Crew: El Pres, Coley, Dunc, Lee, Stunt, Slim, Butty, TJ<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pub: Adrian and Biscuit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Route: MC, zig zags, charity & extension, cat, danebower hollow, cumberland clough, standing stone, RHS singletracks, LHS tracks, ressies, Sutton Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conditions: Warm, light breeze, murky, dry trails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ops leader “Thunder Run” Dunc calls a classic route, and we need a 5:30 start to achieve it before the food deadline at Sutton Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those that can, do, and arrive at MC puffing at the uphill start. Very murky views, with Jodrell Bank only just visible, and Manchester under grey, it does feel like it could rain, but apps say otherwise. Those of us who have not brought waterproofs wonder if we may have been overly optimistic! Lee confesses to forgetting his main light battery – invoking the spirit of the Troll \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An on-time depart, and no extended chatty stops, get up up and down chazza and heading up from the bottom of the oven debating the Tour of Britain climb category from the stage the other week. The Cat is brushing the bottom of the cloud layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Comms from the join en route folks – and hey presto the eBiker is again waving at us from the ridge above the tea rooms, Slim is already waiting at the cat, and as we don and extra layer (with a ninja black vibe going round) we spot the orange dot of TJ coming around the bend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All present and correct within the 15 min time tolerance agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cool this close to the cloud, and across we head to Danebower. At the gate, Stunt discovers his front light is excessively wobbly – and after applying tape to the foot of the fitting does not solve the problem – a big rubber band does the job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lights needed now as dusk descends, and loose stones fly on a speedy dry trail down to the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traversing across to Chumby we assist with sheep herding duties to rescue a lady driver who is stuck behind 3 or 4 ewes who are happy to eat the grass verge all evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chunky! is the only way to describe Chumby – but it is the driest it has been for many a month, with the ford at the bottom a mere splash of a thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lee makes it down without incident on head torch in the gloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You know it’s been a good ride when the standing stone climb is tough on the legs. Having been driven hard by TNR’s own elite athlete we have made excellent time, so with such dry trails the RHS option is a must. Lee gets a battery loan from Slim to keep it all safe and sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We even get a quick snifter stop at Bob’s bench from TJ, with some very smooth Singleton single malt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sutton Hall awaits, and we are greeted with news of a mystery ninth person who has added themselves to the booking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A good selection of lighter ales, including a white beer, and a whole range of pales, from the delicate Quench, to the tastier and tounge twistingly Chop Hop Ale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adrian is our mystery guest, and introduces us to his new Springer – the lovely and uber well behaved Biscuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All is well with the world as we have lovely table service, El Pres and Slim present 42 vouchers for a massive food discount, and at the Autumn Solstice we are still riding in short sleeves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some hilarity when the suggestion that it’s been a really long and light summer is debunked by the observation that is we start an hour early – we get an hour more light than we normally would!! Even so no one is complaining that the late summer vibe continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cue broken weather for next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don’t forget to turn the light chargers on at the wall folks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rubber band light fixing worked really well – but unlike the El Pres philosphy of leave it on until it breaks, we are informed that new mount & cleat has been ordered!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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