Popped up to Rivington for a few miles over that way for a change. Very dry round the Gardens, Dog Kennel descent and San Marino. Descended into white coppice, round to the Lead mines and back into the gardens for a final descent. Not a drop of the forecast rain, bit of wind, finished with a brew and a bap at the cafe
Saw quite a few roadies out but not many walkers and even fewer Mtb'ers. Some nice ladies at the cafe though. 😉
Work.
Destroyed Cannock today the trail maintenance and new Kit Bag Hill climb have made it freakily even better than it was before. Just cant get enough of it at the moment
Work. And tomorrow...
Started at Stavely with drizzle, out to Kentmere and back with rain, wind and chill! Was absolutely brilliant! Even got a lovely piece of gluten free chocolate, orange and walnut cake in Wilfs cafe afterwards.... That too made my tummy giggle 🙂
At home. I've been painting myself all day. Also managed to get some on the ceilings. Got a bit nauseous after 12 hours and 3 custard creams, so having a beer now.
Whinlatter today and a Lakes epic tom 😀
Road ride for a couple of hours, found out my Howies seamless bib shorts are the comfiest shorts I've ever worn
Cannock at 7am this morning before working there at 9am photographing.
More coastal cycling, no high fives, nothing owned, or anyone said dude all day... we were just cycling 5+ hours 🙂
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Eastridge today, tried out a trail there I'd not done before and it was a bit good! Tomorrow off for a play in the dyfi.
Started a ride at the Marin but had to bail at the top of the first hill as I had a major mechanical. Free wheeled and enjoyed the descent, came home and went riding around moel y ci. I forget how good the riding is on my own doorstep. A good day 🙂
Paid homage to Paris-Roubaix (and other spring classics) around Macclesfield today with three mates on the road bikes. Managed to string a shed load of short, sharp climbs, plenty of cobbles, gravel - and a bit of road together into a really nice 43 mile loop with just over 4000ft ascent but it felt way more. Great fun... and it stayed dry.
Been tasting the Eastridge rocks today.
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Good laugh.
In a chip shop when a older guy walked in. All the ladies said "hello Jackie" and after a double take so did I. Jackie Charlton, not everyday you meet a World Cup winner when you are buying your cod and chips 🙂
Did a loop around hope/castleton ended up coming down cave dale, a rock had my derailer hanger at this point so we ditched the bikes and went bouldering at plantation, dude was said a lot, everything was owned, high fives galore and we got fully gnarly throwing shakas at all our bros. rad.
Etape caledonia route here , windy out.
Someone must have put the schallion climb away in the box beside the numbers and timing chips as it was certainly not the big deal folks make out of it....but then i said that about applecross too
Had a great ride around the Surrey Hills in the sun, trails were just about perfect!
I was also at Rivi today, Did San Marino to Belmont, Great Hill Into White Coppice etc between 10am-2pm, was on a Green Orange 5 (I Know) if you saw me 🙂
Also glad to avoid forecast lunchtime rain & love those two decants Ive mentioned, great ride!
Girls working in Lower barn were quite tidy, bit young mind! 😯
No where, 👿 got about 5 mins from home and this
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Joy!
Rode out from Roubaix to the Aarenberg, then all the sectors back in with a lap of the Roubaix velodrome to finish with.
Big dinner, lots of sleep, big breakfast, now fixing to ride out to the Carrefour de l'Arbre about lunchtime to catch the juniors (go Brits) and then the pros.
Mate and I both getting over colds and have 4 days of commuting lined up this week, so we had a leisurely loop round the cyclepaths, towpaths and bridleways round Derby. Had a look at stage 2 of the northern greenway, nice cafe stop at The Lanes, 31 miles, only 5 on road, one puncture. MrsMC not convinced by my reasoned argument that I'd get fewer punctures if I had a 29er.....
In bed sleeping to recover from a stag-do on saturday; seemed half of london was on a stag-do last night.
Eyeing up the weather forecast and looking forward to hitting some trails this week.
3hr blast around swinley and other parts nearby started early and got back to the car as carpark getting rammed. Trails running great. Never seen so many expensive bike in one place, counted one group of bikers with 5 bronsons only one was ally. Nuts
Winchcombe, with 1200 others 🙂
Mendip with Scienceofficer, first ride on Tallboy since autumn last year.
Wow, fast as a fast thing, trails are riding fantastic ATM, looking forward to Tuesday night for more of the same.
Wet and very windy up Stank glen yesterday.
Wet, windy and very muddy up Sheriffmuir and local woods today.
😐
Nice ride round the lanes of Cheshire with the club. Well, for the first 25 miles but as I had stuff to do I left them at the Cafe. Average speed increased by about 5mph thereafter.
Can't remember the last MTB ride I did, was weeks ago!
Nowhere yesterday. Nowhere today.
Out for a nightride in a couple of hours though 😀
Here, but with water underneath.
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Work! Was supposed to ride to the trails straight from work but sat at home inside waiting for someone...
