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Friday, February 19, 2010

From Reberty Feb 2010

View of Val Thorens (on the right in the foreground) and the Menuires Valley

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TNR 18-02-2010 Mud, Snow & No Moor

Friday, February 19, 2010

Crew: El Pres, Eric, Butty, ItchyBalls, TJ, Joe, Bernard & Peter, Stunt & Ali

Pub: El Pud & Dan

Route:

BL, Rainbow Bridge, Endon Hall, Lidgetts Lane, Back of Kerridge Ridge, Ingersley Vale, Poachers Snicket, Pott Shrigley, Bakestondale road, Main Rainow Road, Oakenbank Lane, Poachers

Conditions:

Light snow (getting heavier) on wet muddy ground.

Stats:

1 Puncture (el Pres)

1 Faff (Ali)

1 MIA (TJ)

1 Off (Butty)

Numerous side slips!

Notes:

El Pres brings the BL boys along the canal and pays the price!

Butty & TJ go off piste up the quarry & over the ridge but despite extensive searching TJ officially MIA by the time we pass the poachers!

The further up we go the heavier the snow, eventually all thoughts of sponds hill abandoned, and a road loop and back via oaken bank instead.

Damn cold by the time we get to the poachers

Outnumbering active nanciers we note!

Desert Storm & Burgers good – Cottage pie bad

TJ eventually arrives and proceeds to sell 2 lights and some appartment rentals to assorted members of the poachers clientel!!! – what happened to getting the beers in?

Marty Feldmans shaggy dog can beat us around Llandegla – apparently!??

Soon we are to be sans Joe (but will get a warm welcome in the new sheffield edinburgh cycle co-op shop!)

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TNR 11-02-2010 Croker Hill under Starry Skies

Friday, February 12, 2010

From tnr 11-02-2010 dans birthday

Crew:

Big Dan, Salad Dodger, Big Nic, Aaron, Stunt, PTD, TJ, Dunc, Luc

Fourways RV: El Pud & El Pres

From tnr 11-02-2010 dans birthday

Pub: Joe & KT

Route:

Road to Forest via Langley, Ascend off road from leathers smithy & up Nessit, Shutlingsloe, 2 sided valley descent, road thru wildboarclough to A54 at Allgreave, road to back of Croker Hill, Dans descent, Ryles Arms.

From tnr 11-02-2010 dans birthday

Conditions:

Cold & clear, mostly frozen ground

Stats:

3 Offs – Nic, Aaron & Pete

1 Puncture – Stunt

Distance & Height TBC

Notes:

Eric would approve of a single digit crew as last minute hitches hit El Duo

Routemeister Dan leads us off at a cracking pace

Beautiful starry night – lights off up nessit climb to savour orions belt

Crunchy snow – at last the right amount!

Permafrost the right conditions for going over shutlingsloe

Gordons with lemon ice & lime on Croker Hill – very civilised

Frozen ruts make for an interesting descent (good thing we had the gin then!)

A snug Ryles arms all to ourselves!!

KT brings smiles & cake for Dan

The TNR forum debate continues…its coming!

Cold ride home!!!

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TNR 4-2-2010 Burns Night

Friday, February 5, 2010

From NTR 04-02-2010 Burns Night Fat n Thin

Crews:

Knobbly: McG,McColey, McCroxy, McAuldReekie, McPTD, McNic, McButty, McJoe, McLuc, McTJ, &

the absentee Laird.

From NTR 04-02-2010 Burns Night Fat n Thin

Skinny: McDan, McStunt, McDunc

Runny: McPud, Mc Felbaum, McBramp, Mike

Hobbly: McPres, McShaun

From NTR 04-02-2010 Burns Night Fat n Thin

Pubbly: McMawds, McBall

Routes:

From NTR 04-02-2010 Burns Night Fat n Thin

Mac Forrest

Mac Roads

Mac Paths

Mac Home to Pub

Mac Car

High road or Low road all lead to the Kirk Hoouse

Conditions

An almost pleasant 7C light breeze, very wet & slippery on muddy MacForrest trails

Stats

A few “Muc-offs” in MacForrest

McDunc mc puncture

McDan & McStunt much roadie setup Mcfaffing

Notes

A mighty gathering of the clans to celebrate triple birthdays of Rabbie, Kershie & Pooudie

Much slithering & slidin in MacForrest

A poor laddie seen having lost hi ‘chain and being pushed home by hi’ mates

Roadies startle rabbits over the tops

Bubbles & Rusty nails at the visitors centre for all

Kirk serves up Cock A Leekie, Haggis tatties & neeps all washed down wi Pish (Webb Ellis), Heeavy (winter warmer) & Mild (Banks) – and week pish(carling) for the boy for whom harm is now “done” 😉

A wee Scottish picture quiz won by the dastardly unglish!

Pete recites an Auld Reekie as an ode to Rabbie

Were new axis alliances formed aver a wee dram?…

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TNR 28-1-2010 Lost in Translation

Friday, January 29, 2010

From TNR 28-01-10 Just two of us

Crew:

Big Nic & Stunt + Joe & Shaun in the Pub

From TNR 28-01-10 Just two of us

Route:

From TNR 28-01-10 Just two of us

BL , Zig zags, Teggs Nose, Smithy, Forest to Charity Lane – Blocked!, Retrace to Reserve Gate, Encounters with fallen trees and remodeled forest, dead reckoning to road, Forest Chapel, Chazza extension – Blocked! Road to Standing Stone, Nessit Hill, Church House!

