{"id":5263,"date":"2024-09-05T16:11:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T16:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=5263"},"modified":"2024-09-05T16:11:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T16:11:05","slug":"tnr-29-08-2024-lymelight-2-last-of-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=5263","title":{"rendered":"TNR 29-08-2024 Lymelight 2 : last of the summer\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53972366776\/in\/album-72177720320089683\" title=\"20240829-IMG_20240829_194929_MPNokia XR20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53972366776_2a5754d37e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"20240829-IMG_20240829_194929_MPNokia XR20\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Words by Pete . Pics by Pete, Smiffy &amp; Butty\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Route<\/strong> : Maze &#8211; Middlewood &#8211; West gate &#8211; Butty\u2019s diversion &#8211; Green &amp; Red&nbsp; &#8211; Bowstones &#8211; Dale Top &#8211; Moorside Lane &#8211; Pott Shrigley &#8211; The Poachers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conditions<\/strong> : Excellent , dry and clear . Bit cool up by Bowstones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crew<\/strong> :&nbsp; El Pres , Lee , Pete , Smiffy , Butty , 3sheds, Bern , Troll<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pub <\/strong>: Dunc\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53972805825\/in\/album-72177720320089683\" title=\"20240829-IMG_7619iPhone 14 Pro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53972805825_4409c5f6e3_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"20240829-IMG_7619iPhone 14 Pro\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notes :&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I took my route inspiration from an August 2023 ride, which Alex entitled <em>Lymelight<\/em> .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53972604218\/in\/album-72177720320089683\" title=\"20240829-IMG_7621iPhone 14 Pro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53972604218_b9b1a5eff8_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"20240829-IMG_7621iPhone 14 Pro\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a bit spooky when Butty arrived at the Maze on the single speed &#8211; I had Whatsapped him earlier that day to suggest that his nurturing of <strong>Butty 3.0<\/strong>&nbsp; would end up with him arriving for the Thursday constitutional on his&nbsp; Surly 1&#215;1. He had replied \u201cThe oracle of Bolly strikes\u201d \u2026apparently he had 10 minutes earlier just decided that one gear was the right answer .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Beefy E-Bike to E-Bike Lite (The Spesh) to his old flame the Liteville to his true love The rigid single speed Surly. The transformation is complete ? Or will it be a unicycle next ?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We stuck to the route from last year\u2026.until after the cobbles. Here\u00a0 Butty suggested Green Lane &amp; Red Lane . Which is just as good and a more gentle climb to Bowstones (if such a thing as <em>a gentle ride to Bowstones <\/em>ever existed)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53972805945\/in\/album-72177720320089683\/\" title=\"20240829-IMG_7622iPhone 14 Pro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53972805945_939a92c30a_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20240829-IMG_7622iPhone 14 Pro\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunset was well timed into our ride. We were just summiting at Bowstones as the big yellow circle was dipping close to the horizon. Hard to resist a bit of video footage. The eagle eyed amongst you might just make out the hovering kestrel in this footage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53971491077\/in\/album-72177720320089683\" title=\"IMG_7634\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/31337\/53971491077_d1602a548c_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"IMG_7634\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>After a bit of a stop to admire the handsome highland cattle just over the wall on Park Moor , we push on to Dale Top.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53972366771\/in\/album-72177720320089683\/\" title=\"20240829-IMG_20240829_195951_MPNokia XR20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53972366771_0d4e57654b_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20240829-IMG_20240829_195951_MPNokia XR20\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>It becomes a plantation descent and turn left to Moorside Lane as the clock is ticking ..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53972695514\/in\/album-72177720320089683\/\" title=\"Heading for Dale Top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53972695514_f0793120d8_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"Heading for Dale Top\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>It is just about dark when we arrive at the Poachers . The beer garden is becoming an MTB parking lot as the Nancies and \u201cthe other group\u201d are out in force tonight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But wait \u2026..10 minutes have elapsed and there is no sign of Lee or Smiffy who are the crew tail gunners. Bern phones them \u2026.there has been a puncture incident as they exited to The Brickworks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53972694379\/in\/album-72177720320089683\/\" title=\"Walking the last bit ...\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53972694379_8d4acd8364_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"Walking the last bit ...\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>So here is the scene : in the half light of the covered bit at the back of the pub,\u00a0 a beer is delivered to Lee who has his rear wheel off and is valiantly pumping away with a small mini pump (ooh err missus) . I help out by lifting the wheel so that both puncture holes can get some fluid (ooh err missus , again) . Yes its gone through the tyre tread and the sidewall . A small jet of white stuff spurts out (ooh err missus, thrice) of the \u201cSpecialized\u201d lettering on the sidewall.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53972366926\/in\/album-72177720320089683\/\" title=\"The offending item\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53972366926_1989db60fa_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"The offending item\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the guys from the other groups (not the WNB) offers a tubeless plug, aka \u201can anchovy\u201d . At just about the same moment Smiffy brings out a thing like a small stick of liquorice from his rucksack. In it goes and the problem is solved .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the pub the food is getting sorted . The beer of choice is either the pump of doom (a 6.4% IPA with a slight sour taste) or Wincle Brewery\u2019s \u201cOld Hag\u201d . A fine stout porter at 5.2% . A pudding beer but I had seconds .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/53972605673\/in\/album-72177720320089683\/\" title=\"The Pump of Doom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53972605673_a5e6fa543e_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"The Pump of Doom\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The banter is good, the good depart early ..the malingerers linger . Ever it will be thus. Amen&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words by Pete . 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