Cheers. That makes sense. Haven't been to Hamsterley for yonks, fancied a trip up.
Martin ..the one thing I can say is that if it's been a while then you won't be disappointed ..they have done some fantastic work there ..hope you enjoy it .
Had a fun weekend up in the Tweed Valley.
Glentress yesterday, bits of Red and black and some off piste including Mast of Zorro, Five Year Plan, Mild Peril and Ponduro.
Today we had a ride up the Golfie and did New Wolf and the bottom of Repeat Offender before heading to Innerleithen for Angry Sheep Green Wing. We wanted to do more but we didn't have the legs or the time!
Simon, sad I missed you and mugboo, sounds like you had a good time though. Trails were in incredibly good nick.
Had a cracking 35km/1000m day out in FOD today. Lots of great trails in prime condition and sunshine. Some for the first time, some pushing my limits.
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Didn’t roam far this weekend as the Mrs was working.
That’s took a spin up the Ridge above Cardiff this afternoon.
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Simon, sad I missed you and mugboo, sounds like you had a good time though. Trails were in incredibly good nick
Yep, it would have been good to meet the man that sent us up Gasgale Crags 😆
Just a little trip to one of my fave camping spots to watch the meteor shower, but no meteor shower just lots of lights on the hills must have been an endurance event on. Gave her a baccy on the way back to the van 🙂
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Gave her a baccy on the way back to the van
Teaching your kids to smoke, Rich?
That is such a lovely wildcamp spot.
Wanted to ride up a handful of cat4s including Beacon, Old Winchester and Butser Hills, but I've been full of a head cold the last few days and had no idea what I could do.
Ended up doing ~4600 feet of hill reps over ~33 miles on Copsewood and Dell Roads, very close to home. Best workout in a while!
Club circuit race championship yesterday. M25 circumnavigation (224 km/2000 m of climbing) on the best bike. Four hours of sleep and an 05:35 start meant slower than my fixed wheel, but clockwise is harder. Needed to eat more.
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More S Wales back lanes (100k plus) with new to me Shand Stoater though a bit overdressed in our mudguards today.
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Didn't plan on it, I had interesting things like shopping and washing to do! But my kid said he wanted to do a ride with his little mate, so how could I refuse. Took em on a South Downs loop which was a bit disappointing, but didn't know what the boys were capable of. Still we were out for 4 hours in the afternoon, and what a lovely afternoon it was 🙂
Kid's ride, nice to have at 15 y.o.!
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Yep kids are lucky these days ..my boy (14) inherited my Nomad and is the envy of his mates ..
For reasons even I can't comprehend I built up my old Surly ICT frame to make a "winter fatbike", so I took that for a shakedown ride in Saturday.
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Then back on the Five today for a bit of exploring up on Ben Aigan.
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Tweed Valley is on the list for next year, must go.
Last weekend of the bike park so I went there on Saturday. 10cm of snow had fallen at the top so the top lift was shut but it made for some fun riding. got very muddy later on
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XC bimble on sunday. Light is fading fast now
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Managed a mile before a tree interface stopped play on scorpion at yair.
Was really happy as I managed the freaky drop.
Hospital was quite and all my bones are intact so hopefully fix the BB on the ss and go for a teeth gritter.
Something of a turning point this weekend
Friday I pretended it was still the back end of summer
Saturday here we go again a couple of hours splashing around in between the rain
Sunday first ride for many months with no agenda and no segments. I'll have to get used to it.
Eventful BHF Manchester to Blackpool night ride for me. Hauled my 120kg around in well under 4 hours (3:55 but that included a 10 minute break). However a friend of a friend who was riding with us came off riding to the start and has broken bones in his leg.
Not ideal for him, of course, but made me a bit more cautious.
Good event and well organised though. Couple of people I saw on fat bikes and one lad on a Nukeproof Scalp in a full face helmet deserve some, erm, respect.
