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I'll still be pushing up the road mind you. I didn't buy a Spesh Pitch to actually start riding it uphill, ok? 😉
i.ll be there riding on sunday. I shall report back:)
Just as a quick aside, I have been discussing how to actually get to the meeting point if the snow conditions persist. Snake pass and Holme Moss are shut at the moment so if that does not change it could be a problem. People coming from the north may be better going via Manchester or Sheffield. I have had a look on Google maps and if I go M62/M60/A6 it gets me all the way to Chapel-en-le-frith all on major roads and apparatley only takes 8 minutes longer.
If anyone has more local knowledge nearer the time then the people who are having to travel a fair way would be grateful for a road report!!
I shall be coming from Nottingham. Will be going Chesterfield way, then hathersage etc...
I'd be surprised if the snow is still caused travel issues on roads by then, however stranger thing have happened!
i live in between whaley bridge and chapel-en-le-frith, so i am fairly local, but i wont be able to get a ride in before next saturday after this weekend. i might be able to get out tomorrow or over the weekend, but im not making any promises.
robdob, through woodhead or Stockport/New Mills etc?
"But a tarmac/stony climb covered in 4 foot show drifts (as it was last year) is a push"
Sorry, I just assumed that if it was unridable, it must have been due to a very sloppy surface, completely forgetting about the possibility of a snow drift
"I'll still be pushing up the road mind you"
Tut tut
Thats a middle ring climb that one ..
Apparantely Woodhead pass had just reopened but snake pass hasn't. Checking google maps says that M62/m6/a6 route is only 8 mins longer than holmfirth/glossop etc. I think i try it anyway as I've never been that way.
Careful if you go that way- naughty Pook pointed me that way back in December and some of the climbs back up from dips were sheet ice almost the whole way 😯
it'l have all gone by the 23rd. I can guarantee it....
<scuttles of to find a 2 bar heater and massive extension lead>
Be interesting to see what it is liek up there at teh weekend, think that it will just be rain tbh 🙁
This weekend will be cold, wet and slippy. Next weekend it will be dry, sunny and rideable all the way.
[i](Pook, I have some blow torches that may help)[/i]
Pook, nice work already on Winnats Pass, apparately it's open now. Fast work indeed!
I'll give everyone a tip. Don't look at the satellite pictures of the Edale area on Google as it looks dry and dusty, well heavenly really. It just made me sad. :-/
it'l have all gone by the 23rd. I can guarantee it....
<scuttles of to find a 2 bar heater and massive extension lead>
What we all need is some top of the range Troutlights, I reckon they could be used in daytime to dry the trail as you ride.
It's like this...
right then chaps,
[b]At
10am
January 23rd,
we shall meet at
Barber Booth layby, [url= http://www.multimap.com/s/i9Xr6Utt ]here[/url], to get ready for about a 10.15 set off.
We will be riding the Kinder Loop, which you can find in the VGraphics book*, basically as follows...
Edale, Hollins Cross, Mam Tor, Mam Nick, Rushup Edge, Pennine Bridleway, Mount Famine, The Ashes, Oaken Clough, Jacobs Ladder, Edale.
14 miles, 2400ft of elevation. Should take about 3 hours.
Yes parts will be a bit damp/boggy, yes it may be cold, but I think we're all of the thinking that as much off road as possible is the best way to do things!
As yet, some of the roads in the area are closed, but we're not expecting much snow over the next week so I should think that Edale will be accesible from all ends of the country come the 23rd.
See you all then
Chris aka Pook
* the nice bloke who runs the route planning website is fearing legal action so has closed it down sadly.[/b]
i like that route. i had a look on tracklogs, and it looks like only 3 big climbs, which is nice 🙂
My V Graphics book says its 3100ft (946m) elevation?
ive got 839 on tacklogs.
I don't really care. It's a nice ride.
Whats 700ft between friends? Pook is merely providing a 'mans means of measurement' 😉
i was just saying 😕 a nice ride it is though
Hi everyone. i'd like to join you and i'll be in the Woodbine cafe at 9am if anyone fancys a brew and big lads breakfast before hand. If anyone needs a lift from the Stockport area give me a shout via Email (in profile) cheers. Ady.
😉 more than welcome. I think that takes us up to 29 now... I hope there're enough burgers in the nags head 😀
lets make that 30.
are there enough spaces in the layby?
I'm on the train, where is Barber Booth in relation to the other landmarks streetmap is a bit poo.
you go through barber booth coming from manchester just before you get to edale, just as you come out of the tunnel. coming from sheffield, it is down to the main road from the station and then turn left. hope that helps.
thank you i'll try not to get lost.
eth3er, type barber booth into Google and have a look at the national trust.org page. It's got a copy of the route that i beleive we are taking as well.I'd hyper link it but don't know how!
I really enjoyed the first, snowy one.
The second one clashed with Thetford Winter Series, and now this one does too... Was it something I said/did? 😐
Only kidding, have a good one! 😀
Hi guys,
Well I was up at Edale/Ladybower this weekend. On saturday I went for a run around Mam tor/Edale/Castleton. Well I can say that there is still snow there 😆 took me about 30mins to do a mile due to knee high snow, so I have up and turned around...
Today though i'd do on of the Ladybower loops on the bike, well went along teh bottom dam, and then around the edge on the res. Took me about an hour to get to Hagg Farm Road crossing!! Snow yet again was a right pain in the arse 😆
Anyway some photos of the offending snow:
At the Top of Mam tor, on the road:
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Bridleway around mam tor
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From Edale to Mam tor
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Today on the Ladybower track
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itll be gone in a week, i hope 😕
It will all be gone by next weekend. If its not- Im still riding it. I rode yesterday in the rain/snow in Surrey. Nothing is stopping me.
It's been a lot warmer today and a lot of snow has cleared but there's still loads high up, the top of Jacob's ladder always holds onto the snow and ice much longer than any of the other bridlways as well. The forecast is for the temperature to drop back down to zero on tuesday and start snowing again on thursday and friday.
[url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/pics-of-jacobs-ladder-conditions-yesterday ]Some pics of the top of Jacobs yesterday.....[/url]
Never thought i;d say this... but lets hope the snow does go for next weekend eh 🙂
As much as I hope the snow will be gone, I somehow doubt it somewhat, especially the b.way skirting mam tor, it's like it was never there ..
Blimey 😯
Wait and see if snow really does come on Wed/Thurs. If it does it'll just cancel out the thaws good work 🙁
anyone fancy a road ride?
I'm still riding it.
[s]I'm still riding it.[/s]
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I'm still riding it.
That's the voice of an optimist or someone who wants a walk with a heavy and cumbersome walking stick 😆 I might bring a folding bike and put it in my rucsac
Seriously, there's a lot of snow still to shift but my fingers are crossed
That's the voice of a[s]n optimist[/s] man.
🙂
😆 Pook.
I will also still be riding. If the snow is still there and really bad, then be could always do Wharncliffe?
I suspect that if we were to do a Ladybower route the snow would be less...