Took Samuel out for a ride to mugdock country park which gave me the opertunity to test some mic positions on the bike and get samuel riding on some more technical trails. Wee bum doesn't listen to me at all and day dreams on the bike. He'll get there eventually.
on the train going there
at the top having hot chocolate and cake
bikes needing a clean on the way back
some video of our day.
Great wee video Poah lol@ 'don't brake..keep going'
Night of the toad on my local woods night ride. Out in force and having little meetings in groups of 3 or 4 on the track.
Fun dodging them, but I might have squished a couple on my way back, eeek sorry little guy.
least you never got one stuck in your mudguard.
MBR Demo day, yesterday. MUD! 😀
Great first propper outing on the new bike in the Peaks today. It was oddly busy everywhere apart from Lady Cannings. Lots of mud and gloop mind.
Thought Staveley Green Quarter would be a good idea to kick off a day out. It wasn't.
Still a nice ride once I escaped from Kentmere though.
Bit of a "gravel" ride today...
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28 miles in the Peak District - Eastern moors loop and Stanage Edge. Pretty mild and ground reasonably dry.
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On a road trip for a week first stop Hadrians Wall only 9 miles but good to be out bloody hilly around here mind! Kielder tomorrow
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Got soaked poaching some high level cheek.
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Still a brill day though.
Just back from a week in Morocco with Freeride Morocco. Pretty amazing. No rain!
The Dales, day 4: Howgill Fells.
Some dust in the Peaks 
No pics but Ive had a decent weekends riding again.
Spent yesterday in The Lakes, first ride there in 9 months. It was wet, hilly and nearly 50km... But by God it felt good. Finished off in the bakery @ Staveley with a hot beef ciabatta and a brew. Had a ride out round Rivington today before helmet shopping at Leisure Lakes in Bury.
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Tomorrows plan is a local (probably cheeky) route round The Goyt, and a few beers in the pub.
Carlos
Had a day off (in-lieu for Good Friday) on Friday, headed out on the Spearfish to get accustomed to it - had a blast over to Settle and back. A bit early for summer tyres methinks
Saturday was a damp ride on the single speed.
Today was an imperial century on the road bike. Nice dry roads but the potholes were something else.
Got dropped off by the b/h at Kielder this afternoon ( couldn't get out with friends yesterday ) ..for a one way trip down to Falstone where I was being picked up at her sisters farm ..
Started off on the Osprey Trail ( Blue ) ..Ive said it before but if you want some fast flowing singletrack albeit without any jumps or tech sections then this has some of the best trails in the forest ..I love it .
Upon joining the North Haul road / Lakeside Way ..I stuck to the road and went over Black Belling bridleway to drop into Falstone ..
Pics ..
Osprey Trail ..
Top of Hill 361..
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My fav.section Squirrel Nut Pines
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Leaving the man made trail behind ..the start of the climb on the Black Belling bridleway ..
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It soon became apparent that the bridleway had been quite heavily used by a running race ..which being wet at the best of times did nothing to improve the trail..the stony bits though were as good as ever ..
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Great few hours ..but I think this section is best left until the summer !
Got Friday afternoon off so ended up off on a borrowed roadie with my mate for a bit of tail wind strava trolling 😉 Good fun spin and a nice tea and cake halfway round,
Been at the in-laws for the weekend but did get out for a little tarmac spin on the singlespeed on Friday.
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Archer Spring Criterium, A 25 mile TT, then half of PAris-Roubaix on the rollers. Rest day tomorrow. You don’t want to see photos of the last two.
Poah ..you are too demanding !😁
I thought Samuel did great ..he tackled some tech sections there and came out smiling ..
I liked his last comment " Ive got mud in my teeth ( spit ) "..
Hope you checked that's all it was !
Had a very damp and gritty ride at Cannock with the wife on Saturday morning. Then managed a shade under 40k in the Peak on my own Sunday. All in all a pretty good weekend 😁
20 miles around Kielder lots of fun wall to wall sunshine cheeky camp in the main carpark!
Evenings entertainment was having a few drinks in the Anglers Arms and enjoying the entertainment!
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Great that you went around yesterday Rich..it was a cracking day weather wise..today on the other hand was the complete opposite ..
Yep left about 11am and it was a tad moist now sheltering in a pub @ Bamburgh as we are van camping next to the sea and its lashing it down 🙂
