally but
Recovering for some kind of viral infection so riding unlikely for me.
Built my sons new bike with him today though.
Right said Clyde, get your Boner down before you ride me. Go pick up a Spanner to loosen a Big Baw so you can Feed the Pony.
25*c at the Knock of Crieff. Met a local who a) had the spangliest purple Kona and b) gave us a couple of great trail tips, not on trailforks. 👌
Time to get our tech on. 😎😱
Instagram influencer pose:
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26 ain't dead
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Broken promises
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One more from Thursday
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Morning motorcycle in the Cotswolds.
Hidcote
Afternoon.....the other motorcycle in the Cotswolds.
Hailes Abbey
Been wanting to visit this remote spot for a while. A beautiful yet lonely place to end the young life of this Spitfire pilot...
5 Counties - Singlespeed - lovely day for it.
Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire
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The Dorset Gravel Dash planned for this weekend was cancelled so a couple of us went out and did it anyway as we are local. Extended it a bit to actually make it 100 moles rather than the 95 miles from previous years.
We also found a new born deer on the trail. Proper cute it was.
Went for a circuit round the Buck yesterday. Started hot and sunny, but then clouded over, which gave me a good excuse to try an alternative (shorter) route back to the car 🙂
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Getting back into the proper swing of things after an enforced three months off the bike. Fitness down the pan but not sure whether it's unable to move weight gain or Covid hangover. Taking a while to get some strength and endurance back either way - today was the first time I've managed more than 20km since getting back on the bike a month ago.
Friday.
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Today.
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And a few from the last few weeks as I dragged myself out for the first time since January.
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Nice cool morning for me. Fanging along, seeing if i can get a 10km singletrack PR under my belt and then the local Emu decides to try and stare me down (pretty sure it's on the hunt for muesli bars).
Obstinate git refuses to understand the word Strava.
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My first 100k took me from Rossendale to the theatre of dreams and the noisy neighbours with a nice breakfast stop in the middle.
