No, never replaced them all at the same time in 25 year riding career.

Just a little bit more ish (80 quid more), my mate has bought a new 2009 Kona Caldera from Pauls cycles, Tora forks, XT/deore spec. Bargain I reckon.

Try UKC

Its no the taste, but the ethics 🙂

Sainsburys meat is crap

Theres great food in this country, Ludlow where I live is foodie heaven:) A big deal is made of local quality produce here.

Thats what you get for buying crap meat from supermarkets,

Alot is made of free range chicken, but you hear nothing of battery pork, when its just as big of a problem! Danish bacon is all battery farmed 🙂

As above, support your local butcher, but still ensure its not bulk crap they have bough in from a supplier, and that its local. Alot of butchers meat is no better than supermarket meat.

Mountain biking
Climbing
Eating pizza
Appreciating pizza

1 48.,9n is normal for me

oopos hadf a few bears tonight, apologies

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hahas helvellyn andf no peiple ,. good luckk :)?

no, because ive wortked 0700 till 2100 hrs without seeing daylight fgor the last 6 wekls
now ive hasd a beer and nthe torture is over,

i cant waitr to saturady when i cen be home and see my family, and get oiutbto my local trails at bringwwood in the dry 🙂

aamen

Hopton is much much better

Maybe the Cornish? having 6 fingers helps keep hold of the slippery buggers. 🙂

Being able to ride straight out of the front door to great trails is number 1, I dont think Id be a mountain biker if I couldnt do this. I have given climbing which was another passion in my life, because I couldnt make it fit into my life, due to moving to a climbing unfriendly area.

Stw is the over 40’s equivalent of mbuk. It’s a rite of passage mbuk to stw when you enter middleage, grow a beard, and prefer radio 4 over owt else

Tw* t, and it’s not twit!

I disagree MSP, Steve Peat foir example was brought up in a rough part od Sheffield, I think a lot of people would be interested in his rise to fame, as they could associate more with him, over some gaul, from 50 years ago.

I agree that winning the Tdf after cancer etc is a story that needs to be told, but there are other angles, stories out there.

I agree, its great, its a proper red xc circuit. I reckon south Shropshire could be the english 7 stanes,

Hopton
Long Mynd
Eastridge
Bringewood
Mortimer
Lots more DH only places, so soon 2 more xc places could arise surely????

Im just not into road stuff, why are there no decent mountain biking equivalents, there are mountain biking legends, so thats no excuse.

Ive tried French Revolutions et al, and they just dont float my boat, find them all a bit wishy washy and tedious. The death of Marco Pantani, however I did enjoy.

Id love to read Steve Peats or John Tomacs biog or somthing similar, If I was a writer type person its something id be pursueing, as I think its a gap needing to be filled.

🙂 snow bunting defo

I wish you were my boss

A miniture and a glass, is a great idea.

🙂

I just had lunch there today, v nice , as good as yesterday. Alot have said the padstow one is
Not as good as the Falmouth one.

been to anstruthers TJ a few times, very nice indeed 🙂

Is the bacon and black pudding free range? 😉

Cheers, you up for a bit of night guiding. I have no idea about where to go, and as I’m working day times, it will have to be night riding. I don’t really have the time to get a map and explore.

Cheers will do;)

bump

I admit to being a birder, is anyone else slightly emabarrased to mention this to people in public 🙂

Or is it fashionable now, due to the rise in popularity of springwatch et al.

UK –
Corncrake
Brown Albatross
Snowy Owl

However the sightings I have enjoy the most are the regular sightings of Shorteared Owls up by the Goyt valley

Worldwide-

Paradise Flycatcher in India

Cheers all 🙂

Id love to think that there are big cats roaming our countryside, It would make night rides out a bit more exciting.

And thats before we start on the Loch Ness monster!

Drac – Im guessing that this is a topic which intrests you 😉

Im doing the same this year. Myself, wife and 3 year old 🙂

We are driving upto scotland, hiring a small van there and going upto Orkney via Torridon and Laggan 🙂 Obviously for the scenery and not for the great biking 🙂

Nothing like being mauled by a Couger in the woods 🙂

I travel between Hampshire/surrey and my home in Ludlow most weeks.

On one journey home last year, I saw a Kite in Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Herefordshire and Shropshire (all in the same journey btw 🙂 )!

Could never imagine that 10 years ago.

Drac – I saw a picture and report of it online somewhere, cant recall when 🙂 It happenend before I moved here.

I was out in the woods once (on the bike!)and got spooked by a big black dog, it sparked my imagination and I did some internet searching for sightings around here.

There was a large cat killed/ run over near Ludlow a few years ago, can’t recallwhat type exactly.
It is googleable.

Ferry across to Mull for the day ?

yeah, the ferry is a right bargin 🙁

Thanks for the link. 🙂