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From TNR 30-09-10 Rudeword-dot-gpx

Crew: EL Pres, El Pud, Butty, Luc, Slim, Kersh

Pub: PTD

Outward Route: Poynton/Prestbury/Macc Stations – Stoke-on-Trent Station

Return Route: S-O-T – Talke Pits – Kidsgrove- Mow Cop- Congleton Edge – Biddulph Valley Way – Congleton – Gawsworth (Harrington Arms)

From TNR 30-09-10 Rudeword-dot-gpx

Conditions: Lovely evening, mild to coolish. Cloud cleared to reveal a few stars as we got closer to Macc.

Stats:

Faffs from El Pud (puncture in Murder Park), Butty (puncture at Mow Cop)

Two illegal crossings of back-gardens

1 Plan A abandonment (at Mow Cop)

From TNR 30-09-10 Rudeword-dot-gpx

Notes:

Its hard to keep up on fast canal tow paths with an under geared Cotic Hubster when RAI Race-Fit Butty & El Pud are setting a frantic pace to keep to an over ambitious trip agenda.

A strange but interesting route through canal towpaths, faded Potteries manufacturing zones, weird bits of singletrack in woods by wannabe middleclass housing estates

Our first Garmin guided TNR ? An e-enabled route using a GPX file created by the pud and put into the Butty Garmin.

Luc’s route home from Harrington Arms was mapped, planned and executed to perfection ….is this a new self orientating Luc ?

Harrington Arms is an “original style” country pub. No complaints at serving us at 9.45pm !! Expectations well managed by El Pud . No pork pies left for Slim’s dessert 🙁

Learning Point : Axis of evil is best not convened in Gawsworth.

From TNR 30-09-10 Rudeword-dot-gpx