Conditions:

Wet, Cold, Windy & in cloud from mid levels up!

Stats:

No faffs just good old fashioned gritty riding in the filth!

Notes:

How the excuses come out when the weather gets bad!!!

A prompt start at 18:31 🙂

Lane from murder house to Teggs nose unrideable due to snow!

Nearly got lost in cloud on the top, & very slippery on the way down

Chazza impassable

Reserve route now good surface, but stops in the middle of nowhere!

Oven Lane worse than chazza!

Standing stone to nessit passable with care

Nessit descent in cloud, watch out for the steath tree blocking the pull in at the bottom.

Riding downhill into driving rain with smiling faces to the pub for prompt 9pm arrival

Haggis Eater, Ham Duck eggs & chips!

Youthful conversation with Joe & Shaun

Riders Wives buzzed in the Tesco Underpass 😉

You know you should have been out!

PS Dan if had let cyclesport fit your BB you could have been here 😉

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TNR 21-1-2010 Winter Road Ride

Friday, January 22, 2010

From TNR 21-01-10 Road Ride Cheshire Lanes davenport arms

Crew:

Roadies: El Pud, Dan, Nick, Dunc, Coley, Salad Dodger, Stunt & Pub Kersh

Muddies: El Pres, Shedless, Butty, + new mates Aaron & Sean

Route:

Roadies: BL, Alderely Back Road, Prestbury, Chelford Lane, Artists Lane, Alderley Edge, Chelford Road, Merrymans Lane, Warford, Peover, Blackden Heath, Lower Withington, Davenport Arms Marton, Marton Lane, Congleton Road, Macc, Old Ship Inn

From TNR 21-01-10 Road Ride Cheshire Lanes davenport arms

Conditions:

Light Rain/Sleet, Breezy, above freezing

Stats:

1 puncture (Pete)

Notes:

A road night despite the season brings out a decent peleton!

Extra thrills avoiding the potholes left by the snow & ice (& *@nker BMW drivers)

Slick tyres = speed = early to the pub 🙂

Bear Skin & Storm Force wash down posh grub

Furthest return from a pub ever?

Further refreshment required at the Old Ship Inn in a gesture of camaraderie spurned by the muddies.

Forum debates rage on into the night!

From TNR 21-01-10 Road Ride Cheshire Lanes davenport arms

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Lama…loads of Snow

Monday, January 18, 2010

Its deep in them thar’ hills !
The Bionic-hipped Eric & my good self ventured up the Cat & Fiddle road until it was just to cloudy & damp to go any further. We hung a left and headed towards Lamaload. Now this is impressive stuff

From Cheeky Saturday Snow Ride 16th Jan 2010

And this is after it had started thawing !

From Cheeky Saturday Snow Ride 16th Jan 2010

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Kerridge Ridge Night Shots

Saturday, January 16, 2010

The snow on the hills above Macc was just too much to resist. Last Saturday Katie and I did a little circuit of the Kerridge ridge, from Lidgetts Lane to White Nancy and back. I packed my trusty SLR and a mini tripod . 30 sec exposures were the order of the day .

From Kerridge Ridge Run 09 jan 2010

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TNR 15-01-2010 B’icicle Ride

Friday, January 15, 2010

From TNR 14-01-10 B’icicle Ride

Crew:

El Pud, G, Butty, PTD, Croxy, Dunc, Shedless, Stunt, Joe, Bernard, Big Nic, Newbies Aaron, Sean & Steve.

El Pres, Salad Dodger, T’eJay

Pub Dan, Shaun

From TNR 14-01-10 B’icicle Ride

Routes:

Barracks Lane, Rainbow bridge, Middlewood to Adlington, Pott Shrigley, Gritstone Trail, Sponds Hill, Poachers.

Presidential Route – Middlewood to Lyme Park W gate, E Gate, Road to Bowstones, Sponds Hill, Poachers

From TNR 14-01-10 B’icicle Ride

Conditions

Clear Still & Cold, 5ft snow drifts on the tops & Bowstones access rd (see photo above), crust not holding bikes.

Stats

Plenty of snow induced “dismounts”

From TNR 14-01-10 B’icicle Ride

Notes

Another mega group despite the conditions

Joe still wearing shorts!

The presidential party miss the middlewood way turn & do what turns out to be the A ride!

Bakestondale moor waist deep in snow, so we go high to the gritstone trail – where the wind has blown the snow away to leave a narrow trail of permafrost.

Hot Austins at the top (minus our own Austin)

Much pushing downhill through deep snow to earn our beer

El Pres, Pete & TJ find the road up to Bowstones still blocked with snow!

A long overdue return to the Poachers for Landlord, Burgers & Banter

The A team finally arrive at 10:10 to much applause

T’eJay shows us a new Chinese light – and the geekery commences!

Butty uncovers evidence of drag DJ’ing by Dan 😉

No one in a rush to get home…