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"Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life" ~ Frances Willard, How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle
I'm allergic to horses so thought getting a Specialized Saffire would need less food, produce less s**t, it turns out I'm ok at it but VERY unfit and wondered what places there were with SOME smaller inclines round East Lancs that would stop me ended up in A&E
Ta!
[i][b]Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live.[/i][/b] - Mark Twain
Loads of places. Gisburn, Lee Quarry, Waterdale and surrounding area. Or just find some bridleways and go.
get an OS map of your area and use a highlighter pen to plot a route that keeps the contour lines as far apart as possible...
*goes off to buy a lifejacket* I'm not sure how safe I'd be near open water do they have Baywatch style men in budgie smugglers?
Well hellllloooo...
as per Wwaswas, get your local 1:25000 OS map and see what's about.
Welcome to the last place on Earth visited by the sane!
With a nick like that you expect niceness? Jesus wept...
As a woman, will you contribute to our threads about Passat/Octavia/Legacy, shaving razors, coffee, helmets (oi, stop it there at the back!), Apple apps and iTune problems?
No it's portly pasty-skinned blokes in lycra you wanna worry about... 😯
I do like highlighter pens - is a stationary fetish classed as weird these days?
what he said but it is a tad steeper over that East lancs way IMHO
You can go to Darwen or Rivvy for slightly more hilly Moors/natural Bridleway stuff
Roley Moor + Crag Quarry over your way as well as is MTL - bit long for a noob
Gisburn is a lot less hilly than Lee Quarry and a bit longer for gentle stuff if you dont object to Trail Centres
You can e-mail me if you want to rid e/guidanc eover Rivvy/Darwen way but possibly a bit of a Trek depending on where in East Lancs you are
Do you like helicopters?
er... If you are who I think you are, for god sake dont ask Adam. He'll get you lost at the end of a drive. If your not, then sorry 😳 and welcome to the forum.
Loads of riders from your neck of the woods here, who will only be too happy to show you some routes... lots of girls too.
Hmm, interesting that hoards of eligible bachelors have not yet descended on this thread and offered to guide a lady in need around the area.
Some obsevations spring to mind:
1. It's early days yet.
2. Beware of men offering to 'show you around' when, in fact, they couldn't accurately place Lancashire on a map.
3. There are no women on the internet 😉
EDIT: appears I was too slow, Junkyard is already in there! 😆
If you are a lurker you will ge the humour but this is blokes being nice to a lady
We must knwo your view on Top Gear as well.
Top Gear? Is this a test? I have a Polo GTI which occasionally goes but has cost me £2k in 6 months. Cars are for getting me from A to B. A is usally home B is usually the off licence. Hope that helps?
ps: Darwen is very hilly I lived there for 10 years (no I have all my fingers and toes I wasn't born there) I'm a Wiganer...... SHUUUUUUSH don't call Wigan coz its national pie week its not allowed
Greetings from Accrington.
How gentle do you need? There's always the canal towpath, OH and I put in a few miles there now and again just to keep rubberside-down. There's a few nice runs round the bottom of Darwen tower too, I'll dig out Google Maps when I've got five minutes to rub together.
bagpuss72 - Member
*goes off to buy a lifejacket* I'm not sure how safe I'd be near open water do they have Baywatch style men in budgie smugglers?
First thread and she's objectifying men (it's a long & boring story)! Where's TJ when you need him!!??
Welcome to the forum. Great thread so far.
I say embrace the hills. You miss them when you don't have them. What idiot decided to take up mountain biking as a hobby in East Anglia......oh, that's right, Me.
("OH" up there ^^ meaning Other Half, rather than an expression of surprise)
East Anglia? Boudica & Cardinal Thomas Wolsey were from there. And my friend Veronica who comes from Diss
I do like the idea on canal tow paths for a bit is that allowed on here or do you have to chuck yourself off mountains to be allowed to contribute?
Welcome. Are you a real live lady? They're quite rare in these parts.
If you'd like some nice Darwen and area routes then e mail me and I'll send you some that are manageable without going 'hmm, so that's what the Winter Hill masts look like close up.' whilst trying not to be unwell on your crossbar.
toodle pip
Paul
Do you like helicopters?
