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Had a lovely steady 30 mile road ride with the mrs and friends yesterday. Drove up to Lakes this morning and did a nice ride around Coniston which took in one of my favourites Parkamoor. The Bash tomorrow, can't wait.
martinhutch, you weren't around the Coniston today were you? Saw someone on a very similar Cotic?
Fod locals should know this trails name .
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martinhutch, you weren’t around the Coniston today were you? Saw someone on a very similar Cotic?
Aye, that would be me.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1584801882/
Which particular bit was I glumly pushing up when you saw me? 🙂
Cut gate today. I was worried it would be very busy but it was fine. Not much left of the bog of doom, though I still didn't dare test how deep it is.
20 miles around kinver this afternoon, then a couple of pints after =happy days
A couple of local(ish) rides , prime dusty trails 👍🏻😀
Many thanks to whoever fixed the borked Instagram linking 👍🏻
Just spent a couple of months off with a Rotator Cuff injury so now starting to take tentative rides out on the bouncy bike, glorious 30+ weather with dusty trails, pity the creepy crawlies are starting to appear in mass.
The weekend was something like this:
Pre-wedding rounders and beerio's on Friday night....
Loch Archray paddle and sunbathe (after realising the new car clashes with the boats - new boats needed, obvs)
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Then this happened to another forumite - can you spot any more STW regulars?
Sunday of course had a fair old bit of this on a local ride.
(Summer tyres on!)
Is that a kilted Slush?
maybe....
Kilted floss not shown...
Top marks, got to love wedding dancing!
MY weekend consisted of 60km or so on Saturday with plenty of messing about in the woods and getting slightly lost over Goring/Mapledurham way. Couple of PRs on strava which is always nice.
Sunday i persuaded Mrs Weeksy to ride for the first time in 3 years ! She managed a hilly 15km and did brilliantly ! Really impressed she got up a couple of hills.
In the afternoon i installed Strava on my boys Android phone and he set about putting some times down... Crazy fella that's for sure 🙂 We did a nice 15km again, but this time it had a pub stop.
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Holy Moly Martin H... thats a beast of a day out. fair play.
Quick local blast for me last night after recovering from a Jolly Boys day out in York on Saturday.
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Holy Moly Martin H… thats a beast of a day out. fair play.
Cheers..but not really when you look at some of the Jennride numbers!
It's pretty much the same route with some significant bits knocked off. Mainly the two big up and overs. 🙂
I'm in awe of anyone who managed this year's full route as a one-er. I was pretty toasted at the end of that.
The words "unmitigated disaster" get thrown around with gay abandon these days... but still, my weekend was in all tangible respected an unmitigated disaster.
My Mate has been talking about riding Snowdon for years, every winter he reminds me of the embargo, we talk over the logistics, we watch Youtube videos, I sort of agree, but it never happens - brilliant.
This year was different, I vowed that during the Summer I wouldn't visit Afan, BPW or Cwmcarn to ride the 'normal stuff' - they're our usual stomping ground, we go every weekend, it's not boring, but it's the norm so I came up with a list of other stuff to do, and he tagged on Snowdon drat.
So we drove for 4 hours, shoved up the mountain for 3 hours, missed the cafe by 10 mins, and came down the Ranger trail - all fun yeah?
Nope, firstly, chatting to one of the dozens of people we talked to, they mention that the rangers trail doesn't end Llanberis (where we parked), but miles down the road, no ideal, BUT we were in luck, if we rode some of it, turned right we'd ride the Telegraph trail that did!
We set off, because it was beyond dry I'm told the trail was looser than ever and it's pretty bloody loose the rest of the time, frankly I was out of my depth, stones the side of golf balls, cats, dogs, fridges and cars, some move, some don't. The bike is doing 0-40mph in about a bike length so I'm dragging brake and they're complaining, body and bike getting a bettering and blind drops, some a few inches, some, about 5ft. I'm not sure if you could learn it given how long it takes to get up and how long it is, but blind I was riding about 100m at best, and either tripoding or walking because it was all getting a bit much.
Just as the rocks end we see a right turn, which sort of looks like the point the chap said, we push up, there's a stile! We cross it, there's a trail! it's about 10cm wide, hanging on the side of a big drop, and it's covered in rocks, fun times, we ride it just long enough to make going back impractical, but far enough to find the peat bog.
Mate sees a 'puddle' "be careful, it's a bit wet" I laugh, it's 25c and bone dry, front wheel finds the puddle, I laugh as the state of him, the 'puddle' swallows the front of my bike whole, OTB, cracked helmet visor.
Yeah, we've gone the wrong way, we've followed a sheep track into a valley floor that's basically a peat bog, jobs ****ed, best get out of trouble. Se we agreed to try to head towards a local farmhouse 'as the crow flies' as we saw it on the way up and there's a road. got stuck a few more times, tore my shorts on a barbed wire fence, crossed a steam, climbing a dry stone wall (without damaging it) found some farmers back garden, waved at the chap stood there, who walked away (to get the double barrel we assumed) found the road, rode it, rode the last few KMs of the Llanberis Path, the tarmac bit, had a beer, changed, got in the van drove home, arrived at 1am not 10pm as promised woke the wife.
But, despite all that, I really enjoyed it. Shit ride, good day.
lol Pjay, great story. Why didn't you take the garmin? or don't you have one?
lol @p-jay - that's exactly the same thing I did first time I rode Snowdon. Including the bog!
Best way is to start at bottom of rangers, go up to telegraph, down into planners, up to summit and back all the way down rangers.
Back before 10am at this time of year, of course...
Thanks @P-Jay - I've had so many rides like that, pushing up a mountain just to push back down because I'm too much of a wimp to ride it, then beating myself up about it. Glad you managed to extract some fun and a good story from the day at least.
Best way is to start at bottom of rangers, go up to telegraph, down into planners, up to summit and back all the way down rangers.
Back before 10am at this time of year, of course…
To prevent a super early start, wonder if there's another shortish loop you can do out of Llanberis to pass the time before 3pm or so before you start pushing back up?
You could just sit in Pete's for a few hours, but that might make the push a bit more challenging.
lol Pjay, great story. Why didn’t you take the garmin? or don’t you have one?
Dont have one, the downside of living in the middle of endless TC choice is I rarely need to navigate. Tried to use Strava and Google Maps on my phone, great signal at the top strangely, but Strava didn’t show sections bar the top of Rangers and Llanberis.
If I go again I’ll stay overnight, ride Coed one day and Snowdon the other in the morning rather than evening.
For ride for me in aaaaaaages as life has been getting in the way.
Took mt eldest up tot Sherwood Pines for a ride and as an added bonus there was PedalFest there this weekend, with music, trials shows etc.
Trails were DUSTY.
Desperately wanted to get out on the bike over the weekend, but real life got in the way. So headed out early this morning, as far as I'm concerned, it's still the weekend till I pitch up at the office...
What a stunner of a morning, Red Kits, Barn Owls, the works. Then the rear tyre deflated...
Couldn't for the life of me find the puncture, no sealant evident, so pumped up and tried to continue.
I finally found a cut in the sidewall, it wouldn't seal, so a messy 15 minutes ensued as I tried to get an inner tube in and get it inflated. That sealant sure is slippery and a Topeak Race Rocket pump sure is tiny... 🤬
Couldn't enjoy the rest of the ride as much as I wanted, as I had to be hone to wave daughter off on her week long school residential trip. 🤦♂️
It's Cambridge Beer Festival this week, so I doubt I'll be out on the bike till next week now. If anyone on here is going, drop by the Foreign and Bottled Beer Bar and say hello...