Utterly gutted.
Car steering packed up alarmingly between jnct 36 and 37. Limped to the lay by at the top of 37 and sat on my arse for nearly 3 hrs waiting for the AA to turn up.
Missed probably the best days cycling of the year. 😡 😈
We're under instruction not to make Dave jealous by saying it was a good ride, so my lips are sealed, apart from telling you there were 33 riders including just 4 women, one of whom fell just 200m short of the end of the off road and had to be bandaged up after cutting her knee quite badly 🙁 Excellent cake and scones were served afterwards 🙂
565 photos taken by me, and probably hundreds more by the other participants 🙂
Wow must have been quite an epic day out looking forward to seeing the pics soon .
Bloody hell Lowey I feel for you . should have left the damn car and cycled to sedburgh .
should have left the damn car and cycled to sedburgh
if he had he would have arrived just in time for cake 🙂
Blox to any 'instructions'!
Stunning weather, stunning scenery, stunning ride!!!
Thank you to *all*.
:))
Paul
(Specs, pads, Kona 4 delux)
Bloody hell Lowey I feel for you . should have left the damn car and cycled to sedburgh .
I could probably have made Sedbergh in about 15 mins on the bike from when I broke down. Sitting there looking over the hills in the glorious sunshine was just shit. Pure shit.
Glad you had a good one lads (and lasses). Perfect weather, perfect route.
Gutted.
I realised that without pen and paper I'd never be able to identify all the riders, but here's my partial list:
Riders: Boggies: Chris M, Malcolm, Andrea, Stuart M, Andy G, Michael, John C, Simon B; Darlington contingent: Deejay, Steve, Trevor, Graham (??), Jackie + several unknown; Uncategorised: Jo, Tom, Mel, Stuart (retd), Robin (retd), Paul (Clark), Peter (singlespeed!), Ton(y), Danny, Johnnie, Faz, Dave (Donk) [25, leaving another 8 names please]
Ahh I'd be one of the other 8 then!. Grant (the Blue Intense blokey) :)... the one who got the nice 1" slice in me tyre after about 500 metres from the start!. Thanks again to all those that helped - that tyre boot did the job nicely. So I got to enjoy a fantastic day out riding some awesome terrain in a new part of the world for me.
I was also with Tom and Jo and then Dave (chuckie), Paul and Mick!!!.
Thanks again for organising the day, it was very good to meet new folk and see a few familiar faces too.
Hope Tom and Jo make it back home ok and Lancaster A&E isn't too traumatic :I... good luck.
Looking fwd to the piccies!!!.
cracking day
cracking company (even barnes ;o))
cracking ride
so to summerise, cracking
Missed probably the best days cycling of the year
Very hot - wet and muddy in places - you would have hated it - honest! 😉
OH YESso to summerise, cracking
oh, and as stand-in ride leader I'd like to thank everyone for their easy cooperation and tolerance. I'll confess now that I did sneak in a short non-ROW section :o)
it was worth it to see you fall off in the fords twice......
not once TWICE......... 😀
it was worth it to see you fall off in the fords twice......
I quite enjoyed the ribald laughter too. Sympathy is overrated!
Just got a text from Tom, He and Joe are in A & E waiting for some stitches and more than likely a tetanus jab in the bum.
I'm sure she will be Ok after a couple of days.
Cheers to you all, it was a cracker.
Bummer about the car Dave.
Jo before the off
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what a view
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Looooooong singletrack
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just a super day weather /company/ride fantastic and that to55er Lowey failed to turn up how could it have been improved?
Jo [b]after[/b] the off:
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Thanks everybody for an excellent ride.
I took plenty of video today so will piece it together and bung it on youtube in due course.
John
(Not Marin'ing today, just summer-seasoning)
Not quite the quality of 'bum shot' you are so renowned for Simon.
but good effort
Not quite the quality of 'bum shot' you are so renowned for Simon
don't worry, I have plenty of those too (thanks ladies!) but this was more informational :o)
Thanks everyone for a great ride, sorry I held you all up, I had a great time, although a bit knackered! Plan to get out on the road bike so a bit faster at the next one! Looking forward to the piccies and videos
Healing vibes to Jo.
Deejay, yeah, it looked rubbish. Good effort but sadly not cheered me up any.
Was the next ride / venue discussed ?
Was the next ride / venue discussed ?
something round Malham was suggested...
something round Malham was suggested...
