ok not my retirement but my good friend Johns. Tomorrow(saturday) will be the start of four days of southwest riding .Quantocks, Woodbury Common , Exmoor and Dartmoor .Open to anyone who wants to join us. It wont be tough rides just fun routes and banter.
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John wont be riding this so dont worry.
hope u have a good time, its going to be hot so bring salty stuff and lots of water
Try and keep up with that fit bugger for 4 days. Forget it 😡
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todays riders hammered the Qs in the raging heat. Day one sorted.
Woodbury common tomorrow , any takers ?
and today we rode woodbury common, lovely fast single track lined with gorse bushes . Another meag hot ride but great fun , oh and we ended up in the pub !
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i can't believe the weather you're having for the QWED!
Exmoor tomorrow is it?
Lucky barstrwards!
yes Steve , hawkscombe to start ! Its been tough but im expecting tomorrow to the hardest day .
should be great. i've got tomorrow off...and would have been up for joining you, if i hadn't developed a chest infection whilst on holiday (flipping typical eh?). i can just about climb the stairs now without having to stop for a breather, so i think hawcombe might be a bit too much for me a the moment!
have a good ride, if JB is being too smug about retirment would you push him off into the stream for me? 😀
me an gf were planing on heading up to exmoor tomorrow.Think we were planning a trip to ride lynton an valley of rocks think route is about 22k. How far are you guys planning to ride mr knottie ,) we might change our minds..
well I reckon about 20 miles ish . start in porlock ,hawkscombe ,aldermans barrow, dunkery beacon.(loose stoney) brockwell , dunster path to webbers post then tuckers to horner woods . back up grannies and drop back via the trail behind burrowhayes campsite . Phew , my legs ache already . 3.5 mile climb to start but wont be at a fast pace , believe me.
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we start at ten thirty and park in Orchard Rise , let me know if your keen and I post a contact no..
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From todays Exmoor blast.
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Legs aching but Dartmoor tomorrow !
Loads more pics here http://s1107.photobucket.com/albums/h392/knottie/Four%20days%20with%20John%20and%20co/ but more will be uploaded tomorrow.
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and from the last day of the tour ..............
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and one of me taken by Crispybacon..
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A few more pictures from today's Dartmoor ride 😀
At the start
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Foggintor Quarry
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riding the Hidden Valley
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A Horse & Hounds
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the climb to Sheepstor Common
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riding up the Widowmaker
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heading back to Princetown
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at the finish after 4 days of riding together
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great pics and fantastic weather as well , nice one.
like that top exmoor pic. is it dunkery looking towards selworthy ?
Lucky buggers, all of you. Beats being at work, although todays DFMEA was right up there in terms of radness dude. 😥
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spot on the trail leads to Brockwell. You've ridden it with me years ago.
