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TNR 20-5-2010 Summer Special 1 – The Great Escape

Friday, May 21, 2010
From TNR 20-05-2010 The Great Escape

Crew: El Pud, El Pres, Dan, Butty, TJ, Coley, Stunt, Salad Dodger, G, Dunc
At the venue – PTD, Mawds

From TNR 20-05-2010 The Great Escape

Route: BL, Sutton, Judy Lane, Hanging Gate, Left off road cut across to Wild Boar, over A54 and down off road to cross the Dane, Dane valley to Wincle, Barlow Hill, Croker Hill, Trentabank

From TNR 20-05-2010 The Great Escape

Conditions
Dusty trails in warm sunshine 🙂

From TNR 20-05-2010 The Great Escape

Stats
1 Ripped Tyre – TJ

From TNR 20-05-2010 The Great Escape
From TNR 20-05-2010 The Great Escape

Notes
Dan derives a new and adventurous route
Electric fences everywhere tonight..Butty has a Steve McQueen moment!
That which is not dusty is fresh cow poo!
Route planning on the river crossing consisted of google satellite imagery – but they weren’t stepping stones – just rocks.
Dane valley path drier than a dry thing.
How many big hills!? (curse the RAI’ers – well Pete did!)
A mad black clio up Barlow hill
Inquisitive cows canter alongside us on Croker Hill
Al fresco curry in the forest with St Peters, Brakespear, Pedigree and cold Lager…summer at last 🙂 more please!!

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Peak District Magical Mystery Tour : May 7th-9th

Tuesday, May 18, 2010
From El Pud's 50th Peak District Magical Mystery Tour 2010 – selected and edited

Three days of epic Peak District riding to continue the celebrations of El Pud’s 50th.

Crew:

Fri: Salad Dodger, El Pres, El Pud, 3 sheds (Club only) , Butty (eventually), Bernard, Lee and Big Dan

Sat: As Friday plus …Ptd, TJ and Croxy

Sun: Salad Dodger, El Pres, El Pud, Butty, Bernard, PTD and Big Dan

From El Pud's 50th Peak District Magical Mystery Tour 2010 – selected and edited

Route:

Friday : Bus assist to Sparrowpit (thanks Vicky !) – Limestone Way – Cave Dale – Castleton – Cement Works Traverse – Little Hucklow – Great Hucklow – Camphill Gliding Club.

Saturday: Bradwell Edge – Hope – Aston – Hope Cross – Ladybower – Stannage Edge – Stannage Plantation – Dore – Train back to Hope – Great Hucklow – Camphill (after beer)

Sunday: Late start, Castleton – Mam Tor – Rushup Edge via the road – Pennine Bridleway- Descent to Hayfield – Butty cheeky woods route to Poynton – Boar’s Head – Middlewood Way – Macc.

Conditions: Dry and dusty but cold until Sunday

Stats:

Friday : c12 miles  Casualties: Butty rear hub failure on full bounce on Mount Famine

Saturday: c40 miles Casualties: Butty’s chainring (see pic) & Pete’s headset

Sunday: c35 miles Casualties: El Pres’s rear mech hanger & El Pud’s Seat Post bolt

Beer consumption : censored

TO BE CONTINUED
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Pete’s favourite pics :

From El Pud’s 50th Peak District Magical Mystery Tour 2010 – selected and edited
From El Pud’s 50th Peak District Magical Mystery Tour 2010 – selected and edited
From El Pud’s 50th Peak District Magical Mystery Tour 2010 – selected and edited
From El Pud’s 50th Peak District Magical Mystery Tour 2010 – selected and edited
From El Pud's 50th Peak District Magical Mystery Tour 2010 – selected and edited
From El Pud's 50th Peak District Magical Mystery Tour 2010 – selected and edited
From El Pud's 50th Peak District Magical Mystery Tour 2010 – selected and edited
From El Pud's 50th Peak District Magical Mystery Tour 2010 – selected and edited
From El Pud's 50th Peak District Magical Mystery Tour 2010 – selected and edited
From El Pud's 50th Peak District Magical Mystery Tour 2010 – selected and edited

TO BE CONTINUED ……

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TNR 13-4-2010 Forest Favourites

Friday, May 14, 2010
From TNR 13-05-2010 Simply Forest

Crew: PTD, Shaun, El Pres, Dan, Salad Dodger, Stunt, Luc, Coley, Shedless, TJ, Butty, Dunc
Pub: El Pud

From TNR 13-05-2010 Simply Forest

Route: BL, Old Buxton Road Zig Zags, Walker Barn, Charity Lane, Dentists Descent, LH side path to Visitors Centre, Up lower Nessit to Forest singletrack, up “Chunder hill” to Nessit, Shutlingsloe path then Left across the tops to standing stone, RH side, Church House.

Conditions: Dry & Mild, very dry trails

From TNR 13-05-2010 Simply Forest

Stats: 12 miles & 2,500ft approx
Butty 1 puncture on chazza.

From TNR 13-05-2010 Simply Forest

Notes:
Another PTD production to bring us back to our roots in the forest.
Much faffing & fettling of squeaks, rattles & loose things on several bikes
Short on distance, big on climb – but worth it for the dry descents, views and just being out!
Only a select fab 4 do the shutlingsloe path.
Dan manages the whole ride without lights as dusk falls only as we get to the pub.
Very cosy in the snug at the Church House with plenty of Blonde’s to wash down huge plates of food.

