[Closed] PEAKS POOTLE - 22nd January

Aye, brilliant and very friendly ride. Thanks to Pook for organising, and apologies to those I never spoke too. Hope the Pub was good!
Ben, Black/White Cotic.

Great ride Chris, as always, made all the betterer by the friendly group.

Cheers,
Iain

I was thinking if I could get away with another curry night then realised my front wheel was against the first square-edged rock. My first ever dab on the Beast 😀

Let me know your thoughts on the ST24

Can't believe I missed out on it. I eventually got my brother to get up and we got over there and tried to follow the route but got properly confused. We ended up doing a rubbish ride around the reservoir and then up to hagg side. Seemed to be uphill all the way 🙁
Anyone got a map of the route you took? Were there any cheeky bits to get to hope cross?

Finally all sorted after driving back. Sat Nav had a nervous breakdown and took us back through Chesterfield which was nice.

Anyways, cracking day out and nice to put some names to faces. Bit weird as I don't actually know who was there off here. When the group pic goes up Pook will have to put who was who.

...Well apart from Hora. He was everything I had wished for and more

Yours Sincerely.

Jamie (Green PA and dragger of brakes)

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Who did i lend my gloves to?

Me. Will wash them and mail them to you if you like?

Ooh, just looked at Chris's link, did you find a route through from the foot of Beast to Rowlee Farm climb (must be easier than climbing Hagg Farm)?
Is it [url= http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=415992&Y=388515&A=Y&Z=115 ]this bit[/url]?

Is it worth riding in preference to straight up Hagg Farm?
Cheers

Bit weird as I don't actually know who was there off here.

can't make out anyone else 🙂

ET - yes, that bit

Nobody has mentioned the embarrassment of us all getting split up and (sort of) lost within 3 minutes of setting off 😳

Nobody has mentioned the embarrassment of us all getting split up and (sort of) lost within 3 minutes of setting off

I think we are going to just pretend that never happened 😉

It could have remained quiet... I don't think we were lost, just some slight confusion over route choice 😉

Really good ride today cheers guys! Good distance as well 🙂

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Excuse the quality of that last shot, a heavy heavy crop from original

Here's the map of the ride.

[url= http://connect.garmin.com/activity/64575816 ]http://connect.garmin.com/activity/64575816[/url]

Cheers

Matt

I'm buying knee pads today. Chipped my platela(sp?)

Will, where abouts exactly did you take those pics? The rocky section?

I'm planning a ride in that area soon, and that looks right up my strada does that! 🙂

Pp let me know when. Be good to meet Rob's better 'arf

Pp that's the run down to the beast just as it starts to get fun

OK mate, thanks, I thought it was about there somewhere. 2005 was the last time I was there.... 🙂

Hora, over Easter mate, we're stopping in Edale, riding Saturday towards Ladybower & Sunday towards Hayfield.
😀

PP. If you fancy some company around Hayfield let us know? I am a bit slow though, so wouldn't want to hold you mad downhilling types up.

Will - are you going to put the photo up on Trailquestgrahams thread 'monuments' ?

Mend soon Hora 🙁

Great ride. As mentioned pook don't reveal any detail about future routes its 'turn up and expect fun' attitudes.

Thanks pook. 🙂

Will I was worried I'd sent you to the wrong pub!

PP - Yeh at Tom said it's just above the beast as you drop down from Hope Cross, very fast this section!

I'm just about to find that thread to post the picture in 🙂

Right pub Hora, had to drop my GF's car keys off, which she had kindly left in my car... 🙄

Is the plan still for the next one to be in the place suggested?

Hora,

Chipped patella. Sounds painful, will you be out for long?

Cheers

Matt

well I didnt come along, had a late start and went over Mam Tor - Rushop Edge - Chapel Gate area
Had fun racing Motocrossers down ChapelGate, a couple of them where quite slow
Prob join you for the next one though

Don't know actually- a week? See how its heeling. Its not painful at all- I have a high threshold to pain (unless its dental!)

Probs weekend after Valentines weeekend for the next.

Do you look at my rota and deliberately pick the weekend I work chris?

Sounds like a good ride, shame I missed it was far too hungover to think about doing anything. Hopefully will make next one

Just don't like you Tom.

jules picked that one anyway!

Cheers Chris - and everyone else who made it such a fun and friendly ride. Dinged my rim on hagg farm. New wheels time? Any excuse! Dan (bright green mmm bop)

Vid from Stu's headcam.

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Was way too busy this weekend but count me in for the next!!!

Rachel

Stu appears to have fitted a beast-taming lens on his headcam. Looks pretty tame in that vid 🙁

That little falls means this weekend I'm karting and possibly horse riding.

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Looks pretty tame in that vid

Yeah, looks like some sneaky sod went down after him and left a load more massive rocks and stuff lying about before my turn! It was definitely much gnarlier when I came down it...

Stu appears to have fitted a beast-taming lens on his headcam. Looks pretty tame in that vid

I think he was going pretty slow as it was his first time down The Beast, but it does flatten out quite a bit on the vid for some reason.

It was also my first time down and my memories are it was a little bit bumpier than it appears above.....

I came off about the same place as hora last time I went down it. 🙄

Its a daft place to fall- the first square-edged series of rocks and ping 🙄

I reckon with some better forks you'd not even notice those square-edged rocks 😉

Its a daft place to fall- the first square-edged series of rocks and ping

I still think it was a ploy so you could naff off to the pub early to get some food.

....the hob-nobs were merely a starter 😉

Anyways....bermy bit. Dunno the name:

I think he was going pretty slow as it was his first time down The Beast, but it does flatten out quite a bit on the vid for some reason.

Plus he was cheating by riding on the bank at the side!!

Plus he was cheating by riding on the bank at the side!!

He will be spoken to about this in the strongest possible terms 8)

I must admit the food was good. I want a return visit.

2nd vid is Hagg farm, yes?

I can't wait to ride there again. Pity I'm on holiday on the next one.