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[Closed] Good weekend? ohhhhh yes 😀

philconsequence · 2010-11-22T09:07:58Z

Well in addition to [urlSATURDAY THREAD OF AWESOME[/url]... for anyone who cares to read about an overall happy weekend instead of the normal moaning: Saturday's exploits are well documented in the thread above... up to the point I wrote the post of course; afterwards mrsconsequence and I went down to Halfords to buy her a new helmet and I grabbed a new set of allen keys (which one of you stole my old set?!) so I can put a bottle cage on the winterbike :) Got home and snuggled up on the sofa to watch "arthur" on DVD, then an early night falling asleep to the soothing sounds of David Attenborough chatting away about plants. Roll on Sunday morning and I'm up nice and early as normal, I creep downstairs and put on a "man-film" whilst mrsconsequence is still fast asleep. The film in question is "hush" a British film that keeps me surprisingly interested the whole way through... more films should use unknown actors I think, much easier to engross yourself into a story when you're not watching someone you've seen in many other roles. 9am comes and its time to wake up mrsconsequence by opening the curtains, jumping on the bed and generally being a nuisance :D time to put on a film in the bedroom (a "fun film" as she doesn't like "man-films" which is why I have to wake up early and watch them) so the choice is "over the hedge" which she chuckles away to like a 4yr old. I hope that when I get older and look back, it's going to be those stupidly comfortable moments when you look at your partner and smile inside that I remember... not her moaning about the housemate leaving a fork in the sink or something irritating. Anyway, now its time to get ready and ride :D:D off to Swinley to meet up with a couple of people from lahhhhhhndahn, the car-parks surprisingly busy for a wet Sunday but we find a space less than 20ft from where they've parked.. kiss my face! Whilst unloading ze bikes I get a text from an old friend who hasn't come riding with us for about 3 months saying he's on his way... Jurassic park! once we've all gathered we set off into the mud. Oh how I love mud :) I aimed for every puddle and thoroughly enjoyed the conditions, it made me want to get off the bike, go to the shops and buy some wellington boots just so I could jump around in the muddy puddles some more. We made our way along the fire-roads to the first chosen bit of singletrack... it's busy and there's a lot of bikes about the place but everyone seems in a good mood and lots of polite nods, "hellos" and "thanks you"s as we stop and let people pass. Eventually we end up in the "expert mountain bike area" and hit the labyrinth, normally we turn off at a junction and it drops us back onto a fire-raod but this time we took a different turn and did the whole length of the beast... great fun! Very impressed by the lahhhndahn friends as they ride everything we hit on old, rusting, rigid bikes. One of the bikes cant have cost more than 60quid new and the other was found in a field apparently! Back up to the top of the hill and another friend meets up with us for a second run, this time down a different route; but its fast, swoopy and I hit it with more speed than I've done anything before, a little drifting of the back tyre in the mud and all of a sudden I'm out the bottom with a buzzing skull like a jar full of bees, happy fat full of honey bees! GREAT FUN :D The sun is starting to set so we choose a scenic singletracky route back to the lookout and load up the cars. back home and it's time to put a chicken in the oven and prepare some veg for a roast... once that's all in and on I jump back in the car and go visit the guy who met up with us at the labyrinth to wash out bikes and enjoy a nice cup of tea whilst watching Invader Zim. Then back home, finish cooking the roast, fill my belly with awesome, long hot shower, comfy clothes and time to curl up on the sofa under a quilt with mrsconsequence :) Film of the night is "Wall-E", throw in a big mug of hot chocolate and by the end I'm struggling to keep my eyes open... it's not a boring film, I'm just shattered from a brilliant weekend and stupendously satisfying ride. Off to bed nice and early :D A fantastic weekend, great ride and that warm fuzzy feeling inside. Hope you all had a good'n too!

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philconsequence

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all info is now on:
[url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/the-swinley-supersexualsuperfun-all-welcoming-december-fun-ride ]THIS THREAD[/url]

Posted : 27/11/2010 1:48 pm

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