{"id":3118,"date":"2016-03-24T16:41:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T16:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2016-03-24T16:41:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T16:41:51","slug":"thursday-17th-march-can-it-ever-be-too-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=3118","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 17th March &#8211; Can it ever be too hard ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/25914039852\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"TNR 17-3-2016 A bridge too far\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1460\/25914039852_d38234a4fd.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" alt=\"TNR 17-3-2016 A bridge too far\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Words by Eric, Pics by Pete<\/em><br \/>\nCrew; El Pres, Slim, Butty, TJ, 3 Sheds, Mr I, Eric,<\/p>\n<p>Route: BL, OBR, Charity, Standing Stone, Back of the Moon, 2 sided valley, Wildboarclough, A54, Tagsclough, Eagle and Child, Alpaca B\u2019way, Hawk\u2019s Nest, 3 Shires, Soggy Field, A54 again, , Cumberland Brook, Wildboarclough again, Standing Stone again, St Dunstan\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>Conditions; Dry and cold.<\/p>\n<p>Stats; Eric \u2013 wonky jockies.<\/p>\n<p>Offs; Non reported<\/p>\n<p>In the warm glow of a couple of beers the previous week a suggestion was made of a sandwich night to allow a slightly longer ride. This coupled with unfinished business at the back entrance to 3 Shires and Mr I\u2019s penchant for turning the simplest food idea into Gourmet Night lead to the \u201cbig picanic plan\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The only planned part was the picanic and the target of Three Shires. After climbing up to Teggs we decided to carry on towards our primary target rather than get sidetracked. In hindsight that sounds like a rather familiar mistake which has been made at this point before. Nevertheless we pressed on for a route grande direct \u2013 straight line across the map. Well as straight as decency allows. Charity was safely negotiated before the going got a little tougher over Back of the Moon with a bit of a push followed by a bit of a splosh. Butty found the \u201cVicar of Dibley\u201d sized muddy pool and was fortunate not to loose his seat as they say in horsey circles. As we descended the two sided valley the temperature inversion was dramatic to say the least.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/25404843443\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"TNR 17-3-2016 A bridge too far\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1611\/25404843443_3c5121796f.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" alt=\"TNR 17-3-2016 A bridge too far\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two choices from the valley \u2013 up the very steep bit by the old Post Office, or up the steep bit by the Rose and Crown \u2013 steep bit please. Time was ticking along and after the long slog up to the entrance to Tagsclough there ensued a bit of a debate about the wisdom of our plan \u2013 8.45 and nowhere near the furthest point yet; and still a picnic to enjoy. Let\u2019s press on and stop for a picnic at the highest point where the frost is forming. My Chinese friend talks of \u201cunwisdom\u201d The picanic was broken out with pies and a range of single malts keeping the spirits up before another chilly plunge down to Burntcliff Top and then dropping down the lanes to the Alpaca bridleway which is a fun drop down to the river and a less fun push back up, but it leads onto the Hawks Nest track which leads onto Three Shires \u2013 not a problem almost half way. The long descent to the bridge gave everyone a good shaking up, but not as much as the realization that this might be the first no pub TNR; the plan to ride big and miss kitchen closing time didn\u2019t consider riding so big we missed pub closing time.<\/p>\n<p>The logic of desperate men \u2013 which is quicker, Cut Thorne or the field exit? \u2013 the reality, it doesn\u2019t matter, they are both a long way from home! The field was chosen and after a push and a fight with the firmly fixed lambing gate we were back on the A54 and heading off for Cumberland Brook. As we peddled wearily back along Wildboarclough at 10.45 we worked through the list of pubs, all probably closed by now on a Thursday. Slim and your correspondent decided that there was no prospect of a snifter at this time of night and took the direct route north, leaving the southern chaps and the Poynton mafia to climb back over Standing Stone and head dejectedly for the fleshpots. <\/p>\n<p>Yet lo \u2026\u2026\u2026.or other biblical phrases, a welcoming light yonder; the long forgotten St Dunstan\u2019s welcoming weary travelers until 12am \u2013 as the sign says. Butty arrived home before 2am so all is well, mission success.<br \/>\nNext time \u2026.?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words by Eric, Pics by Pete Crew; El Pres, Slim, Butty, TJ, 3 Sheds, Mr I, Eric, Route: BL, OBR, Charity, Standing Stone, Back of the Moon, 2 sided valley, Wildboarclough, A54, Tagsclough, Eagle and Child, Alpaca B\u2019way, Hawk\u2019s Nest, 3 Shires, Soggy Field, A54 again, , Cumberland Brook, Wildboarclough again, Standing Stone again, St [&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":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tnrs-2016"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118","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=3118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3120,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions\/3120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}