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Saturday, Scolty Hill 😐 ............................................................. Sunday Kirkhill 8)
What a lovely morning. Out at 06:30, 120 km. Beautiful. Yesterday was a little harder. Well actually it was an awful lot harder - Cat 2 road race in which I don't recall the scenery, so rode the circuit again this morning as an add-on to my normal loop!
My weekend didn't go quite to plan. I went out to do cumberland clough after work. My plan was to ride up the road from the carpark and just session the track back down to the carpark and then ride up the road again and do it 3 times at least. I got to the top first time and the wife rang to say baby was sick and I should make haste to get home.
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Then on sunday morning joy of joys I was granted leave to go riding in the day.
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South Devon back lanes (on a road bike (with a basket)).
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Camped @ the ODG in the Langdales did a walk with the family and drank numerous ales.Rode home doing a #jennride recce was pretty filthy out planned route of 70 turned to fifty as I took a short cut on the ferry due to a rim ding which took an age to sort! Rode and thought of Mike Hall 🙁
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Great weather today, so visited a couple of local playgrounds for a bit of a lark about. Local trails just that right mix of damp and dry right now, so a few PRs too.
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Took a friend out on his 1st ever mtb ride. He threw up at the top of the first (and only real) climb. But enjoyed the downhill bits.
A lovely ride on Saturday, o'er track and trail, and some road, around the River Test. A few damp bits, but overall, lovely.
Stopped in Stockers for a snack and the only picture of the day.
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Road ride on saturday morning before family get together, 34 miles.
50 mile loop including Cairn O'Mount today.
Good weekend 🙂
Whole family out to Queen Elizabeth Country Park today. My just turned 5 year old managed his first loop of the blue.
Can i just say a big thank you to all of the really lovely bikers and a few walkers too - if any are reading - who we encountered (blocked the trail in front of on at least one occasion, sorry!) for their patience and random words of encouragement.
Local 26 mile MTB ride on Saturday showing somebody my local patch, then 96 mile road ride today - rode somewhere different and expanded my map in the spirit of Mike Hall
In the bad books with the missus this afternoon though as I wasn't supposed to be gone so long 😳 but, it was sunny!
Snowdon you say. Yeah we did that as well
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Walkers path up, Ranger path down. What a brilliant trail. No view at the top and 2 degrees. We didn't care.
Today we rode the beast at CYB which was fantastic as well. Too much fun to stop and take pics but the weather was amazing
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Next week is going to feel a bit flat 😉
Absolutely lovely day today in Aberdeenshire, only slightly marred by an utterly miserable walker intent on an argument........I didn't argue, and remained cheerful, much to his chagrin.
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Half-day ride in the Dales {35 miles) ridden at full day pace instead of trying to bust a gut on every climb, if that makes sense. Completed the loop feeling fresh with a few PRs and in pretty much exactly the same overall time as usual... 🙄
I've neglected my doorstep trails this year, so had a blast yesterday. Great fun.
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Snow all gone off the top of Snowdon now then?
Me on the way down last weekend...
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Stayed local this weekend. Rivi Saturday eve, road yesterday.
Did Ben Rinnes on my new Sherpa yesterday. Just posted these in the hardtail thread but hey ho, any excuse 😀
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@cha****ng.. blimey! There was a little bit on the railway tracks near the top (the train only was going as far as the mid-station) but nothing else. Can't believe that's only a week ago! I'm very happy I could see all the rocks we were riding on. I bet that was a bit lively with he snow 😉
Alex - the top bit was fairly grippy and compacted actually, but after crossing the track the snow was drifted in the Ranger path, so we had to ride beside it in places (and had a couple of comedy crashes when trying to ride the soft snow).
Unfortunately the gnarly bit in the zig zags was clear of snow.
LOLUnfortunately the gnarly bit in the zig zags was clear of snow.
I didn't ride it all. There's one bit where I couldn't even see a line. And if I could I'm not sure I'd have ridden it. Rode the rest of it tho with a few dabs. Lots of encouragement from the walkers which was great. I'd love to go back and have another go, I'm sure I could ride some more of it clean and with a bit more smoothness, but I don't think I'd ever do the 'crux' move.
