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| From TNR 27-10-2011 Gorillas In the Mist |
Words and pics by Slim
Crew : El Pud, Big Nic, Dunc, Butty, El Pres, Slim, Kersh , Langley Joe
Pub: TJ
Route : BL, Langley, Rangers Centre, Offroad Ascent towards Shutlingsloe, 3sheds “Two sided” valley, Wildboarclough, Forest Chapel, Narnia, Fire Road descent, Leathers Smithy
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| From TNR 27-10-2011 Gorillas In the Mist |
Conditions: Mistier than a misty thing on Misty Day, getting a lot wetter by Narnia, very slippy underfoot.
Faff quota: High for slim…took wrong route from Rangers Centre with Butty, rear brake jammed on, a couple of offs in the greasy conditions on the far side of shutlingsloe
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| From TNR 27-10-2011 Gorillas In the Mist |
Notes:
– El pud being El Capitaine for the evening is always a good start
– Misty, murky and mild. Layers were being shed by the time we reached the Trentabank Rangers Centre
– Slim and Butty went missing-in-action for a while on the ascent through the forest
– Visibility was naff by the back of the forest, and head mounted lighting was definitely not the right answer
– “the bridge is a bit slippy” was the understatement of the evening
– good to be back on the little visited track on the far side of Shutlingsloe
-Big Nic won the “which is the fastest route to Chapel” sprint, proving that the killer climb to Standing Stone is better than the Bottom-of-the-Oven route
– the Gorillas gathered in the mist of Narnia (at the yuletide mustering point) to enjoy a Thornton concoction of Drambuie and summat else? …the winter is coming and late-in-the-ride morale boosting snifters need to become mandatory
– we retired to the Leathers to talk about such lofty subjects as horses on tandems, and to chortle until the small hours…;-)
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| From TNR 27-10-2011 Gorillas In the Mist |