Ermmmmmmmm........ well a bit quicker than me on a bike I guess....?
Well Helllloooooooooooooo. How you doin?
or do you have to chuck yourself off mountains to be allowed to contribute?
Nah! You just have to spout a lot of nonsense and spend an inordinate amount of money on shiney things. The more niche, the better. Oh.... and you have to abuse Hora.
You'll soon get the hang of it. Welcome aboard
Beware of men offering to 'show you around' when, in fact, they couldn't accurately place Lancashire on a map.
What is this Lancashire place you speak of?
What is this Lancashire place you speak of?
Really? Go away and have a think about what you've just said...!!
Its god's country, whoever she is...
Elfinsafety - Member
No it's portly pasty-skinned blokes in lycra you wanna worry about...
Ding dong.
canals are ok [ but it makes you soft obviously - or sweet seing cougar does it with his OH and then wishes he had been for a proper ride afterwards *]but really you need to decide which tyre and obviously go tubeless for the thorns.
* that is not a euphamism I hated riding with the OH 8 miles at v slow pace and she thought that was a proper ride
Its god's country, whoever she is...
I like her already. 😀
East Lancs
East Lancs? EAST Lancs? *Spits* that's very nearly Yorkshire....
or sweet seing cougar does it with his OH and then wishes he had been for a proper ride afterwards
I like the way you think, that's far better than admitting that I'm actually totally unfit and talentless.
(-:
*waves*
Sammie-Louise x
East Lancs? EAST Lancs? *Spits* that's very nearly Yorkshire....
HOW VERY DARE YOU!! I'm a pie eater born and bred that now lives within the pudding people realm......!!
*waves*Sammie-Louise x
*waves back* Hurraaay a girl!!
I'm a pie eater born and bred
Pea wet and babbashed fo' tek owt?
Etc. 😉
*waves back* Hurraaay a girl!!
Uh oh, this could end with a shock...
He's a big girl, that's for sure
Uh oh, this could end with a shock...
C'mon, we have to trust that she's a girl! 😐
*waves back* Hurraaay a girl!!Uh oh, this could end with a shock...
I'm presuming keeping comments like that to myself are for the best then?
Yes
I used to take my own plate to the chippy in my slippersPea wet and babbashed fo' tek owt?
Pea wet and babbashed fo' tek owt?
scraps wi that?
I is one....!! 😯
Why would anyone pretend?
Pea wet and babbashed fo' tek owt?
What does this even mean??
I'm too frightened. 😥
mushy peas ,wet may mean gravy or with the juice from the peas wrapped to take out
Elfinsafety - MemberPea wet and babbashed fo' tek owt?
What does this even mean??
I'm too frightened.
'Asta geet owt moist?
Actually don't answer that.....
But what on Earth is 'babbashed'?
Last timte I was in Lancs it took me a while to work out what batter pudding was on the menu...
as in Roast Beef, Batter Pudding, Roast potatoes
Welcome bagpuss72. May we safely assume you are a 39 year old fan of the sad old cloth cat, you live in Wigan and is looking to get into barks?
Welcome aboard. It looks like you'll fit in rart proper in these parts.
I'm a Salford lad so not too far away.
Tsk! Southerners eh? 🙄
Its a large steak pudding Fred.
Though the word steak is often used figuratively. And its not a 'pudding' in the traditional sense
All clear?
wrapped - like a baby is wrapped
I am guessing
erm yes what he said s my lack of meat eating has led me to ignorance on this issue 😳
DaRC_L - MemberLast timte I was in Lancs it took me a while to work out what batter pudding was on the menu...
as in Roast Beef, Batter Pudding, Roast potatoes
Its only pubs who hate Yorkshire that won't call them Yorkshire puddings bit daft really
Oh, a babbies head?
I get it now.
I have never been to Wigan. I understand there's a pier. Is it nice?
