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From TNR 22-07-2010 The Full Clough

Crew: El Pres, PTD, Dr Simon, Coley, Luc, Pete, Stunt, Shedless, Dunc, Butty.

Route: BL, Cat n Fiddle, Right Hand descent into Cumberland Clough, Standing Stone, Nessit, “downhill course singletrack”, back up to nessit track, more nessit then lower singletrack, Sutton Hall (abandoned), Church House.

From TNR 22-07-2010 The Full Clough

Conditions: Dry, Cool, Murky weather coming in over the tops, but nice evening sunshine lower down. Dry trails but moors pretty damp.

Stats:
3 comedy offs into the undergrowth on a failure to get going/caught out theme (Dunc, PTD, Pete)
1 Proper off – Pete

Notes:
A good crew with plenty of big travel bikes in evidence.
Mmmm Luc brings cake again 🙂
El Pres’s 3 shires head route is abandoned when we see the approaching weather from the cat.
A quick stop at the bottom of Cumberland brook for the downhillers to practice getting air off a bank.

From TNR 22-07-2010 The Full Clough

Lamas, Red Deer and Big Hare all go into the eye spy book this week

From TNR 22-07-2010 The Full Clough

Fantastic sunset light from the top of the forest

From TNR 22-07-2010 The Full Clough

From TNR 22-07-2010 The Full Clough

From TNR 22-07-2010 The Full Clough

PTD shows us a “doable” route near the top of the downhill course, for mere mortals this is “like singletrack – but unrideable in parts” – in reality far less scary than expected 🙂
We decide to go to Sutton hall for a change – but have to retrace to the church house when they are unable to provide food (Too busy!!!). Adnams & Brains wash down hearty food. More tales of mega avalance and derring