Words & Photos by Pete
Crew : PTD and Pete
Pub : Butty, Dunc & Alex
Route : BL – Old Buxton Rd – Zig Zags – Charity plus Extension – Standing Stone – Nessit – Bob’s Bench – St Dunstans – Sutton Hall
Conditions : Very foggy but fortunately not too damp
Notes :
Well, we have either reached a low point in the year …or we have reached an age were our enthusiasm to ride “come what may” is no longer there. The “pub only ” crew numbered three ……but only two of us did the ride.
in the run up to 6pm the excuses were coming thick and fast …too much work…”emergency beer with Mrs I” ????
TBH the weather was decidedly iffy ..the fog had thickened and when Paul and I were on our circuit of the forest it was decidedly difficult to recognise surroundings
But I have to admit that i quite like an MTB ride which just one friend. By the end of our 90mins or so circuit Paul had given me such an education on the link between mouth bacteria and heart/circulation disease that I ordered an electric toothbrush via Amazon the very next morning !
And i had none of the customary complaints when i stopped on Charity to adjust my tyre pressures for the descents !
And at the Bob’s bench stop by the rezzies he played a blinder with his latest tipple “Brexit Mouthwash” …a German-Spanish alliance of Gluhvein cut with Brandy . It tasted that good I voted “remain”.
A cheeky pint in the St Dunstans…remember the St Dunstans ?!! before its time to say goodbye to PTD and rendezvous with the sick and injured who have already formed a base-camp in the Sutton Hall
