{"id":4264,"date":"2020-03-10T20:55:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T20:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=4264"},"modified":"2020-03-10T21:03:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T21:03:28","slug":"tnr-5-3-2020-bikes-for-pixies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=4264","title":{"rendered":"TNR 5-3-2020 Bikes for Pixies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Words by Pete, Photos by Butty, Pete, Dunc and Chris <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crew<\/strong> : Butty, TJ, El Pres, Pete, 3 sheds <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub<\/strong> :\u00a0 Adrian (before we even got there !), Dunc & Croxy \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather<\/strong>: Cold , Dry , Clear . about 1c when I got home <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Route:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RB, Redway Lane, Ingersley Vale , Poachers Snicket, Pott Shrigley , Dale top from the layby, Sponds Hill, Dale Top  , Birchencliffe La,  Brickworks,  Upper Bollingtonia, The Cock & Pheasant <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is still light at 6pm as I depart Austin Towers ..there is even a hint of Spring in the air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The track from Moat Farm is almost free of puddles ! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a 6:30pm rendezvous at  RB by Presidential decree . Our finishing point tonight is the Cock & Pheasant , the first of many new pub choices we have planned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To really mark the occasion , Chris has even washed his bike ! (shock, horror) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris has a thing for Sponds Hill at the moment \u2026so once more that is our destination . Not that I am complaining, but my legs feeling it are after LOTSW on Wednesday and decent walking circuit of Lyme Park earlier on Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have to confess a degree of faffage this evening with some very jumpy changes of gear \u2026all due to my rear bolt through axle having worked loose ! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plenty of slippy mud to impede our ascent once we leave the tarmac , but its great when we get up to Dale Top to see the lights of Manchester and the Cheshire Plain . But Sponds Trig is our destination so there is more traction to be sought in the roller coaster track up towards the Gritstone Trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chris has his eye on the clock and urges us onward back to Bolly, but we arrive with plenty of time to spare before our 9am deadline . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funky Dunc arrives on the BMX built for a Pixie, but he still looks quite like Dominic Cummings !  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And yours truly has another surprise \u202625% of the food and drink bill courtesy of my \u201cBarclays Rewards\u201d scheme\u2026which helps to fund a small AOE ! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Postscript : El Pres has a “tyre hernia” on the way home but arrives without a fatal burst…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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