Keep up Chris, it’s really quite simple. Can i have a go Jules?

I’m in.

One of my old fave routes.

Cheers

Matt

I am very tempted by this. Slight problem is I’m having 2 toenails removed on the 9th so not sure if I will be ok to ride by then. How far in miles is it going to be?

The route i made up on Tracklogs was less than 15 miles, not sure of the definite route though. So not too long.

Woo Hoo, I’m in, my first forum ride too 🙂

You’ll recognise the shirt (maybe)

APF

Yes please and thank you – I’ll be there, Zoe too.

If I can get company for the trip from Ipswich, I’ll be there

Sandwich, not sure it merits a trip from Ipswich just for this ride, if you;re coming up anyway then fair enough but it’s a long way for this one thing!

People are coming all the way from Ipswich nbt…..no pressue or nowt 😉

Christ, and petetborough too. Pressure…..

Christ, and petetborough too. Pressure…..

Yeah, but I am easily pleased…..

to be fair, if I lived in peterborough, I’d be likely to travel a fair way even for mediocre MTB riding 😉

I’d be likely to travel a fair way even for mediocre MTB riding

You could have missed the wink off and I still would have agreed with you.

Nearly bit the bullet and got a road bike…..ended up joining the gym instead.

For the record, I mainly travel for the sparklingly urbane company 😀

Would a solo loner with no friends other than a bloke who’s took 4 hrs to get round the monkey trail today be accepted, or am I seriously pushing the boundaries of the pootle?? 😆

I’d say you;d fit right in, as long as you don’t mind a social beverage afterwards 😉

Does the beer after possibly involve the consumption of some cow based food? If so I’m there 😆

It could well do wrightyson. I’ll need to check when they serve food though.

Nice …… 🙂

I’ve done the odd day trip for climbing so a sociable pootle with the Peaks crowd shouldn’t be too bad. We may camp it up overnight rather than go for the Alpine start. Besides there are proper hills in your part of the world, the hills here are rather short.
No pressure or owt 😉

Hooray, another female (waves to Zoe).
I know you lot ride like a bunch of women, but its not quite the same 😉

My riding partner will also be a woman if her husband allows a pass. He’s currently nursing an injured ankle from bouldering.

If it makes things easier Bunnyhop, I will wear a wig and a use a women specific camelbak.

Woot woot! Physio says I’m in 😀

Can a Pootle First Timer bribe his way in with Haribo and homemade flapjack ? 🙂

I’ll eat anything (food-related) 🙂

Hairy Bikers full fat flapjack it shall be then.;)

I will wear a wig and a use a women specific camelbak.

. You mean on the last ride that was your own hair 😳

We can’t carry cake on the tandem 🙁

If it’s not raining I may make an appearance along with a camera.

My friend farmer Lucy owns some of the land we’ll be riding through. I’ll call her and have her remove all other mtbers/redsox/sheep/low flying geese etc for the day, then the fast boys can barrel those descents.
Who’s chopper Dave?

He’s the guy who Met your friend lucy, then went back in time to the 60’s, bumped into 4 guys with bowl cut’s and guitars, let it be known that he had a helicpter and a fistfull of diamonds too.

Thus was inspired the song – Lucy in the sky with diamonds

Wow, dave did get travel a lot after i got rid of him then…

Is Lucy fit?

Oh god! Are we going to have to keep stopping while you hump holes in trees again? It gets pretty tedious after a while

Binners, in France they call me Le Baguette

No, they don’t. They have a name for you, but that isn’t it.

i believe they call you escargot; slow, slimy and repulsive to many

🙄

and from what will says, you dont taste good either 😉

Actually surely Will is the French Baguette! 😆 (coughs at the visual mindfeck)

I thought Will was the butcher, not the baker

Hora – Lucy is happily married with a farm to run, holiday cottages, a skip hire business and 3 children. There isn’t time for extra activities.

I think she’d run a mile if she saw you approaching with one of your dreadful chat up lines 😉