It looks rank, I think I'll be sitting this one out
Hope all you less soft people have a good one 🙂
I don't normally do this, but fercrissakes MTFU, it's just a bit of drizzle... 😉
Man up! You still going BWD?
tandem fixed. srtting off now 🙂
just a bit of rain in the lay by at the start.
Well, I was fully intending to come on this one but the combination of a couple of inches of slush and the total inability of our local council to clear or even grit the roads has put paid to that. Took forty minutes to drop son off at grandparents, should take fifteen, so no way I can make it now. Damnit.
Might not get there till 1035. Please wait!! Please!!!
Stupid drivers + snow issues
See - all smiles!
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Sorry I had to bail early guys - good job i did as it was still slow coming back over. Been in about 20 mins.
Cracking ride as always though - nice bunch of folks once more. Hope Ladder Hill was fun!
I'll look at the video tomorrow.
There's a video?
not yet there's not! just had a look at all the stuff I was filming while loitering at the side and there's some nice stuff.
Yeah the snow didn't affect it too much I reckon.
Thanks for making me welcome again despite my glacier like speed uphill. 😀
Me and rich were discussing riding in the sun on the way back. Anyone remember what that is like?? 😉
Ace! Cheers guys, that was highly amusing and pleasantly relaxed. I'll stick some wet puddle crossing pics up later along with the 'gorillas in the mist shots' and some random tandem action 🙂
"random tandem"
I like that.
A big thanks to Pook and every one, a most enjoyable Pootle for my first one. Please can somebody book sunshine for the next one!
Rich you left your gloves in the back of my van by the kettle,email (in profile)with your address and I'll post them back to you when they have dried out.
A great ride out considering the grim weather, thanks again to every-one.
Cheers Graeme and thanks for the tea and cake - credit is really due to Jules again for the route choice. A beginners' ride made killer by the snow!
I hope my amazing puddle skills wil be shown to the world. Only 5 people in the pub after! 😯
Looks like lots of fun was had and it wasn't as much of a sausage fest as the last pootle 😉
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"random tandem"I like that.
Seemed to work on several levels, ta 🙂
Great fun in the snow, lots of sketchy moments. Thanks to everyone who bothered 😉 to come out to play.
It took us an hour to cycle home, blimey we were wet and cold, thank the Lord for underfloor heating.
Lol @ random tandem.
Cheers folks that was a top day out with some nice friendly people.
Fantastic fun tandemeering in that snow.I have no idea how we managed to stay on on a couple of the descents, propper ass clenching stuff. I've not had that much of a laugh with a bunch of folks I didn't know in a long while.
If any of you guys want a bit of guiding in Mid Wales just give us a shout. I'd be more than happy to return the favour.
Only got one picture today.
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thanks for a great ride today in the unexpected snow. Brilliant fun and nice to meet you all too.
Great to put a face to name at last Bruce. Like your pics too. Will try to get mine up at some point.
Hmm, Mid Wales Pootle? Please can we wait until the rain warms up a bit! 🙂
thanks for a great ride today in the unexpected snow. Brilliant fun and nice to meet you all too.Great to put a face to name at last Bruce. Like your pics too. Will try to get mine up at some point.
Likewise, was that BWD with you? The day job alter egos have been attempting to meet for ride since I moved to Chapel. Two and a bit years later it kind of happened although I didnt know it.
Finally put a face to sambob. Managed to fill a few more who knows who gaps - the world just got smaller.
I was going to come along for my first pootle today but had my appendix removed last weekend which is better excuse than a bit of snow. That photo from derbyshire bridge is a bit of suprise as we had no sign of snow in Macclesfield today
Thanks Chris and Jules for another great ride despite the snow. Great company and a good route as always. When's the next one? 😀 Ady.
Yeah, cheers for welcoming a stupid 'cross rider! Lots of fun, felt like riding in Narnia!
When the weather sorts itself out, fancy having a holmfirth peaks pootle? Its in the peaks, just....
Bike is in the bin now, going to burn it or something.
