got a couple of mails asking if this is still on.
yes it is...........
sign below if yo are coming.................. 8)
Yes - one here.
Another here
Yes, 3 here!
Me and Grant will be there (up to press anyway).
how long is the route Ton?
25ish miles.
Ta
me and mart are up for it, is it still a 9.30 meet
Me +1 - but I have'nt decided which bike yet . . . 🙄
I think my day pass is still valid.
G.........9.30 still.
should be there hopefully
The right way down that track to scarhouse this time Mick? 😉
i'll be there +1
aye but i dont fancy that road climb claire 🙁
If I can get up it when I'm 11 weeks pregnant (which I did), then you can get up it on Sunday!
lol there is still less of you than me even with two of you 🙂
lol maybe.
Bail for me, not tempted by a 6 hour round trip to ride in wind and rain.
Will make it one day 🙄
big soft shyte............. 😉
lol there is still less of you than me even with two of you
but then she has slender girlie muscles too 🙂
If I can get up it when I'm 11 weeks pregnant
Did I just read that correctly Clare?
simon, you making one in ❓
simon, you making one in
is that in English ?
I'd like to attend, but I don't think anyone will be passing Lancaster - also we'd have to leave here about 8am and I hate getting up early!
Did I just read that correctly Clare?
didn't you know Granville ? She blabbed on Facebook 🙂
Don't use Facebook. Must have missed the local gossip 😐
Ton, can you influence the weather? I'm an optimist most of the time and I've got a cake in the oven as I post this but.........
Don't use Facebook
it's not actually toxic 🙂
there is still less of you than me
Too many 'fireman's lunches' Mick 😉
Ton, can you influence the weather? I'm an optimist most of the time and I've got a cake in the oven as I post this but.........
your not wrong mate 🙂
Sorry guys, I'm gonna miss this one in favour of the Marple/Northwest ride... 'cos I'm being lazy and it'll get me an extra hour in bed!
Have a good one & I'll see you next month all being well!
Me and Stue should be there. Mick, if you were Firestarter, be good to see you again (I was Emma). Will bring flapjacks if I can find the recipe. If we're not there we chickened out cause of weather....
YES.
on my own though. Junkyard will also be missed greatly.
Keith... Marple ride ???
it is indeed emma 🙂 nice to see you too . Subject to weather lol
Lowey: on here as 'NorthWest Photo Day', quite a bit closer to me, which given the weather etc made it a better option.
How much is the car park ?
Good luck folks, its gonna be awful wet!
gonna have to cry off gents. 😳
been at work for most of the day, and i'm now infromed that I've got to take daughter number 1 to work at 8:30 tomorrow. 😡
Bugger.
post up the piccies when you get back.
Coward!
this type
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nice to see the caring sharing soft side of the STW frequenters.
be nice or no more vists to the garage of chuck 8)
looks like a long blast round Rivvy tomorrow afternoon for me
should be there if I can wake up early enough 😉
i have a feeling that me and deejay might be riding by ourselves tomorrow.............. 😉
Hoping to drop in at the car park as i am riding over. Hoping your going to head over to Scar house then i will make my way home some time after half way. Have you a route in mind?
i have a feeling that me and deejay might be riding by ourselves tomorrow......
Cheeky bugger!!
I'll be there come what may.
😆
im there mate will be on the ht as my talas from the sus are not playing any more i have to ride on sun im on crutches from tues 🙁
Can't be worse than Kirkby Stephen - - can it?????????????
As long as we don't start on a freshly clipped hedge lined bridleway, no it can't be worse than KS 🙂
i like cold and rain.
thin fit people suffer in rain and cold.
shitbuffalo's thrive in cold and rain............ 😉
just seen the weather radar for tomorrow. 😆 😆 😆
I've just made flapjack, **** the weather!
Hope you all made it back ok?! I went home via lofthouse bank then turned right offroad to Grewlthorpe. There was a bit of snow to start with but it soon dissapeared after a mile or so.
Shame about the snow its usually a brilliant ride.
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Tired now 😆
Great ride - thanks Ton for leading! Enjoyed meeting lots of nice people, and eating their cake, flapjacks and chocolate caramelly things. And jelly babies. And thanks to the kind man who lent me glove liners when I was nearly crying from pain.
