Tjs recovery ride part 4. Im in England heading for Hull.

Christ, why do I always look terrible in group photos?

Grrrrrr

Anyroad.

Great night, lovely people, thank you all.

Let me know if / when you’re passing through York.

Well that has been one of the oddest nights ever. Pubs shut early round here thank goodness. Im now in the fried goods emporium with binners. You know it makes sense. I sure it will help my performance on the bike tomorrow. I might not get vey far.🤣

Ta to all the folk that turned up. Lovely to see you all even junkyard who appeared from under his bridge.

Throwing the dice takes one to odd places.

Great to meet you TJ. And Rustyspanner. The rest of you can bugger off cos I’ve met you before, even if cougar forgot. 😀

We even managed to maintain the politics omertà. Not one mention of brexit, starmer, truss or Boris, just as it should be.

Good do that!

Great to see you all, very pleasant evening.

Take care everyone 🙂

I think we need names for the ID parade later. It’ll help the local constabulary

Karl Pilkinton
Santa
WOMAN!
Poundland Jesus
Victim of bullying
The bully
Back of Alan Carr

Lolz

Is it my imagination or are we all starting to look a bit weird.Decades of biking and boozing are starting to show.

You know it’s bad when you are in a group and TJ is the best looking of you all…

#notbullying

And lolz at bearnecessities names list

I’m Karl Pilkington!

Looks like a good night, lots of simple wipe clean surfaces…..

This thread reminds of a book I once read by Leslie Thomas called The adventures of Goodnight and Loving. Keep it coming people, great thread!

I woke this morning feeling distinctly second hand. Its also raining. Apparently it does that here.

Time for more coffee and a slow pack up.

Thanks again to the selection of oddballs who appeared last night . Lovely to meet you all.

It’s also raining in Yorkshire so it’s for the best it’s raining there.

No one would want you to get the wrong impression and think it’s dark wet and grey this side of the watershed and sunlit uplands to the west.

even if cougar forgot

Honestly, it’s just something I find difficult. I didn’t recognise tthew because he had a hat on and it took me a beat to recognise Junkyard despite having met several times. I can totally relate to how no-one ever works out that Superman is Clark Kent. How can it possibly be the same person, only one of them wears glasses and their hair is combed slightly differently?!

(sorry for spoilers there)

Did that poor woman go out for a quite evening only to have you lot arrive with a ‘mind if we here?…’

Did that poor woman go out for a quite evening only to have you lot arrive with a ‘mind if we here?…’

I guessed she just took her ID lanyard off for the photo to be honest.

🤣

Christ, why do I always look terrible in group photos?

The camera never lies, sweetcheeks.

Did that poor woman go out for a quite evening only to have you lot arrive with a ‘mind if we here?…’

#prayformrsbinners

That photo needs a caption competition

Who is the chap having a slash in the background?

Is that an after-party?! Only the cool dudes get invited to those. 😢 (although I was home late enough anyway due to M60 overnight road closures).

Karl Pilkinton
Santa
WOMAN!
Poundland Jesus
Victim of bullying
The bully
Back of Alan Carr

coffee => keyboard. Fabulous

On my way again. Heading for hebdon bridge. Apparently there is a hill in the way to get to yorkshire. Dunno how far ill get today. Not far at a guess

Tthew

Binners couldn’t make it up the hill without stopping at another pub.

Happy trails TJ.

I’m currently sat in an office halfway between Rammy and Hebden, and the sun is trying to come out (from behind a hill).

…also, if anyone suggests that on leaving Hebden you should go via Cragg Vale they should not be trusted.

follow the canal, call in at STW HQ when you pass then in todmorden

You’ll soon find out why I still ride triple front rings.

The cafe in Heptonstall is nice 🙂
Bit of a sporting climb from the valley though…..

I’m Santa btw for the benefit of any lingering doubt. 😀
Quite happy with that one.

follow the canal, call in at STW HQ when you pass then in todmorden

That’s a good suggestion!

Right. Who interfered with my satnav?

Its taken me up the irwell on a muddy footpath

I really must look at maps more carefully 🤣🙄

call in at STW HQ when you pass then in todmorden

What Could Possibly Go Wrong.

I’m currently sat in an office halfway between Rammy and Hebden

Bacup?

If you rode to irwell vale on the old railway line then got on to river bank in that area the mud usually ends when you pass under the bypass. 🤔

call in at STW HQ when you pass then in todmorden

What Could Possibly Go Wrong.

#PrayForSTWstaff

If any STW staff read this and TJ pops in then please use him as a helmet model for any test helmets you have in

@mark @charliedontsurf @stwhannah

Retrorick.. that is the one. It was actually qute fun