Thats spooky. I was thinking about a ride from Settle over Malham moors myself. Great minds think alike (or fools seldom differ).
Simon, sorry I missed your chat on facebook, the wife was on my account.
Oh, Lowey - you could have ridden with us! We parked just up the hill at Roan Edge Quarry, and probably cycled past you. Black car, bike in boot?
I was even carrying home-made carrot cake
The video from todays ride is currently uploading onto vimeo. Should be done in an hour or so.
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Lovely video of a stunning day!
Thank you John!!
Paul
Oh, Lowey - you could have ridden with us! We parked just up the hill at Roan Edge Quarry, and probably cycled past you. Black car, bike in boot?I was even carrying home-made carrot cake
That was me Esme... you forgot to add the most recognisable aspect though... p!ssed off driver.
Loved that video, wantr to do it all again, TODAY - forget this work lark! Lowey, shame you misseds it pal, epic!
Great day, great company - cheeers all - Jo, hope your knee is ok
(Danny, white Merlin)
Well apart from myself, I think everybody featured at least a couple of times in the video - but sorry to anybody who I missed off!
Now, where to ride for the rest of this week as im Hols...... 😀
Thanks all, great day out. Stunning scenary, good company and great weather all added up to a grand day out. Will keep eyes peeled for the next one - Malham sounds good.
Now where's that aftersun......
Cheers
Paul (initially white Meta 5 becoming a subtle shade of shitty brown). Part of vortexracing crew.
Thanks to Trevor too for kindly giving me a spare valve core when my forks had a total loss of air pressure and travel :o)
barnes, photos man, get your finger out...... 😡
ok I think we need a hands up of people who did not either crash or have a mechanical ... I had two chain suck followed by chain snap.
I'm with Tony, Simon you have had a full day!!!
but a suppose unlike Tony, most of us have been working.
Next time you have a day off Tony, do you mind not rubbing it in with a thread on here. It was hard enough going to work as it was. 🙁
News about Jo
She is out of hospital and they didn't stitch it as there wasn't enough skin left to stitch the would (ouch!). So they have dressed it and she will have to keep having the dressings changed. She also twisted it as well, so no driving or work for a bit.
Poor Tom (Guy on Orange Hustler) will have to make Tea and everything.
Serves him right, she looks after him too well IMHO.
barnes, photos man, get your finger out
I've just started on them. I took 566 in all...
I'll try to post at least the first tranche later this evening 🙂
FYI I also have a full time job, and was too knackered last night to do [b]anything[/b] useful!
barnes, sitting at a desk, playing with a keyboard is not a full time job, it is your hobby.......... 😆
I think I broke a nail, does that count John:-)
playing with a keyboard is not a full time job, it is your hobby
yeah, [b]so[/b] much more idle than boozing in a deck chair...
If it helps Tony I have a great shot of you pushing your bike 400 metres from the start of the ride...
15 all!
yeah, so much more idle than boozing in a deck chair...If it helps Tony I have a great shot of you pushing your bike 400 metres from the start of the ride...
jelousy will get you nowhere.
and i can push my bike far quicker than most people can ride, thats why i was eating butties at the top when you got there.... 😉
thats why i was eating butties at the top when you got there
and of course nothing to do with me waiting to make sure the punctured stragglers knew the way :o)
anyhow,stop gassing and get some piccies posted.... 😡
here you go:
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[b]ton[/b] boldly striding ahead 🙂
8)
and you have made it look flat
the camera doesn't lie kiddo...
Great Video John... Kasabian soundtrack too... you spoil us.
Lol at Ton and SFB.... like a bloody married couple.
a marriage made in [b]Hell[/b] 🙁
simon, i do find you appealing......in a manly kind of way.... 😕
lowey - Member
Lol at Ton and SFB.... like a bloody married couple.
😯
O dear god..
What a thought...
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While you're waiting for sfb. Camera has no viewing screen so no people shots..!?
7 in total...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38136212@N07/sets/72157619108160910/
Link top right to run Slideshow.
Paul
Is this more like you remember it Tony?
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Oh and BTW I think it's 'match point' to SFB at the moment
simon, i do find you appealing
Yikes! Well, if it has to be, I'm going on top!