IT IS NOT DAFT TO HATE YORKSHIRE
REPENT
SINNNER
the pier is breathtaking and well worth the efoort there is a museum there and they do tours - you can get a canal boat [ electric] between the museums and past the amazing pier
Legendary for northern soul but I never went not being a northerm soul fan
It is not worth coming up to from London
I don't live in Wigan now I live amongst the pudding people....(the clues there is you look hard enough)
I don't hate Yorkshire and I won't bow to peer pressure even if you shout at me in capitals.... 😀
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A prediction!
I still don't get the chips/gravy thing.
Where do you put your ketchup?
Ketchup? On chips?
Get off my post.... 😈
Ketchup? What kind of animal are you?
You substitute it for mushy peas. Silly!
😳
I feel so naive.
mushy peas ,wet may mean gravy or with the juice from the peas wrapped to take out
Pea wet ("pey wet" to the more broad) is the juice from the peas, without the peas themselves.
The rest is a steak pudding, to go.
Goes well with a smack. A smack being a potato scallop to the more northerly challenged folk.
<lived just outside wigan for most of his life>
Ketchup? What kind of animal are you?You substitute it for mushy peas. Silly!
Mayo on sausage butties....?
If it's any consolation, pimpmaestro, I struggle with all these northernisms still. And I've been beyond the watford gap services for 15 years now.
However, given as I'm moving towards "wiggin" shortly, I've decided to try to expand my knowledge of loacal vernacular so that I don't find myself attacked with a cotton bobbin the minute I step foot in Lancashire.
I do wish these people would learn to speak with at least a little RP.
However, given as I'm moving towards "wiggin" shortly, I've decided to try to expand my knowledge of loacal vernacular so that I don't find myself knifed the minute I step foot in Lancashire
Where abouts? I lived in Hindley Green for 20 years (Dave Spikey even does jokes about it) actually thats not a good thing is it.....? 😳
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no but it paints a vivid picture of you 😉
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Mayo on sausage butties....?
Sweet Jesus!!! You can't even put that down to being northern and quirky and charming and stuff. Thats just plain wrong!!!!
dave spikey lives in Chorley like what I do
Wiggin is in Manchester not Lancashire 🙄
Mayo on chips though the Dutch way helps if you smoke what they do first and you are quite hungry 😉
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Junkyard - Memberdave spikey lives in Chorley like what I do
Wiggin is in Manchester not Lancashire
You try shouting that outside a pub in Hindley I'll take you to A&E after.
Chorleys nice I like the Ice-Cream place on the A6 reminds me of my grandad
Anyway I live in Bury not Wigan
What's all this blocked at 69 thing? Perhaps the moderator likes me stopping you all arguing and is encouraging you all being nice 😀
I think they thought it would descend into the usual nonsense everytime a female shows up on here. Don't worry about this lot thought they're all big softies really. 😀
It is not worth coming up to from London
Oh. 🙁
I had mushy peas last night actually. With fish and chips. Absolutely delicious.
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Darren fer 10 years, Hindley Green for 20. Got it all going for you, eh. 😆
Welcome to the testosterone fuelled malestrom of STW.
MrSparkle - MemberDarren fer 10 years, Hindley Green for 20. Got it all going for you, eh
You missed Bolton for 8 years!!
And whoever it was said I was 39 I isn't I is 38 on the outside and 18 on the inside
the Ice-Cream place on the A6
Fredricks. There is one in town anna Massas which has the same range and no queues.
They dont do geography in Wiggin then
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PS some people actually created Chorley FM after the Peter Kay thing 🙄
I is 38 on the outside
In two places I hope 😉
Bury eh - even closer than I thought.
I see you meant black puddings - I was thinking Yorkshire puddings.
What a puddin'.
I have never EVER put Greater Manchester on my address at any of the places I hate it as do most of the people from Wigan Bolton & Bury.
The county is Lancashire....
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I know its says some of them are now GM but we didn't go with it.... rebels
Where abouts?
Other side of the M6. Parbold way. It's as close as any person would want to get to the great metropolis of pies.
Last timte I was in Lancs it took me a while to work out what batter pudding was on the menu...
as in Roast Beef, Batter Pudding, Roast potatoes
I'm sure I've been asked by a girl in a bar to give her some batter pudding before now. Perhaps she didn't mean what I thought she did... 😯
I still don't get the chips/gravy thing.Where do you put your ketchup?
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