From TNR 13-05-2010 Simply Forest

With Stunt flogging jackets & TJ lights are the business & pleasure boundaries being blurred?
Lots of tired legs after big weekends, big commutes & big bikes! 😉
Pete does a runner!

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TNR 6-5-2010 Election Night Special

Thursday, May 13, 2010
From TNR 6-5-2010 Election Night Special

Crew : El Pud, El Pres, Duncan, Luc, TJ, Big Nick
In the Pub : Pete

Route: Kerridge , Bollington and Rainow area – new bits ridden under the guidance of El Pud the routemeister

Weather : Cool & Dry

Notes:
Small, but select turn-out as many were preparing for the Peaks weekend trip
Finally Pete’s missing Hollowtech 2 BB Spanner is located….in he safe custody of Rob the barman at the Poachers

From TNR 6-5-2010 Election Night Special
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Tog 24 pics

Thursday, May 6, 2010

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TNR 29-4-2010 Leek Gig Night

Friday, April 30, 2010

Crew: El Pud, El Pres, PTD, Dan, Butty, Salad Dodger, Stunt + Venue Mawds

Route: BL, Byrons Lane, Fourways, Wincle, Swythamly, Meerbrook, Leek Britannia Social Club, Return via main road.

Conditions: Wet start but dried up, low cloud, cool.

Stats:

Notes:
Charlotte impressed by the bright jackets of the roady crew 🙂
PTD & El Pres join the fun with slicks tyres equipped MTBs
Fortunately the rain dies off & we arrive on-time damp rather than dripping!
Us here in the beer cellar alone!?…makes for a good bike storage area
Mawds unimpressed by the cheesy oatcake catering
Adrian Byron Burns entertains hushed crowd with guitar mastery & banter
Mawds revels in IT department re-union 😉
Whoever prophesied a late exit to put off the long long ride home was right
Plenty of RAI logistics and tactics being talked.

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Butty goes underground

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
From Misc MTB 2010

Apparently taken on a blackberry….not bad for that. Butty has yet to declare where it was taken . Its what I would call www.28dayslater.co.uk in its style . Top man. Was it done on his new single speed ?

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TNR 22-4-2010 Bowstones via the Goyt

Friday, April 23, 2010
From TNR 22-04-2010 Goyt and Bowstones

Crew: El Pres, El Pud, G, Luc, Coley, PTD, Stunt, TJ, Butty, Eric, Shedless

From TNR 22-04-2010 Goyt and Bowstones

Pub: Croxy

Route: BL, Cat n Fiddle tea rooms, Stakeside into the Goyt, skirting Erwood hall, singletrack ascent to the Pyms chair exit, Wingather rocks, Kettleshulme, offroad ascent to Moorside, Bowstones, Sponds hill to Bakestonedale road, Vale

From TNR 22-04-2010 Goyt and Bowstones

Conditions

Sunny & dry but cold later, dusty trails!

From TNR 22-04-2010 Goyt and Bowstones

Stats

1 off El Pres

Notes

Butty arrives on a rigid Surly singlespeed (and the beginnings of a beard!)

From TNR 22-04-2010 Goyt and Bowstones

Kersh arrives complete with embedded thorn in tyre

Paragliders ridge soaring below shining tor

Curlew spotted

Cracking dry trails

El Pres comes a cropper at Kershaws gulch

Wingather rocks at sunset 🙂

Butty still beats us up to Bowstones

TJ opens up a new market in lights at the vale

Nice lady provides bike storage

RAI riders officially announced

Superb beer food and puddings

..and the real story on the ash cloud…

..and shocking revalation – Kershaw has an inner tube of his own (but the thorn holds good!)

From TNR 22-04-2010 Goyt and Bowstones

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Effects of the Icelandic volcano ?

Saturday, April 17, 2010
From Sunset with effects of Volcano

Not sure about this , but a very pinky-orange sunset with various layers in it. Taken from the lane up to Bulls Head, Kerridge on Friday 16th April after a little after work “wind-down” ride on the Cotic Hubster. Picture quality is a bit iffy because they are taken using the Lumix , not my Canon SLR.

From Sunset with effects of Volcano
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TNR 15-4-2010 MawdsFeast

Friday, April 16, 2010
From Mawdsfeast 15th April 2010

Crew: PTD, G, Salad Dodger, Coley, Croxy, Dan, Dunc, El Pud, Butty, TJ

Chez Mawds Stunt, El Pres, Bernard plus Currywallahs Mawds & Steve

From Mawdsfeast 15th April 2010

Route:

Barracks Lane – Blakelow Rd – Zig Zags – Murder House – Teggs Nose – Ascent of hardlingland – Reverse Narnia – Chazza – Dentists Descent – Climb to Standing Stone – Nessit & Forest Furtlings before retiring to Chez Mawds

From Mawdsfeast 15th April 2010

Conditions:

Dry & Cool

Notes:

PTD shows off more undiscovered snickets in the forest!

From Mawdsfeast 15th April 2010

Is Macc Forest on its way to being a trail centre in a couple of years??

Mawds does us proud with a keg of Aleforce, 5 delicious curries, homemade nan breads, vino and a selection of fine single malts – plus some rather dubious wodka!

Luc was right to warn us to be careful….it all slipped down far too easily…;-)

From Mawdsfeast 15th April 2010
From Mawdsfeast 15th April 2010
From Mawdsfeast 15th April 2010
From Mawdsfeast 15th April 2010
From Mawdsfeast 15th April 2010
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