😆
Folks - here are my pictures from Sunday - please don't sue if you don't like them 😯
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click the pic for the rest
Apologies to those I missed and the names I forgot
Some great shots there Dave - cheers for getting some of me! Here's the first half of mine:
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more to follow tomorrow evening 🙂
cracking photies guys
ta
Interesting that Deejay chose to post a shot of my on my arse rather than the lovely scenery or shapely totty 🙁
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Forum password has now arrived so I can at last say thanks to lots of people - firstly for a fantastic route on an amazing day and great company, secondly for everyone who helped me out post crash!
John - first aid and cake, Danny - inappropriate but entertaining comments, ton - fixing my grips, Marin-John - taking photos (and maybe feeding me jelly babies?), the guys who offered me schnapps and whiskey, the guys who made me tea, Faz - for not shouting at me for taking him out as well (are you ok?), the vortex crew for good banter, Tom for sitting with me in A&E for 4 hours and of course the farmer for the lift back to the car park (not that he's likely to read this, but good vibes to the gentleman).
Just a bit gutted cause the two holes in the knee are the least of my problems, think I might be out for a while with a bit of ligament trouble (only just fixed the right one that I did in the alps last summer) 👿 but fingers crossed its just bruising 😕
Oh, and can I just reassure you all that I will not be suing any of you. Not only am I a regular rider (i.e. not a novice just because I'm a girl!)but it was no fault of the ride organisers that I made a mistake on a bit of loose, fast stuff. I understand and appreciate the principle of what the other anti-mass-ride thread is saying, but I went into this ride knowing what sort of thing to expect, and surely doing a new route in the wilerness is safer with other people that have done it before than me navving it on my own?!
Anyway, great day, great photos. See you all again (hopefully) soon!
simon, and dave, brilliant photos boys............ 😀
I shall be writing to the farmer to thank him 🙂
Tom for sitting with me in A&E for 4 hours
that's why I offered to bring you some reading matter as I know it often takes quite a while there! Sorry to hear you had less obvious injuries - hope they mend quickly...
Any excuse to sit at home and soak up the sun eh Joe.
How was the paella that Tom made last night?
You do realise that you could milk this for quite a while and have him wait on you hand and foot.
Thanks Simon, I'd thought of doing the same but not sure of the address. He also mentioned he was only staying in the cottage there short-term as he'd just bought a farm down the road.
Paella was good thanks, and I've got leftovers in a pot in the fridge for lunch today 😀
Actually really bored though already...can't move much!
Cracking pics lads
He also mentioned he was only staying in the cottage there short-term
I'll post the letter at lunch/dinner time!
Interesting that Deejay chose to post a shot of me on my arse rather than the lovely scenery or shapely totty
Good laugh though 😆
Jo - hope you have no long term damage and can come out and play again soon. (and get to drink your tea standing up!)
Simon, what a sensible way to cool down on such a hot day . . . .
what a sensible way to cool down on such a hot day . . . .
after the initial shock it was quite pleasant :o) Twice.
after the initial shock it was quite pleasant :o) Twice.
3 - Don't forget the shower 😉
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Great Pics Lads... good effort.
I've uploaded the rest of my pics now:
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simon you really cant be gettng any as your definition of pouting totty is worryingly broad.
Thanks for your concern Johnnie but you misunderstand my motives :o) ...and I would have described you as worryingly skinny! You should be scoffing more of that cake yourself buddy:-)
PS If anyone objects to shots of themselves (or the captions) just email me and I'll take them down or edit as required. For those I don't have the names of you can add a comment with your name...
I object to my mugshot on account that I look like a berk (I think I had some flapjack stuck in my teeth I was trying surreptitiously to remove - nice!)
Cue a flood of "the camera never lies" comments 🙂
I like the wall pattern pic Simon, specially with the teeny tiny horses in the foreground.
Some cracking shots there Danny especially the "looking back" ones.
i like this one
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Yes I think it's the inevitibility of (yet more) dampness for the cameraman about it that is so captivating 🙂
My Bowderdale pics from the Fri of that weekend
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Yes I think it's the inevitibility of (yet more) dampness for the cameraman about it that is so captivating
I think the possibility of soaking me acts as an incentive for the riders to try harder :o)
the guys who offered me schnapps and whiskey,
That HAS to be Mr Richpenny and Singlespeed Stepdad! Sorry you fell off and got hurt, glad there were folk around to give 1st aid and help.
This ride looks excellent, and everyone's photos are so good!
Oh, Tony, how's your thumb ? (he fell off and twisted it)
I got a bit confused on Danny's pics when it got all cloudy till I realised I'd strayed into a different day 🙂