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Very nice weather on Mendip. Intermittent sunshine, 10 degrees, light breezes. The trails were in the best nick since Novemeber. There were even some completely dry and grippy sections!
I had a go at the steep bit on "Bottle Bank" and had a low-speed slide out where I lost grip while braking hard to get around a steep, muddy corner. No harm done.
Hexhamshire was looking good today. This is from Slaley Woods
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me, exmoor, beautiful.
Had a good session at Armathwaite woods yesterday including an OTB on steep bit, straight into a tree trunk. Short of time this afternoon but did manage to drive to Newcastleton to ride, only to find I had left my front wheel in the back yard at home! Pesky kids distracted me when getting stuff packed.
Yey, me too!
A brisk 4 and a half hour road ride, with an "invigorating" weather mix of hail storms (ouch!) and sunshine, passing snowy road banks and fields of spring lambs.
Plus discovered a great mid-ride pub: http://www.theoldstag.com/ Heartily recommended if you're ever in the Conwy / Betws area.
Ain't riding bikes brilliant 🙂
Great to be out in some sunshine at last! 😀
Local loop was sloppy an slidy in places but awesome ride today...rode, cleaned bikes, shower, beer....Suddenly everything is right with the world 8)
Working today 🙁
But managed to single speed my ragley at lunch (long lunch!).
Went out for a couple of hours after work and loving the single speedification of the mmmbop!
Its loads lighter than the inbred i canabalised for the bits.
ooh... and the peak district sunset was lovely!
Oh yes it is sue 🙂 i even enjoyed the buzzing sensation 3 hours after the ride after the hail had hit my legs, does that make me odd?! 🙂
First road ride of the year for me today, 60 miles in 2h54m a PB. All the turbo trainer work over the last 2 months has paid off....
With a bit of luck Dartmoor will start to dry out soon so i can get back on the real bike.
101km in the sun this afternoon 🙂
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Was a cracking day out there. Supposed to be 17 degrees this way by then end of the week 😯
Yup, the ice has (nearly) gone in the Lakes 😛
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Whereabouts is that chunky?
South East
Northwind and I ended up doing more of the black at Glentress than we'd planned to, due to the diversions. It was a bit chilly at the top but otherwise it was a gorgeous day and a great ride.
Cannock was pretty muddy today, lovely weather though.
Chris L was Northwind riding a Cove F/s , think I might have spotted you both at the bottom of the pierun about 2.45.?
a pleasingly muddy and slippery ss session in the woods with yunki Jr strapped securely onto the co-pilot..
Lovely sunny day at newcastletion did the blue first then red just for a change bit mucky and icey bits but it was a blast
Had a great hour and a half blast while the twins had their lunchtime nap.
Painswick beacon, popes wood, coopers hill, cheeky footpaths then home.
Ten and a bit miles, did the trick nicely 😀
Around the Derwent reservoirs with the familiy - cold but still lovely, and the meat pies at Fairholmes were welcome. Reservoirs were fuller than I've seen for years, wioth water running down the face of the two higher dams, and disappearing down the plughole at Ladybower
PS trailofdestruction where's the picture from? We're regular lakes visitors and tha path looks great!
downhilling at Gawton...was ace.
Chris L was Northwind riding a Cove F/s , think I might have spotted you both at the bottom of the pierun about 2.45.?
Northwind was on his Hemlock and I was riding my Mojo. We did stop and chat to someone on a green Cove Hustler at the top of the Pie Run so if that's the Cove you saw then we were in the area at about the same time.