Words and Pics by Slim
Crew;
El Pres, Butty, Slim, Bernard, Chris Lally
Route; RB, Middlewood Way , Tinkers Clough, War Memorial, Ingersley Vale, Poachers Snicket, Pott Shrigley, Moorside Lane, Butty’s ascent and descent of Dale Top, Chapel exit ,Long Lane , Beeston Brow, The Poachers
Conditions; Windy and slippy under the wheels. Cracking views over the Cheshire plain .
Stats; El Pres – mythical puncture
Offs; None
Notes :
A small turn out of “the Regulars” was supplemented by our guest stars : Bernard and Chris.
The leadership vacuum was quickly filled by Butty and he set us off on an innovative route up to “Dale Top” and an innovative one down again 🙂
Full marks for those that sat in the saddle all the way up.
It was breezy on the tops but the views were crystal clear .
Filled with such wonder at the Cheshire nighttime spectacle , we felt a need to pay homage and give thanks to our creator 😉 …so Butty led us on the Chapel exit route from Moorside Lane.
By the end of Long Lane our new found goodness was on the wane , and from Beeston Brow we descending to the fulcrum of the Fleshpots of Bollingtonia : The Poachers.
It was here that we discovered that Young Chris L could be considered a bit of a ringer – he has recently returned from a cycle tour of the length of North and South America !
