{"id":2698,"date":"2014-11-11T22:07:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T22:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2014-11-11T22:15:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T22:15:02","slug":"tnr-06-11-2014-biddulph-without-the-banjoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=2698","title":{"rendered":"TNR 06-11-2014 Biddulph without the Banjoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/15115002823\" title=\"Untitled by Pete Austin, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7465\/15115002823_37b967e8aa_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Crew:<\/strong> El pres, Slim, Dr S, 3Sheds and (our esteemed host ) Mr I <\/p>\n<p><strong>Route:<\/strong> Chez Incroyables &#8211; Cloud Trig Point &#8211; Dane Valley Way  &#8211; Congleton Edge &#8211; Chez Incroyables<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats : <\/strong>No Offs , Minor Puncture Faff (Slim) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Conditions :<\/strong> Cool and blowy, but never seriously damp  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A select group of guests forge their way through a damp , blowy and murky evening to locate the mythical Mellor Manor in darkest Biddulphdom. But no Banjos could be heard.  <\/p>\n<p>We had a small amount of trouble guiding 3sheds to the secret Mellor lair, but soon after 7pm we set off in search of Staffordshire Moorlands fun. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/15732472891\" title=\"Untitled by Pete Austin, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7469\/15732472891_85b39be1f4_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bosley Cloud was our first objective. The view was good but it was definitely too exposed to the wilds of the November night.<\/p>\n<p>We turned tail and headed south towards Timbersbrook , soaking up the fun of rocky and root single track . Funsville was ramped up a gear as we found that the root single track woodyness  has been developed with cheeky but exciting shutes down to be Gooseberryhole Lane <\/p>\n<p>Check out this for a better idea of what fun can be had : http:\/\/youtu.be\/eL8dRAjyU4c<\/p>\n<p>Brown Edge was avoided,  but a brief sortie along Congleton Edge had us grinning madly again before we dropped to the right down a tunnel like leafy\/muddy\/rocky bridleway and chased errant young cows . <\/p>\n<p>Slim then had the great delight of fixing a puncture on the rear wheel of the muddiest ever Orange Five this side of Christendom .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/15732470741\" title=\"Untitled by Pete Austin, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3942\/15732470741_99844320cc_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A tough climb back to Hot Lane and Mellor Manor \u2026but the hospitality made it all worth while. <\/p>\n<p>A seemingly endless flow of Belgian beer and craft lagers \u2026.Xmas Soup , Middle eastern style lamb, chicken or aubergine Pittas ..then some wonderful cake-age \u2026.plus Led Zeppelin on the Home Cinema .<\/p>\n<p>Alas 3 sheds and Dr S had to depart near the witching hour\u2026but El Presidente, Slim and the Minstrel Troll made merry until the early hours. <\/p>\n<p>We are endebted to Ruth and Phil for a brilliant and entertaining evening . <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/15548947248\" title=\"Untitled by Pete Austin, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3948\/15548947248_c0f7a5176a_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crew: El pres, Slim, Dr S, 3Sheds and (our esteemed host ) Mr I Route: Chez Incroyables &#8211; Cloud Trig Point &#8211; Dane Valley Way &#8211; Congleton Edge &#8211; Chez Incroyables Stats : No Offs , Minor Puncture Faff (Slim) Conditions : Cool and blowy, but never seriously damp Notes: A select group of guests [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tnrs-2014"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2698"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2701,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698\/revisions\/2701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}