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| From TNR 31-10-2013 |
words by Eric
Crew: PtD, Gee, 3Sheds, MrI, Slim, Coley, El Pres, Eric
In the pub: “In da pub Dunc”
Lame excuse: IDP Dunc, Halloween – too scary
Weather: warm start, damp middle, chilly end bit.
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| From TNR 31-10-2013 |
Stats: numerous – highlights; Gee chain faff within half a mile, Coley puncture and wheel recalcitrance, Eric unseated on the boardwalks,
Route: BL, Zig Zags, Charity Lane, Snicket, Standing Stone, Boardwalks; optional plunge to tarmac road or climb to the other tarmac road !, regroup at Forest Chapel, Narnia, Old Track descent to Leathers.
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| From TNR 31-10-2013 |
Notes, Winter drawers on – for some this means a thicker pair of socks and full gloves; for Kersh it means bring out the winter 29 inch hubster!. As we climb onto Blakelow Road we are abused by the driver of a small black car, obviously the BE Bernard felt that tonights event wasn’t big enough. Halfway up the first zig the party halts as the 29inch hubster has its pre winter service at the roadside.
3 Sheds can’t cope with this level of engineering ineptitute and disappears into the night muttering. The pace quickens up the tarmac section of Charity and is matched on the downhill with everyone feeling it was “riding quick” whatever that means.
Coley was too quick and the resulting snakebite turned into a full “can’t get the wheel back in” faff. Up to Standing Stone an on to the lethally slippery boardwalks, there are no recommended tyres for green planks. Eric manages the splits across bike and boards and decides the discretion is the better part of retaining ones nuts.
3 Sheds reemerges – still muttering.
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| From TNR 31-10-2013 |
At the T junction the A team choose to head upwards towards Charity and Narnia; the B team arriving a few minutes later blindly follow another crew left down towards the reservoir. As the B team start the long climb back the rains begin, great joy.
After regrouping at Forest Chapel we climbed back up Charity, fortunate to catch a gap in the heavy traffic heading down.
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| From TNR 31-10-2013 |
The cocktail bench in Narnia was found to be open with PtD serving up a halloween tincture which would make the devil perspire. The recipie is on the web near the bit about making your own weapons of mass destruction.
Time flies and with the chef at the Leather’s primed to work to the last minute it was everyone for themselves on the increasingly chilly descent.
In the pub – usual banter, with emphasis on ski trips, tough guy indoor camping, EriQuest postponements,etc.
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| From TNR 31-10-2013 |
Cometh the hour, cometh the ride home; leave the fire, welcome to winter gentlemen.