[Closed] STW Swinley ride pics

That beard makes you look ooold 🙁

i am old, and older today as it's my B'day 😛

ooh Happy Buffday then 😀

Great pix 🙂

Happy b-day.

Did the Tai Chi help ?

free training from Jedi, can't complain!

i got to meet rocketdog! 🙂

hi to everyone i met today, sorry if i get to hyper but riding floats my boat dont ya know

i got to meet rocketdog! 🙂

hi to everyone i met today, sorry if i get to hyper but riding floats my boat dont ya know

you hyper....never 😉

nice pix RD - it was great to finally chat to you properly 😀

It seemed like you all had a great time, wish I had come but I am not single unfortunately. Maybe I should sort that out then... :p

Forget about the pictures we want the gossip. 🙂

I was planning to come but managed to miss my train by 1 minute. 🙁

I did eventually get to Swinley - an hour late - but of course I had no idea who to look out for! But from those photos I can see that you guys were entering the picnic area at the discovery centre just as I was leaving. I guessed it might be you since it was the only group I'd seen all day with more than 1 female!

It might have been for the best that I missed the group ride anyway - I discovered how unfit I am and was done in after an hour and a half.

Hopefully I'll make it next time though.

jumping out on your aleigh was funny as **** 🙂

I'll post my photo's once I get access to a broadband connection!!

nice to meet you grahamh too 🙂

only 14 pics ?? That's tight 🙁

Watch out for the ninja diabetic!

Good to meet everyone. Good company, good banter and good trails.

Dez took some pics too.
What happens on a STWswingltons ride, stays on a STWswingletons ride.
I, myself enjoyed the hot chocolate at the cafe alot. Thanks to bananaworld for his routing , all good fun.

ninja diabetic....addicted to kendal mint cake

Was it a ride for single gay men?

yes

Dammit 😡 I'll have to make the next one

Ah, that explains all the beards!

sorry I missed it. Glad to see plenty of smiles in the photos 🙂

some of the riders we saw were ****in miserable.
if you can't smile when doing your choice of leasure i think it's time to find something else to do 🙂

sorry I missed it. Glad to see plenty of smiles in the photos 🙂

Is that a Ti 456 in the posted photo? Damn! Even more peeved I missed the ride now. I'm giving serious consideration to one of those and a chance to try one for size has now been missed!

its a litespeed kitsuma

Not a Ti 456, something much nicer.

i cant believe the litter around though

I agree, it was disgusting. Why can't people just clear up after themselves?

Ah cool, I feel better 🙂 Thought the top tube looked a wee bit too curved.

Well, what a day! Having spent a sleepless night worrying about this - ie would anyone turn up - it turned out really well. Thanks for coming along everyone, it was good to meet some new faces too 🙂

Swinley wasn't at it's best, far too much mud and disruption to the trails 😥 Oh and please keep it to yourselves that I led you down a trail that was blocked off!

Thanks to bananaworld for leading the fast group in the morning, he did a sterling job!

Ti was in abundance today including two bikes from the same manufacturer. Note to rOcKeTdOg - why wasn't mine in a pic cos she's such a poser, unlike her ugly rider 😉

To those who missed it - bad luck.

i have written to the crown estate about the litter. who ever is responsible needs to be held to account!

Why is this in the chat forum?

Anyway, I'll get my few pics uploaded soon, after I've taken the sick dog out.

I'm not single and I survived 😉

I missed out but will be on the bike next week.

litter is very democratic. Anyone who favours it can do it, and anyone who doesn't can pick it up! And it creates jobs...

yeah loads of job oppertunities on mtb trails

[i]jumping out on your aleigh was funny as ****[/i]

you didn't scare me that much you know......!

heh heh heh

I like it when people hang free inner tubes in the trees...

Forget about the pictures we want the gossip.

Gentlemen never tell tales, don't you know that!

But seeing as none of us there could be accused of being a gentleman I'm pretty sure...

Well, it was a riot! Swords were crossed, battle was fought, with the final victor successfully staking his claim to the prize of a date with the lovely C_G and Aleigh, together!!!

Bet you all wish you'd come now eh! 😉

Here are my few.
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[i]Bet you all wish you'd come now eh! [/i]

you're just jealous mark cos you lost! 😆

dez - did you put some red stuff on my eye?! 😯

[b]Fwoooor![/b] look at all that chunky man flesh and aleigh checking out the BOO-TAY :o)

you're just jealous mark cos you lost!

Yup, absolutely! 🙁

Anyway, if anyone has learnt a lesson today about burning the candle at both ends today, it is me... Stopped off in a motorway service station on the way home as was feeling a touch tired, and needed to visit the little boys room... Dropped my shorts, sat on the bog, fell asleep for the best part of 45 minutes! 😳

Still, was worth it though 😉

[i]Still, was worth it though[/i]

what, falling asleep on the loo?! each to their own and all that 😆

Thanks C_G and Bananaworld for organising and leading.

Sorry I disappeared without saying goodbye. I had the weirdest pain and I thought I was going to be sick, so I headed off to my car quietly.

Cheers to everyone for another great ride, will have to sort out something down this way for those of you who thought it was muddy! The answer to the duck question is apparently 10-15 years 🙂

but are swans direct decendants of terredactyls

Finally got them all uploaded..

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Oooooh, pics coming in thick and fast!

So, there were 17 of us. We had a great day, everyone behaved impeccably [s]apart from jedi who is a big kid at heart[/s].

What do the nay-sayers say now then?

Shall I pencil in a date for the next one? 😆

pencil away

That sounds like a vote of confidence 😆

Twas a gamble admittedly, now just waiting for the Northern one in the Peak District 😉

So ... get a move on guys cos my diary is getting full!

everyone behaved impeccably

Oh!

Obviously I wasn't trying hard enough then... 🙁

Looks like you had a good turn out & plenty of fun.

I must get some fitness back for the Northern branch of SinglesTrack ride.

Need to stop fixing bikes & ride them!

not too sure why tony was laughing at me 😯

Well, that was a great day. Good to meet so many cheerful folk, even the ones nursing raging hangovers. I thought the conditions at swinley weren't actually as bad as I had been expecting, just needs spring to start springing to get those trees soaking up the moisture.

what was the male:female ratio and how far is this from Scotland ❓

about 7.5 hours from Peebles
11 guys 6 females i think

My album shows 0 views. Is that cos no-one is interested or no-one has access? 😕

i had a look, is the view counter working?

I've had a look, honest, and the counter still says 0 views.

Ah, maybe that's what it is. thanks.

[edit] sorry, not "maybe" - "obviously" 🙂

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so, who were the 'fittest' there then?

endurance wise, obviously...

deffo not me, on any meaning of the word!

Great photos! Looks like you had a bazzin' day! 🙂

[i]so, who were the 'fittest' there then? [/i]

Obviously me.