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Sounds like an awesome weekend Ton!. 8)
Saturday went to the Peak with the Local guys and had a cracking ride around Ladybower, which involved some plumb and top tube interaction!
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Sunday went to Cannock with the wife, which was very nice as well! Though we discovered her forks are on their last legs, which she's decided means new bike time.
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Shielding my eyes from my sons CRC TLD clearance clothing...
I give up, can never get Flickr links to post pics
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Early morning loop out of Ambleside and bagged the days only sunshine.
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In the Britannia for a quickie on return leg for 10:30
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A gentle pootle on the Clyde walkway as part of a training course. Hernia op 2 hrs ago so no riding for a month now....
Absolutely nowt due to this hip/thigh pain, can just about get up the stairs!
Glad you all had a grand old time though, some great looking photos!
Exploring some more esoteric parts of the Peak
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A large gathering yesterday remembering a friend who passed away 3 years ago. It was great catching up with folk I hadn't seen in a while, there was plenty of chit chat, tons of good natured verbal abuse, close calls on the bikes, but most of all tons of fun.... and we put a few more stones on the wee memorial cairn.
It was a cracking morning and the sun even shone on us for a while.
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Nice, Yetiman....
Thats great Yeti... Cant think of a finer way to remember him.
I have a 3 hour window of opportunity for a post-manflu, no toddler responsibility xc hack: cwmcarn or FoD today ... decisions, decisions...
oh you can push that 3hr window to 5 shirley?
FoD will be nice I reckon. Between a clan-fest and spring conditions last weekend but local woods above Ross have dried out completely in a week. Cwmcarn will be fast 🙂
Yat/Staunton for us tomorrow. Full day out. Should be pretty good. Went a month ago and in the immortal words of David Coleman 'He's gone too early'... pretty much slippy death on every trail.
Bright Vic, falls Creek tomorrow
Alex...local woods above Ross, where I slipped and opened up a 2 inch gash between my lower gums and inside lip yesterday ! Nice day for it though !
Grabbed the only dry bit of the weekend around here I reckon for the normal local loop. Need some spring weather to dry out some more trails.
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Night of the toad last night, riding at speed they are just sitting there stock still in the middle of the path like little green statues, it was toad slalom! I have to confess I might have run over several. 😥 they don't make much noise when you roll over them, I expected them to go POP.
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Check out my ride on Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/906480883/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1489948657
A string of catastrophes in grizedale
Picked up my new truck this week so first try out with bikes in the back onto the edge of the moor. Only 90 mins , successfully dodged the showers, didn't scare any walkers on the cheeky bit but scared my mate who's not good with heights (in my defence I didn't know that before!)
Depressingly damp and windy since then though
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Where the hell does that path go ?
Did my first Audax today in wet and windy Carmarthenshire. Who knew trying to find the number on a fire hydrant in the middle of nowhere in a south-westerly could be so much fun.
Built a nice new descent in the local Woods on Wednesday, then sessioned it yesterday.
She's a good un.
FoD in the end, no time for exploring so two laps of Verderers, no mud or gloop - just enough moisture to keep it grippy. Then the family trail today for junior's first visit to the FoD: 40 minutes for the full circuit on a tag-along.
Quality ride out round The Long Mynd. Pretty dry everywhere but gusty on the top to say the least
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Local loop to check out equipment on a new bike it was a tad moist!
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I had a spin on the gravel bike earlier.Proper windy,but at least the rain had finally blown through.Still wet in places..
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A wet and (very) windy Laggan. I had one off-track excursion emerging onto the new section of the Lower Red when the wind just blew me sideways
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Bright and Falls Creek
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I think now I've left Australia mike might have to back on my banned list! Made me homesick! But for Australia. Confused now!
Watch out wildhunter I've for another 6 days of holiday here, next stop thredbo.
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We also did laggan but on Saturday.
Sunday was running round morlich for wife's half ironman training
Legs hate me now - i ain't no runner fool.
I was idly perusing the Strava heat map when I noticed some tracks on a nearby hill that I'd never ridden. So I went out to rectify that.
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A day spent getting utterly drenched on some hills in the lakes on Saturday.
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Gentle little local bridleway pootle. First ride for a week after my knee swelling thanks to a van/knee interface while climbing in in a hurry...
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lowey - MemberA day spent getting utterly drenched on some hills in the lakes on Saturday.
Brilliant riding up there Dave, even in shit weather. Cracking descent.
My lot did our MSR tribute, London to Hayling Island. 56 peeps with grins. I did the support and logistical organisation because I'm not riding these days.
Just a pootle around my local Marple trails.
Weather was awful, making all the descents a running stream.
Bumped into my good friend Iain and said hello to an awful lot of other mtbers, also braving the rain and wind.
Came home with the biggest smile.
Brilliant riding up there Dave, even in shit weather. Cracking descent.
Aye mate... one of my favorite bit of tracks made even more challenging by not being able to see it.
Came home with the biggest smile.
Brilliant. Thats what its all about.
Had the choice of driving north, west or south to go riding on saturday. Looked at the forecast, went south to Swaledale. Bit windy, but a good route choice avoiding the headwind in the valley mostly, then up Gunnerside Gill and back over Great Pinseat.
First decent ride on the 27.5+ Codeine, and its brilliant.
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Not here for the view...
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Err, where is that? The tracks look quite bizarre.roverpig - Member
I was idly perusing the Strava heat map when I noticed some tracks on a nearby hill that I'd never ridden. So I went out to rectify that.
Err, where is that? The tracks look quite bizarre.
It's Meikle Balloch near Keith, although the picture is rather deceptive. They've dressed some of the paths (quite recently I'd guess) with stones, but while this extends quite a way down the path to the right in that picture it only covers a very short distance near the summit on the other two paths.
It's not a particularly large area and I can imagine that it might get a bit busy in summer, but I can see why it is popular. There is a nice gentle climb then a choice of three descents with a nice mix of surfaces; boggy, loose, smooth and really quite rooty in places.
A day spent getting utterly drenched on some hills in the lakes on Saturday.
where's the second pic at? looks familier but cant figure out where it is.