Oh yeah, shouts n stuff out to Graham for being a true cake pimp!
We got as far as flagg then hit a massive tailback on a515.
We was gonna be alot later than 10.30 so had a little pootle of our own 😀
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Gutted to miss it,so did 11ish miles of the pennine bridleway.
Likewise, was that BWD with you?
Yep, that was me 🙂 I should have introduced myself properly but 90% of my energy at the moment is expended on the simple act of just riding the bike. I'm now properly wrecked in that post-illness ride sort of way. Anyway, at least we avoided talking shop...
BEEFY ! Lost your gloves? email me( in profile ) I'll post them back.
Thanks for the cake appreciation !
Topley Pike Quarry, lee? I did wonder where you'd got to. GLad to see you go out.
Thanks to those who came, hope everyone made it back safely who went down Long Hill. Did anyone go to the pub? SOrry we couldn't stay but glad we decided to head off, by the time we got home (6 hours and about 30 miles after leaving) my feet were like blocks of ice.
Mid wales is a good shout stu, great to meet you and we'll most definitely be up (or down) for some riding round there, closest I've been is Long Mynd and the Rough Ride out of Kington, both of whic I enjoyed immensely. Shall we leave it till summer though? 😉
BEEFY ! Lost your gloves? email me( in profile ) I'll post them back.
Thanks for the cake appreciation !
And graeme, ta for the cake, proper home made ginger cake, yum 😀
Summer time sounds good to me. 8)
BTW - know a cracking place to stay in Penmachno.
Rachel (with nice warm feet at last!!!)
The Eagles by any chance?
The Mid Wales location I'm thinking about is miles away from Penmachno though.
Cheedale Jules,this what it's looks like in summer.
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See you all on the next one 8)
aha thought that looked like cheedale, did you go down or up the nice switchback descent? I agree much better in summer.
I've popped up today's pics on flickr [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/14822158@N00/sets/72157625963199789/ ]here[/url] forgot how bleak it was on the tops.
Went up the switchbacks,very hard going today!
Great to be back out on the bike again and to catch up with old friends and meet some new ones. Top marks again to Graeme the free-mobile-cafe 🙂
Would be up for a mid-Wales ride. Possibly make it a weekender?
Possibly make it a weekender?
There's enough riding there for a weekender.
There's also a nice camp site right in the town and some pubs that stay open until you run out of money. 😉
I'd be up for a wales pootle too 🙂
I'll make more Ginger cake for next time :-).Its just nice knowing you can have a brew and cake a couple of minutes after getting back to your car when you're parked away from any cafe's or shops.
My tent and sleeping bag have just moved closer to the loft door!
Thanks Chris and Jules for arrange the ride. As always loads of fun and the snow made things interesting.
Stats for the day were
Time: 02:17:10
Distance: 14.72 mi
Elevation Gain: 2,441 ft
Calories: 1,030 C
Full link here
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Cheers
Matt
MId wales will be a weekender for us, we'll be taking the caravan 🙂
A few blurry snaps from yesterday...
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I didn't realise who much leg flesh was on show until I looked at the pics - I guess I tend to register people's faces rather than their legs or bikes for that matter 😉
snow, shorts and tandems FTW. 🙂
Thought that puddle would be bad - another good reason for cutting off. Unfortunately there's no good way to sneak in with a spade and sort it out.
I may be up for the next one. Seems like my sort of riding-bad weather and pushing.
apologies for the quality and squashiness. The one I uploaded was 16:9 and crisp. Vimeo's arsing about. I've been trying to upload it for 2 days!!
Ooooh nice.
Thanks very much for that Chris,it played back fine on my ropey laptop.
Looking forward to the next one. 🙂
Nice one Chris.
Glad you like it - the one on my computer looks great!
I will try to get a decent version up though
Like the music, too.
Rachel
It's the national, secret meeting. From thealbum 'alligator'. I can't recommend them highly enough
I'm quietly relieved by my almost total absence from the video. Nice to see my car there though 🙂
Oh you petrol head 😉