{"id":5156,"date":"2024-04-03T15:41:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=5156"},"modified":"2024-04-03T15:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:41:07","slug":"tnr-28-03-2024-nottriplegrim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=5156","title":{"rendered":"<strong>TNR 28-03-2024 #NotTripleGrim&nbsp;<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53629703323\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20240403-TNR 28-03-2024 How wet was your Goyt_\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53629703323_f06e3ec947_z.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"640\" alt=\"20240403-TNR 28-03-2024 How wet was your Goyt_\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternate titles for this weeks episode :&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; How wet was your Goyt ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Twilight at The Tea Rooms\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53629827599\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20240328-IMG_5044-PanoiPhone 14 Pro-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53629827599_e37b4225d0_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20240328-IMG_5044-PanoiPhone 14 Pro-2\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Words and photos by Pete<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crew <\/strong>: Troll, Cap\u2019n Dunc, El Pres, Pete&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pub<\/strong> : Ruth&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Route<\/strong> : Zag bottom &#8211; Tearooms &#8211; Stakeside &#8211; Shooters Clough &#8211; Errwood Ruins &#8211; Shrine ascent &#8211; The Street &#8211; Pym Chair &#8211; Ewrin Lane &#8211; Pike Rd &#8211; The Robin Hood&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conditions<\/strong> : Cold Easterly, wet , muddy&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stats <\/strong>(by Cap\u2019n Dunc) : 2300 ft of climb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong> :\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Cap\u2019n Dunc initiative .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cScenes from a cold and damp spring ride to the Goyt Valley \u201c\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was still daylight as we gathered at the bottom of the Zag. By this point we were all already a bit damp and cold &#8211; but being consenting adults we pressed on .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Climbing to the cat in daylight meant we could see what we were passing. It was a bit of a sad sight, which added to our discomfort in the stiff , wet easterly. New born lambs clinging to their mothers in the biting wind and rain . One poor individual seemed to have been separated from its mother. Chris remarked to me&nbsp; \u201c wonder whether it will survive the night ?\u201d .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bizarrely I spotted a pair of hikers boots seemingly jammed in the bottom of a wire fence . How did this happen ? Wtf&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris &amp; I caught up with the dynamic duo at the tea rooms . It was too cold to linger &#8211; onward ! Once up on stake side we got some shelter from the evil wind. From this point onwards you definitely feel like you are out in the wilds and abandoning civilisation as you venture onward.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stakeside descent was the muddiest and wettest I have ever encountered , but still quite fun . And it took longer than I thought it would to reach the gap in the wall where we turn left and drop into Shooter\u2019s Clough. This descent needed a bit of care , but was quite entertaining in a \u201claughing insanely\u201d manner. The stream at the bottom wasting a good impression of becoming a river &#8211; cross carefully or its wet and cold feet for the rest of the ride. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53629698758\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20240328-IMG_5042iPhone 14 Pro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53629698758_476dd035b2_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20240328-IMG_5042iPhone 14 Pro\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The last section as you exit Shooter\u2019s Clough and approach Errwood itself was insanely slippery &#8211; fortunately the steps down to the wooden bridge are stone and gave some grip as we carried our bikes down. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the climb past the Shrine (St Joseph\u2019s Chapel) to The Street Dunc leads despite his dodgy knee . It is partly rideable (mostly rideable for Dunc) , pushable for the slackers like me. Thankfully it was only a little bit of a mudfest. It was easy to miss the Shrine itself (Phil did !) as it lurked in the darkness to our left . I was (as normal) bringing up the rear &#8211; the red tail lights ahead beckoning me onward. Its shorter than you think it is going to be. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53629826539\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20240328-IMG_5051iPhone 14 Pro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53629826539_a68e8f81f1_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20240328-IMG_5051iPhone 14 Pro\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Topping out at Pym\u2019s chair \u2026its tarmac all the way now , we dodge the pot holes on the descents and with our way up Dead Man\u2019s Hill . Once you have topped out on Ewrin lane (it was about 8:20 pm ) you know you will be at The Robin Hood in no time . We arrived (as promised) by 8: 30.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The car park was packed , but we found room at the top end of the bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Robin Hood is a strange mixture of a place,\u00a0 but the beer choice is OK (Shipyard Pale, Timothy  Taylor&#8217;s Landlord &amp; Boltmaker) . The Cheese Burger (and chips) is quite good quality and only \u00a310.50. They have a ukulele group on a Thursday ..but their singing is dire . A bit Room 101.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After noshing we relocated (from the slightly cavernous far end of the pub) to \u201cthe snug bit\u201d opposite the bar &#8211; which has a fire ! And the ukuleles from hell had ceased their drone. Sitting here and warming up \u2026we could observe a rather refreshed chap trying to sort out his card\u2019s pin code and pay for his imbibing. Then I over hear that he has (somehow) to get back to Poynton \u2026with his faithful (and long suffering) Spaniel.\u00a0 Oh dear .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bloke asked us where we had been riding &#8211; when I told him \u201cdown into the Goyt\u201d its seemed to strike a chord .He&nbsp; told me his father (as a young man) had worked on the demolition of several farms before they flooded the valley to create Errwood reservoir &#8211; and caught some nasty Rat born affliction in the process . And his grandfather built the dam which separates it from Fernilee reservoir.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth arrives and treats the AOE to a round of Jura, bless her !&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is time to be home and thawed and dried out, but it has been a mini-adventure . 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