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Crew: El Pres, Slim, 3 Sheds, Eric, Coley, Doog, Shaun, G, Dan, Stunt, Belgian Andy
Pub: Butty
Route: BL, Buxton Old Road to Walker Barn, Chazza, Tea Rooms, Stakeside descent, Errwood Hall, Single track, Pyms Chair,Jenkin Chapel, Blaze Hill, Vale
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Conditions: Still, Cold later, wet grass & muddy trails
Stats:
1 Puncture – Dan
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2 Offs – Stunt & G (Plus plenty of sideways action “dabs” from the crew)
Notes:
Leadership vacuum filled by Stunt with a big Goyt ride
6:45 sharp departure from BL (G nearly left behind)
Phil needs a Shazza assist to Chazza to catch up 🙂
Belgian Andy joins us with his new “5” (in red) – so a 4×5 night
Steaming glasses much in evidence on the climbs
Slim joins at the Tea Rooms (just – no prisoners being taken on tonights schedule)
Misty on the tops
Dry rock – lethal grass combo on stakeside make for much hilarity – G boasts about his ar*e skidmark 😉
All agree its the longest and possibly best descent we do!?
Rusty Nails this week in celebration of a kindred TNR spirit
“Pete Burnall was one of my brothers best mates, author of the mountain bike guide to snowdonia, and all round good guy – in his own words “Skin cancer’s a bitch” but he lived life without complaining, kept doing what he loved best, and showed by example how to go out with dignity (aged just 44). You mentioned me in passing in your blog, it only seems fair that you get your’s here now.”
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G avoids his ditch of doom before the stream crossing steps, and its mostly pushing up the singletrack as its slipperier than a slippery thing in slipperyville.
Just a short climb to crest Pyms chair, plently of man-flu phlegm expelled on the climb t’other side of Jenkins chapel before rapid decent to bollywood no ice = nice 🙂
Vale for 9:50 for Pioneer, Moravka / Amstel, bolly burgers & banter.
So far in 2012 its a 100% record for big rides, celebration stops, and fine hostelries, and a disturbing correlation between abstenance and punctures (Dan!)…. and the Axis of Evil has yet to appear…
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| From TNR 12-01-2011 Goytatsic |