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| From TNR 16-02-12 Theres no such thing as bad weatherl |
Crew : Slim, El Pres, El Pud, Eric, Butty, PTD, Big Dan, Beligian Andy,PTD, Kersh
Pub : Shaun
Route: Diverse routes to the cat and fiddle. Immediate U-turn homeward, via bottom of the oven, Forest Chapel, Reverse half chazza, Narnia, Motorway, The Leathers Smithy
Conditions: Grim. Low cloud from Cliff Lane upwards, horizontal drizzle-on-steroids, about 5c without wind chill considered. Visibility not really much better in the forest.
stats :
-Earliest retirement to the pub in a long, long while.
-First 29er puncture repair inside the Leathers (Kersh)
-First waterbottle-used-as – eyewash incident (El Pud)
Notes :
It was a good plan. Meet at the Cat at 7pm for a Buxton Circuit ride. A good plan except the weather did not sign up to the plan.
As I climbed through Rainow I thought “this is not a good idea”…Plan B was being formulated. I was soloing from Tythy but was caught by Kersh before Walker barn….and then he disappeared into the Murk in front.
Arriving at C & F last I was almost knocked over by the crew stampede downwards to the forest. All were soaked to the skin and chilled to the bone. Chazza was full of a rambling club from Stoke…so we were not the only nutters sampling the peaks on this foul night.Narnia was just as murky as up by the Cat.
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| From TNR 16-02-12 Theres no such thing as bad weatherl |
An “early bath” at the Leathers was never so appealing. Slim stoked up the fire without permission …but hey, he has “previous” for this. Early beer quaffing led to a slight A-O-E , much chortling and male bonding. Funny how you remember laughing a lot, but not the actual cause of the merriment
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| From TNR 16-02-12 Theres no such thing as bad weatherl |