Snow in the Ranger path tho - /shudders
hey
how do you get into races?
thanks
first outing of the summer road bike this year 🙂
....and first ride for me after hernia repair 3 weeks ago...nice and gentle...
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On the moors between Grassington & Malham.
Absolutely lovely day today in Aberdeenshire, only slightly marred by an utterly miserable walker intent on an argument.
What did they want to ague about? I've ridden around there many times and never had anything but cheery smiles from the walkers.
I was trying to find a loop around Corryhabbie hill that took in the climb from the Glenfiddich lodge to the saddle. Only partially successful and I spent a lot of time getting lost, but it was a cracking day to be out. Didn't take any pictures, but it looked a lot like this (from last spring) 🙂
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Wanderer - pick the type you fancy having a go at and just enter. They range from XC, Orienteering, Enduro, Downhill, Sportives, Short and Long in both time and distance.
Choose a local one that's cheap and aim to have fun. Do some Googling then ask on the on here any questions.
Absolutely lovely day today in Aberdeenshire, only slightly marred by an utterly miserable walker intent on an argument.
What did they want to ague about? I've ridden around there many times and never had anything but cheery smiles from the walkers.
This was near to the summit of Millstone Hill from the North.
Walker: what's the point of pushing up here if you can't ride down the other side?
Me: I can ride down the other side.
Walker: well you shouldn't, it's a walkers path!
Me: I know it's going to be busy, so I'm going down a different path.
Walker: well what's the point if you have to push all the way up?
Me: I can ride virtually all of it, this last 100m is all I can't manage.
Walker: well I still don't see the point of bringing a bike into the hills!
Me: isn't it great that we're all different
Everyone else just seemed to be happy to be out in the sun.
Well played. Sounds as if you kept your cool admirably there. I'd have got all "land reform act" on him at the mere mention of a walker's path, which I'm sure wouldn't have ended well. No such thing is there?
To be fair I can't get past the first few steps on that climb (isn't it called the unclimbable climb or something on strava?) so only tend to come down that way. That would probably have pissed him off even more though.
roverpig - MemberI was trying to find a loop around Corryhabbie hill that took in the climb from the Glenfiddich lodge to the saddle. Only partially successful and I spent a lot of time getting lost
I very nearly went up Corriehabbie yesterday, I even stopped at the junction for the turn off but decided I'd told the wife I heading for Ben Rinnes and thought I'd better stick to the plan.
I went to the Peak on Saturday with the wife who joined the Cafe Adventure Ladies ride, so I went off and did my own thing:
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Sunday I had a lovely road ride round Leicestershire and Rutland which ended up being my first metric century of the year.
Also managed a cheeky Thursday ride on the Chase on the new Soul:
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how come you've had a new one Sam?
I very nearly went up Corriehabbie yesterday, I even stopped at the junction for the turn off but decided I'd told the wife I heading for Ben Rinnes and thought I'd better stick to the plan.
It was clearly a popular area to be in yesterday. I must have met half a dozen people on the trail that goes past the ruins at Suie, which is weird as I never normally meet a soul up there. I even got stuck behind a Landrover Defender full of birdwatchers for a mile or so, before they stopped to let me past 🙂
I did cast a few envious glances over to Ben Rinnes too though. Looked like a great day to be up there.
Had a mini epic point to point esq on Dartmoor after wife was visiting friends so dropped me off... less talk more pix:
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Three days supervising DofE Silver expeditions around Glen's Lochay, Dochart, Fillan and Inverlochlariag. These make up the old Royal hunting area of the Forest of Mamlorn - riddled with old Hydro board roads from the Power in the Glens project in the 1950/60's.
Glen Lochay also has fascinating minerals - the area has spotted rocks full of garnets, fools gold, mica's and various chlorite minerals (and some gold...).
Mucho miles on bike and foot, awesome sunshine, many blisters for the boys, cold but dry apart from the last three hours of the trip. 😀
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Just a 15 mile pootle round Chatsworth & Bakewell today...
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