Pity about the snow, but everyone had a good time.
nosemineb
mate we rode up the same way, but went left and did the shooting house descent.
pretty slippy, but awesome all the same.
cooroo, nice to meet you and your hubby. 8)
We had such a good day, thanks to you all for encouragement and good guiding! Tea and flapjack hit the spot and my bath has at last made me warm. Apologies for slowing the pace, early in the season + so not fit! Must try harder!
I'll have a look at photos later, who's profile am I looking at?
a very very rare photo......... 😉
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cheers for the ride nice to meet you all. Hope the surgeon on tues is less painful than those road climb 🙂 proper killed my legs, feet not too clever either lol. At least you all got to see a comedy dismount as most of you missed mine 🙂 oh tony mrs likes the phone too cheers mate
Bloody hell is that DJ 'pushing'?
🙁
My bb self destructed in a big way. By the time I got back there were no bearings left at all, and they had bust the BB shell and gouged out the crank arm. Bugger, bugger, bugger.
Anyway... some pics to be found by clicking the image. Glad you all had a good one. Cheers for leading Tony. Anyone discuss the next one ?
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Thanks everyone. Excellent ride - the pushes? Well that's snow for you.
I'll know to bring cake next time (though by the look of me in Lowey's photo I should maybe not any myself).
I was the Scot on the Five in orange and grey at the start of the ride and an additional yellow jacket by the end.
Iain
Good ride Ton - nice to meet some new faces - unfortunately I forgot to put a memory card in my camera so hardly any photo's
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There are a couple more if you click the pic
looks like lowey is tampering with his bike....perhaps??? 😉
Nice day out again bar the pushing through the snow. Perhaps lowey foresaw this and thought better of it :wink:. Next one is in the pipeline and will be revealed during the week. The cakes that teagirl provided were quite frankly outstanding! so much better than may flapjack 😳
Ton your secret is safe only cause i'm a luddite.
Evening all.
Just wanted to say thanks for making a new boy feel welcome.
Had a cracking day in the saddle (which I've just thrown in the bin!!) despite the snow, a ****ed bottom bracket and a bruise on my leg the size of a tennis ball.
Any chance of another crack at it when the weather's a bit better!!
PS sorry for rushing off at the end, but I'd promised my 3 year old a trip to the curry house. Anyway now full (too full) of curry and about to fall asleep. A most enjoyable day.
Oh, now my brain has warmed up, a huge thanks to the top blokes that sorted my brake pads out, I'd have still been there sorting it by the time you all came back down again!
Hey, izakimak, your flapjack was just what I needed, gorgeous with ginger nom nom!
Some great photos of the day folks! Thanks Ton for the organisation of a great ride, a really top day out with great company (and cakes!). 😀
Looking at my bike, it needs new pads front and rear (rears have gone completely) and a new seat clamp as mine snapped at the start of the shooting house descent - riding back with my post right down has killed my knees too 🙄
Jon (black stumpjumper, black jacket)
Great ride Tony, however note to self GET FITTER.
Superb to see you folks and great flapjack "to boot"
Morning all, great day out yesterday,great bunch of folk and fantastic cake as well, what more could you ask for (less snow)For anyone who might be interested this is the link to the Mountainbike marathon site http://www.mtb-marathon.co.uk/
note to self GET FITTER
Plus 1 (since 1971)
looks like lowey is tampering with his bike
No just trying to get out most of the fresh dog egg that I cycled through in the car park!
Lowey I seem to recall you saying before we set off that the ride would not go well due to the evil omen of the dog -george on your tyre. next thing your bottom bracket goes and by the end of the trundle thru the snow my shoes had dissolved - do you have mystic powers/ gypsy blood ? , and the weather turned bad the second you turned back ------ mart
unfortunately I forgot to put a memory card in my camera so hardly any photo's
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I've just checked in my camera case and I only have one spare so I'd be limited to 2000 shots...
WW-HH-AA-TT ???
No need to shout - I have a few spares but for some inexplicable reason I lifted it out of my bike bag on Saturday night and left it in the garage 🙁
Sounds like a grand day out - what were the numbers for this one?!?!
what were the numbers for this one?!?!
23 lovely people were lead a merry dance by ton 😆 - ginormous road climbs followed by pushing through snow 😉
and the weather turned bad the second you turned back
Sorry chaps. My usual powers of weather providing must have followed me back.
who was the crazy guy on the blizzard? Your flapjack stuff was great 🙂 what was it