{"id":5146,"date":"2024-03-02T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T22:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=5146"},"modified":"2024-03-18T22:59:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T22:59:51","slug":"tnr-29-02-2024-rare-day-rare-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=5146","title":{"rendered":"TNR 29-02-2024 Rare Day, Rare Venue\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53568406214\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20240229-IMG_4565iPhone 14 Pro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53568406214_01cd164988_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20240229-IMG_4565iPhone 14 Pro\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Words &amp; Photos by Pete \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crew<\/strong> : Bern, 3Sheds, Pete , El Pres, Lee &amp; Smiffy Steve , Alex\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pub:<\/strong> Butty &amp; Dunc, El Pud\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Route<\/strong> : Bull Hill Top\u00a0 &#8211; Tea Rooms &#8211; Cat &#8211; Danebower &#8211; Chumby &#8211; St Stone tarmac descent with Bobs bench loop add-in &#8211; St Dunstans\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conditions<\/strong> : Cold , no rain but very damp descending chumby\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong> :\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first ever TNR (in TNR history) when the leap day actually falls on a Thursday !&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A route designed by Alex to fit in with our St Dunstans finish (well organised by El Pres) , but alas he didn\u2019t get past the McDonalds roundabout before discovering a squirming rear suspension !&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was just four of us who gathered at the top of Bull Hill ..eagerly awaiting the arrival of our \u201cguest rider\u201d Smiffy Steve .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After five or ten minutes we all set off , minus Lee who was awaiting our guest from Broken Cross. Rumours of a regular e-biker having returned to riding the acoustic trance .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Tearooms it was time for another layer as I was definitely a bit too cold . It was bleak and uneventful going over Danebower to the A54 \u2026in the winter , and the dark it always feels wild and miles from anywhere on this stretch &#8211; but it is still worthwhile. Especially when picking the right line on the last 200m or so.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cumberland Clough (Chumby) is getting more and more seriously eroded&nbsp; &#8211; it is getting harder to pick the right line (unless your name is 3sheds). The section before the waterfall now has an over a metre deep V-sectioned groove in it on the sweeping right hand bend before you reach the \u201crocks like baby\u2019s heads\u2019 (an El Pud phrase from yesteryear) .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is still fun \u2026but that hint of a sense of masochism when riding this descent has been turned up just a little bit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53567233772\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20240229-IMG_4566iPhone 14 Pro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53567233772_b721047bb9_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20240229-IMG_4566iPhone 14 Pro\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>After the waterfall&nbsp; Chumby is definitely a semi-river and the rocks have definitely been put on a course of steroids.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee &amp; Smiffy appear on the slow climb to Standing Stone &#8211; they had done Danebower but taken a faster tarmac route down Wildboarclough to catch us up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clock is ticking so its a tarmac descent to Langley with the obligatory addition of the Bob\u2019s bench loop &#8211; it would be rude (and bad form) not to !&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex is waiting for us at the St Dunstans. It was a bit of a mission, but he managed to get his Boardman 29er rolling .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dunny delivers in spades ! Phil (previously the barman at Sutton Hall) is single-handedly delivering good beer and fine nosh . The pub is doing a good trade , is warm , and \u201cjust the right size\u201d to feel like the right answer after that classic MTB loop .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are welcomed by Phil like long last friends. The beer of choice is Red Willow\u2019s Reckless .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunc arrives with Butty sporting his nose tube , and looking a lot better than a week ago chez Austin\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53568281513\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20240229-IMG_4571iPhone 14 Pro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53568281513_a6fba95877_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"20240229-IMG_4571iPhone 14 Pro\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Andy T turns up to turn the Ribaldry Volume Dial up to 11 !!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee suggests a brandy for the AOE &#8211; it has to be Courvoisier .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fine formula . It is good to be back.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words &amp; Photos by Pete \u00a0 Crew : Bern, 3Sheds, Pete , El Pres, Lee &amp; Smiffy Steve , Alex\u00a0 Pub: Butty &amp; Dunc, El Pud\u00a0 Route : Bull Hill Top\u00a0 &#8211; Tea Rooms &#8211; Cat &#8211; Danebower &#8211; Chumby &#8211; St Stone tarmac descent with Bobs bench loop add-in &#8211; St Dunstans\u00a0 Conditions : [&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-5146","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\/5146","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=5146"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5148,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146\/revisions\/5148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}