{"id":2737,"date":"2014-12-23T23:33:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T23:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2014-12-23T23:36:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T23:36:49","slug":"tnr-18-12-2014-good-results-4-as-and-a-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=2737","title":{"rendered":"TNR 18-12-2014 \u2013 Good results; 4 A\u2019s and a B."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/15876550008\/in\/set-72157649433928647\/player\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Words by Eric<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Crew<\/strong>;<br \/>\n<strong>A:<\/strong> Butty, Slim, El Pres, Eric<\/p>\n<p><strong>?B:<\/strong> Dunc<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nLame excuses;<\/strong> Everyone else &#8211; all afraid of a spot of rain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Route;<\/strong> Rainbow Bridge, Endon Hall, Liggett\u2019s Lane, Kerridge Ridge, Waulmill wood, Poachers snicket, Pott Shrigley brickworks, Bakestonedale Moor, Moorside Lane, Butty\u2019s sneaky descent past the chapel, Shrigley Road, Long Lane, green lane descent to Bollington, Poachers.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nConditions; <\/strong>Dry and mild!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/15441699994\/in\/set-72157649433928647\/player\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stats; Eric, million dollar gear shifter almost falls off. Butty, BIG chain issue on the way home. Mr I catastrophic failure pre start.<br \/>\nOffs; Dunc<\/p>\n<p>With a weather forecast worse than the one from last week it was a rather depleted group who gathered for a late start from Rainbow Bridge. Fully expecting a washout we had planned for a short spin to the nearest hostelry to warm up and dry out. But lo \u2026. there was no rain and it was so un-seasonally mild that Slim appeared sporting short trouysers.<br \/>\nThe group was depleted before the kick off as Mr I phoned in to say that his bike had broken as he unloaded it from his car! \u2013 or was it still broken from last week? The Andy Thornton maintenance classes are obviously working. So the Macc lads and Eric headed off in search of Butty who was en route from up t\u2019north.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/15441695924\/in\/set-72157649433928647\/player\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We were soon climbing up past Endon Hall to Liggett\u2019s Lane.Kerridge Ridge was as slippery as might be expected after the recent monsoons and despite a few wobbles we arrived the right way up but somewhat mud bespattered. Mid ridge we met Butty bravely single speeding up the mudslide. He did a quick about face and followed Slim down the mudslide; see I resisted the temptation.<br \/>\nDespite the limited riding time we decided to head for the Mining Monument on Blakestonedale to enjoy the views and a tot of Butty\u2019s Grandad\u2019s special rum. After the short push we reached the top and whilst Pete did some experimental photography, \u201cart dahling\u201d, Butty set too with the rum. Surprisingly for once it was not blowing a gale as we enjoyed the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Butty then did some downhill coaching in preparation for the descent to Moorside Lane \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s so very slippy; if you use your back brake you\u2019ll spin, if you use your front brake it\u2019s so steep you\u2019ll go over the bars and if you don\u2019t brake at all you\u2019ll crash\u201d \u2013 wise words. Down on the lane we decided we just had time for the rather excellent descent to Shrigley Road before an everyone for themselves spin back to the Poachers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/15877923919\/in\/set-72157649433928647\/player\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nDunc was waiting for us looking a little sheepish after admitting to a solo crash on Oakenbank \u2013 thoughts of waiting for the early morning dog walkers to pick up the corpse, all eyes pecked out and everything!<br \/>\nThe small group didn\u2019t detract from the banter and the Poachers stock rose when the Landlady came over and said \u201cI\u2019m going to ring the bell now but you don\u2019t need to worry it\u2019s only to get them over there out\u201d<br \/>\nWhen we finally saddled up just after midnight it was raining biblically. For most it was a soggy sprint home but for Butty it turned into a nightmare as his chain cried enough and after multiple derails he resorted to scooting home. The final WA post coming in at 1.40, \u201call our chaps home and drinking tea in the mess\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words by Eric Crew; A: Butty, Slim, El Pres, Eric ?B: Dunc Lame excuses; Everyone else &#8211; all afraid of a spot of rain Route; Rainbow Bridge, Endon Hall, Liggett\u2019s Lane, Kerridge Ridge, Waulmill wood, Poachers snicket, Pott Shrigley brickworks, Bakestonedale Moor, Moorside Lane, Butty\u2019s sneaky descent past the chapel, Shrigley Road, Long Lane, green [&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-2737","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\/2737","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=2737"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2740,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions\/2740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}