The only reported ride this week was Team Tythy’s rapid raid on Lyme.
With a stiff SSE breeze, route choice was go with the wind up high, and hope it didn’t matter down low.
Rainbow bridge, Clarke Lane, Redway “under Nancy” into Ingersley Vale, Poachers Snicket, Pott Shrigley, Bakestonedale road to the Gritstone trail.
Rain (unforecast) was quite heavy as we turned off the road, and added waterproof layers! Heading across the moor we got the full benefit of the wind assist, and in no time were at a muddy entrance at Bowstones.
Moor descent in good nick for the right mix of fun and fear.
Unlocked gates allowed some meanderings into the woods, and then by the roads/tracks to the gate NW of the Knott, where we passed 3 bikers coming in.
The usual muddy track past the farm, and a lot of recently flailed hedges down the canal bridge and the Middlewood.
Just as I remarked to Dunc how much I liked being tubeless…Dunc felt a rear tyre squirm…
Riding fast and forward was good for a mile, but the first of two CO2 cannisters was applied before a second outright thrash for home got him just past Grimshaw lane, where the second one was used.
I gave up trying to catch him after that!!
Great to be in Lyme again – seems a long time, and the right route choice as there was no significant head wind on the way back!