Walked Elie to St Andrews on the coastal path wiyh a bit of bivvy action thrown in
Final Gorrick Spring Series race for me - great great fun - as usual a fantastic dusty singletrack heavy course, although I did have transmission troubles I finished my 4 laps with a big smile. Good times...
A few hours round Stanmer Park. Felt really fast and grippy, perfect really....
FoD , rode out to the Buck Stone , came back via Clearwell cafe . Dowies and The Blue run all riding excellent 😀
100km on the road bike in the mountains to the west of Madrid, near the NASA tracking station at Robledo de Chavela. Beautiful day for it: no wind, not too hot, lovely and sunny.
Under this tree for a 5min snack break 😉
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Friday, Golfie trails then Inners in the afternoon with Dirt school/Summit down for a preview of their new Enduro class, then on Saturday a pootle round Glentress blue and Saturday night in Edinburgh at the Red Bull hill chase.
Pretty good weekend.
Fod/Yat. 60km+ Big day out. Should have taken more photos, but too busy riding. Trails superb which considering Weds nightride was a sh!tfest was a nice surprise. Getting proper bluebell'y as well!
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And of course we had to have beer.
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Sitting in the sunshine. For months we've huddled inside that Pub before layering about 5 sets of clothes on to go home. You have to ride the winter to appreciate the spring.
Did my first Audax. The 100km Coastlet. Brilliant day.
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Purbecks for 25 miles, beautiful weather helped on the climbs
Out with the wife on that high alpine pass that is the Wirral Way!! She's a cycling novice so it's about as mountainous as she'll get.
40 miles of Herts roads and bridleways with the wife. Couple of stops for halves of cider and cheese sandwiches along the way and a pint of Pale Ale before the train back at the Lytton Arms. Jolly lovely.
Innerleithen on the second day of a week up Scotlandshire, off up to glenlivet tomorrow!
Did the Borrowdale bash today with a couple of mates, cracking ride, cracking day.
A couple of hours MTB in the Marple/Mellor/Rowarth area then home to watch Paris-Roubaix
Couple of laps of Llandegla this morning 1st thing today. Just to get some reasonable paced xc miles in before the Midland series starts :S
First big ride of the year, 138km from London towards Bristol, testing my touring set up. Slow going with a constant headwind, but a beautiful day for it. In my tent now eating ipuprofen in order to be ready for the 2nd part tomorrow!
Went on my First proper bike ride with the Daughter (aged 5) with the youngest (aged 2) in the trailer. She managed to ride 4 miles in all, then a picnic in the park.
It was grand.
Bivvyed out @ Kentmere then a 91km ride around Kentmere Valleys finest trails:-)
Usual wyre forest, saving our dosh for next week to get somewhere more interesting. Weather was decent and trails dry so took the camera as well.
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Glentress for the alpine demo day- 5 times up the hill, five times back down falla brae, and an occasional diversion back up to do extra bits.
Out around the Stockport banlieue - bright and breezy. Saw some Basho in Brinnington:
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Rather a lumpy 72 miles today around Rivington, Ramsbottom, Darwen and Bury.
Got shown how to climb by a master, tore my legs off and made it look easy.
In that there London... Doing the Marathon... 3:42... not bad considering l only found out l was doing it on thrusday
Shortish road ride yesterday, 21 miles with 2500ft of ascent, headwind all the way up the big hill 400ft to 1300ft in one climb, made a better job of it than I have in a long time so happy with that. Today trail building at Gisburn , so close to finishing the section we've been working on since last summer.
Around Yair Forest this morning, only 16 miles but 3100ft of climbing.
And first time on a newly built singletrack descent - over 1/2 mile and 500ft descent - top fun.
HONC then FoD
Half of the Borrodale bash, had a dual mechanical just after the pass climb.
Thank **** for the bus lol.
Fun but windy ride from Edale. First time riding the Peak, the number of riders we bumped into it was like being at a trail centre.
Cwmcarn doing cafall and Twrych trails in frankly great sunshine on my old bike. A perfect day.
Doing the Fred Whitton on the 11th of May so needed to get up there to see what I'm getting myself into. Did all of the passes minus Kirkstone 89 miles with 9200ft of climbing with the fearsome Hardknott and Wrynose at the end. A toughie but a goodie 😀 😈
Day out in the Peaks (given its the same travel time for me as Cannock, should get up there more often). Did the 'tourist' classics - Potato Alley, Screaming Mile, WLT (in way better nick than I expected). Top day out in spite of the wind.
Thrashed Teen1 on a 25 mile fast road loop. I let him ride the new bike as a treat from revising Maths AS Level. Took a while to shake him off too 😈
Nice day out on Saturday doing some good AM in Tai Mo Shan and Tai Lam Cheung, lots of cheeky trails in 26 degree heat, nice.
Then a little trail running on Sunday, saw my first big snake of the year and judging by its size it looks like there will be a bumper crop this year......
5 days in North Wales.....over 200k....CYB beast 11/2 times, Tawr,Marin, Penmachno,Antur Stiniog and Llandegla twice....once on the way from ferry and again on the mad dash back to Heysham
Great trip but knackered old bloke is living in my skin
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