{"id":4286,"date":"2020-06-16T16:36:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T16:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=4286"},"modified":"2020-06-16T16:57:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T16:57:08","slug":"tnr-11-6-2020-forest-al-fresco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=4286","title":{"rendered":"TNR 11-6-2020 Forest Al fresco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Words By Pete, Photos by Pete & Butty <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crew<\/strong> : Chris, Troll, TJ, Butty, Kersh, Pete\u00a0<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Route<\/strong> : Ranger Centre Car Park (Muster point) , Standing Stone,  Yoove\u2019s Singletrack , Ferriser , Nessit , downhill course descent to the Ranger Centre <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conditions<\/strong>: Damp & Blowy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The muster point gets even further away from the Presidential Palace each week\u2026there was absolutely no chance of us being rumbled as we eventually gathered in a deserted forest car park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I misjudged my route to the gathering – coming from Bolly via Oakenbank, Bull Hill and the tarmac approach to Charity is a sizeable climb. I was a good 30 minutes late and glad to dump my payload of cans of Hobgoblin IPA in Butty\u2019s car , to make any further climbing a bit easier. <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite the intermittent rain it still feels good to be riding in the forest , though it is wet and blowy. We wind our way up the tarmac to Standing Stone – as El pud used to say \u201cClimb on tarmac, descend off road\u201d . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Descent ? Butty had a new one to sample \u2026..it seems that Bern\u2019s taste for the off beat paths in the forest has now rubbed off onto Butty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A week or so ago he had spied a band of intrepid youths disappearing into the woods on the right as you take the main track from Standing Stone towards Shutlingsloe .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"IMG_2951\"<\/a>