{"id":4113,"date":"2019-07-28T14:44:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T14:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=4113"},"modified":"2019-07-28T14:48:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T14:48:23","slug":"tnr-25th-july-2019-bathing-with-bern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=4113","title":{"rendered":"TNR 25th July 2019 &#8211; Bathing with Bern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/48395168661\/in\/album-72157709938694752\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48395168661_02fc6ed13f_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3328\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Words &amp; Pics by Pete <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crew<\/strong> : El pres, TJ, Bern , Pete\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pub<\/strong> : Dunc\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weather :<\/strong> over 30 at rendezvous , and pretty hot for most of the evening\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Route <\/strong>: BL, Berns, Zig zags , Charity Pt 1, Narnia cheeky bits , Charity Pt 2 and extension, Wildboarclough valley road , Greenway bridge, Plague Stone\/Greenaway Cross, Ridgway descent,  Sutton Hall .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pre Ride excuses<\/strong> for absence of some bau crew :\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dolphin spotting in Corsica&nbsp;<\/li><li>Voyeurism&nbsp; in the Alps&nbsp;<\/li><li>Preparing for Devon&nbsp;<\/li><li>Fiddling on the Roof&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Notes : <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was almost down to a crew of three as we assembled at the Presidential Palace \u2026..Bern had been making noises about being on a sweltering train en route from Huddersfield with no aircon \u2026and managing our expectations as to his arrival time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/48395996137\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48395996137_99d135b41f_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3145\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Just as we decide to set off as a trio \u2026.he appears in his car (very) hot foot from Macc station .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we have a second rendezvous at Berns, say hello to a departing Pete G , re-load on our water supplies (even at this early juncture) .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time we are climbing to charity it feels cooler , a slight breeze is evident. Thankfully.  \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the apex of Charity we hop the fence a have fun in the skills area \u2026though bits are still muddy\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We rejoin Charity , after Narnia, and find it is surprisingly tame \u2026has it been smoothed out ?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Charity extension more than made up for it &#8211; washed out and very very loose&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now a faster run down the Wildboarclough Valley on tarmac in search of the natural pool in the river. Just a little past the Crag Inn we find two damp looking millennials and a trail of wet foot prints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/48395310682\/in\/album-72157709938694752\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48395310682_ddcba3fe06_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3323\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/48395167831\/in\/album-72157709938694752\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48395167831_51dfe385d4_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3329\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TJ and Bern have come prepared and put Chris and I to shame &#8211; but someone has to record the event for posterity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clock is ticking , and Chris now springs into Operational Leader mode, in his own modest but effective style. Food choices are made and he speeds off to get some height and a decent phone signal .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We top out by the Plague Stone (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalithic.co.uk\/article.php?sid=5432\">https:\/\/www.megalithic.co.uk\/article.php?sid=5432<\/a>)\u00a0 ) \u2026 and Chris is unable to get an answer from SH \u2026so he speeds ahead to get an order in before our assumed deadline of 9:15pm .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/48395167231\/in\/album-72157709938694752\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48395167231_953d82fdb5_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3333\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I linger for a few snaps before a rapid descent of Ridgway to the lure of beer and food .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/48395307542\/in\/album-72157709938694752\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48395307542_2fd79daa1c_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3335\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only has he sorted our food order but he has also got us a table outside ! Al fresco dining is a definite bonus on a warm night.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/48395165196\/in\/album-72157709938694752\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48395165196_38ea717750_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3339\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alas the rain does eventually arrive but by now the SH garden is getting clear of other punters. We requisition the smoking shelter to continue our evening.&nbsp; Dunc arrives on 23mm 700C rubber &#8211; and the ribaldry zone begins again \ud83d\ude42&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tj is my new journey home partner. We take the towpath all the way from the exit of SH to Clarke Lane &#8211; delightfully quiet with strange patches of cool and warmth as we travel along.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few raindrops as I climb up through Kerridge but no downpour yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another fine evening&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words &amp; Pics by Pete Crew : El pres, TJ, Bern , Pete\u00a0 Pub : Dunc\u00a0 Weather : over 30 at rendezvous , and pretty hot for most of the evening\u00a0 Route : BL, Berns, Zig zags , Charity Pt 1, Narnia cheeky bits , Charity Pt 2 and extension, Wildboarclough valley road , Greenway [&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":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tnrs-2019"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4113","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=4113"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4117,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4113\/revisions\/4117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}