{"id":3023,"date":"2015-11-14T18:42:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T18:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2015-11-16T21:39:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T21:39:58","slug":"tnr-12-11-2015-buttys-wizard-prang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=3023","title":{"rendered":"TNR 12-11-2015 Butty\u2019s Wizard Prang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/23046297626\/in\/album-72157661268833472\/\" title=\"TNR 12-11-2015 Spacehoppers On The Edge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5657\/23046297626_8bcffb1df0_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" alt=\"TNR 12-11-2015 Spacehoppers On The Edge\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Words by Eric, Pics by El Presidente <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Crew;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A Team;<\/strong> El Pres, Butty, Stunt, Dunc, Doog, Eric.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In da Hospital;<\/strong> MrsB, Mrs D<\/p>\n<p><strong>Route;<\/strong> Chrome, Bollin Valley, Chelford Road, Alderley Edge, Swiss Hill, Alderley Edge again, various return routes chosen \u2013 Macclesfield Hospital A&#038;E or Black Boy depending on circumstances. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Conditions;<\/strong> Miserably wet deteriorating to diabolical Hollywood Fire Brigade style rain. Mud everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats;<\/strong> Butty lighting failure requiring an electrician<\/p>\n<p><strong>Offs; <\/strong>Minor, just about everyone, More significant, Butty riding failure requiring a paramedic<\/p>\n<p>The weather forecast for tonight was not far short of Armageddon so Alex declared a low level route; time for a bit of wizardry. <\/p>\n<p>The story can be told in What\u2019s App posts<br \/>\nDunc \u2013 \u201cand here was me going to put a request in to go gnarly to test the new bike\u201d<br \/>\nButty \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s either insanity or the destination \u2013 but I\u2019m on my way\u201d (hic)<\/p>\n<p>Everyone arrived on suspension bikes except Duncan who didn\u2019t want to get his new off road suspension machine dirty.<br \/>\nAs we moved along the Bollin Valley the rain began and by the time we were half way to the Edge we were getting seriously wet. But TNR must go on and we enjoyed the glooptastic descents around Artists Lane.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side as we waited for the Butty lighting repair, the water slowly running into places it shouldn\u2019t, we realized we still had no idea where to go. Where is a NT Ranger when you need one?<br \/>\nAlex led off into the mud and we slipped and slithered down to the road, big grins despite the increasingly grim conditions.<br \/>\nAt a short roadside committee meeting we decided on just one more spin up Swiss Hill rather than an early return to the pub \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Butty led off with his normal gusto \u2013 until he arrived at a little right left kink over a hollow. Duncan was next on the scene with some comforting words \u201curgh \u2013 your tooth is hanging down by a thread\u201d<br \/>\nAs everyone gathered it was clear that both Butty and the rock he had kissed were both shaken although Butty was bleeding more. Call it conspiracy theory (thanks Alex) but your correspondent had that very afternoon replenished the first aid kit. Sadly Steristrips can\u2019t stick mouths so we resorted to a few pads to chew on and the Spongebobs water bottle.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/22680064539\/in\/album-72157661268833472\/\" title=\"TNR 12-11-2015 Spacehoppers On The Edge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5795\/22680064539_73e1d9b6be_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" alt=\"TNR 12-11-2015 Spacehoppers On The Edge\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Plan Z swung efficiently into action \u2013 Pres, Stunt and Butty headed for the road to call an ambulance whilst Dunc and Eric headed off to get vehicular support.<br \/>\nMrs 999 &#8211; \u201c999 here, is the casualty conscious?\u201d<br \/>\nStunt \u2013 \u201cyes he\u2019s conscious, he\u2019s walking around rather grumpy\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the woes of the NHS, 3 paramedics and two ambulances were soon on the scene and Butty was whisked off to Macc A&#038;E where Eric was waiting with dry clothes. Meanwhile Dunc arrived back at the EDGE with the team car to rescue abandoned bikes.<\/p>\n<p>A slightly concerned looking Nic soon arrived with every intention of a wifely kiss and a comforting chocolate bar \u2013 but on taking one look at the state of Mr B \u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>So released from carer duties your correspondent headed for the Black Boy where the team had managed to get in just in time to get food, so all ended OK then, as normal.<\/p>\n<p>PS. On collecting Mrs D from the station at 10.45 we called back to the hospital to find Butty almost processed. Everyone home before Friday 13th started.<\/p>\n<p>Time will mostly heal Butty\u2019s face but the chip in the rock will be there for millennia; and may become a place of annual pilgrimage<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/22449547834\/in\/album-72157661268833472\/\" title=\"TNR 12-11-2015 Spacehoppers On The Edge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/605\/22449547834_e3b13c5be5_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"TNR 12-11-2015 Spacehoppers On The Edge\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words by Eric, Pics by El Presidente Crew; A Team; El Pres, Butty, Stunt, Dunc, Doog, Eric. In da Hospital; MrsB, Mrs D Route; Chrome, Bollin Valley, Chelford Road, Alderley Edge, Swiss Hill, Alderley Edge again, various return routes chosen \u2013 Macclesfield Hospital A&#038;E or Black Boy depending on circumstances. Conditions; Miserably wet deteriorating to [&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":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tnrs-2015"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023","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=3023"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3027,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023\/revisions\/3027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}