Words by Stunt, Pics by Pete & Butty
Crew: PTD, El Pres, Salad Dodger, Butty, Croxy, 3 Sheds, Joe, Dunc, Mr I, Stunt
Pub: Eric
Route: BL, Teggs, Smithy, Chazza, Standing stone, Shutlingsloe gate singletrack, Nessit, Rezzies, Smithy
Conditions: Warm Dry & lovely
Stats: 1 front mech faff (Stunt)
Notes:
PTD announces a forest classic route with a slightly slack start time, summer weather finally arrives, what’s not to like!!
On time and on a frighteningly clean bit of bling he’s finally BACK!
Joe and Croxy also tempted out of statistical nothingness to ride 🙂
A beautiful evening to admire the scenery – from the freshly cut grass in the fields above the zig zag in zen garden like green lines, the alpine flowers at teggs, bluebells, blossom, lush and verdant greenery and the white dots of the village cricket teams on their lovingly prepared squares.
Eye spy spots (for the keen observers) hovering kestrel, lazily flapping heron, perched buzzard, lesser white breasted jogger, greater red headed runners, and the smiling family walkers.
An evening for chatting and riding, and blasting sections for fun!
Teggs very dry, Chazza an odd mix of very dry with small stream running down the middle, extension super loose.
Standing stone to Nessit path widened and gravelled – making the high speed off camber corner “interesting”
Singletrack from the Shutlingsloe gate to the S bends had boggy patches that almost caught out a few!
Nessit for Malaga Virgen Sherry and M&S Pies (Our hard mountain men image may be at risk!)
Fabulous sunset across the western horizon – and a new plume somewhere in Scouseland (Compost warehouse fire in Kirby)
Thrash back to the Smithy for food!
Tonights quiz – what’s changed in the Smithy?
Bar and Fire stone painted (correct)
Walls & Ceiling Painted (correct)
Behind the bar shelves smarter (correct)
Barstools & Leather seats recovered (Wrong – although the paint does match them)
New lights (wrong)
..and the item not spotted (Mainly because it was on the other side) Wood Burner replaces old fire place in the restuarant.
Golden XPA or Trooper, Hanging Chicken Kebabs heralds new menu, warm ride = tactical cokes for a few.
Nice weather tempted Manchester Mountain Bikers – who arrived post food ordering (but then many of them had clearly already eaten too many pies!)
Eric arrives for a swift pint, and Butty shows off impressive go pro like camera with super fast wifi’ing to phone.
Wonderfully NOT COLD post pub (which seemed to spur a number of peeps to race back at a furious pace)