{"id":5099,"date":"2024-01-16T14:12:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T14:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=5099"},"modified":"2024-01-16T14:12:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T14:12:48","slug":"tnr-11-1-2024-the-january-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=5099","title":{"rendered":"TNR 11-1-2024 The January dip \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53459719095\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20240111-IMG_4809 (1).jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53459719095_e21a6bfc41_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20240111-IMG_4809 (1).jpg\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Words by Pete , photos by Pete &amp; Dunc\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crew <\/strong>: Dunc , 3Sheds , Pete and PTD\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Route<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bolly Maze &#8211; Tinkers Clough &#8211; Beehive Bridge &#8211; Redway &#8211; Nancyside &#8211; Waulkmill Wood &#8211;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poacher\u2019s Snicket &#8211; Oakenbank &#8211; Jumper Lane &#8211; Four Lane Ends &#8211;&nbsp; Bakestonedale Rd &#8211; Sponds&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daletop &#8211; Moor side lane &#8211; Brickworks &#8211; The Poachers&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conditions<\/strong>: cloudy , dry , cold but not freezing. Noticeably breezy on the GT . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53459310686\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20240111-IMG_3806.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53459310686_8e9071e8ed_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"20240111-IMG_3806.jpg\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notes <\/strong>:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Pete-created TNR &#8211; it was a small, yet perfectly formed crew. And there were some decent reasons for absence &#8211; radiotherapy and bereavement amongst them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunc fessed up to being a little weary from the start &#8211; a 35 mile Airport circuit&nbsp; with the Duks the previous night , and a spin class (with El Pud for company) at lunchtime !&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It did not seem to hold him back !&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a well known formula of a circuit albeit with a little \u201ctwist\u201d to the start &#8211; Tinkers Clough (which Phil almost cleaned, I think) and the Bee Hive bridge track up to Kerridge .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank goodness for a week with hardly any rain &#8211; the trails had dried out a lot . &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a route with a decent amount of climbing &#8211; roughly about 2000ft I think . Thats an extrapolation from Dunc\u2019s Garmin data . About half of that ascent is on tarmac &#8211; the blaze hill bit is steep but quiet , the road towards Kettleshulme from Four Lanes End was far too busy with fast traffic . We were glad to get to Bakestonedale Rd .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53459719380\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20240111-IMG_4813.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53459719380_ce39d77105_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20240111-IMG_4813.jpg\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53459719380\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><\/a>A bit chillier on the GT en route to Sponds Trig. Paul stopped to don the extra later he had shed on the climb.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The view from Sponds was as good as ever , and it was only a little muddy en route to Dale Top .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we split the crew , briefly, Paul &amp; Phil went the Whale\u2019s molar route to the capped mine shafts . Funky &amp; I took the less rad route down to Moorside Lane .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53458399867\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20240111-IMG_3808.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53458399867_fd69c95d28_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20240111-IMG_3808.jpg\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>We arrived at the pub by 8:30 to find it just about deserted &#8211; The January dip ? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully it was a lot fuller before we left . The Nancies had arrived en masse ,&nbsp; a 50\/50 split between the riding WNB\u2019s and the \u201ccountry members\u201d just coming for a beer. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before I forget :&nbsp; \u00a313 for chicken &amp; mushroom pie , chips , peas and gravy. It wasn\u2019t on the board , but it was blooming\u2019 marvellous<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cPump of doom\u201d&nbsp; was a 6.3% ipa . Two had halves , one rascal had a pint .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No whisky!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words by Pete , photos by Pete &amp; Dunc\u00a0 Crew : Dunc , 3Sheds , Pete and PTD\u00a0 Route:\u00a0 Bolly Maze &#8211; Tinkers Clough &#8211; Beehive Bridge &#8211; Redway &#8211; Nancyside &#8211; Waulkmill Wood &#8211;&nbsp; Poacher\u2019s Snicket &#8211; Oakenbank &#8211; Jumper Lane &#8211; Four Lane Ends &#8211;&nbsp; Bakestonedale Rd &#8211; Sponds&nbsp; Daletop &#8211; Moor side [&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":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tnrs-2024"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099","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=5099"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5101,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions\/5101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}