{"id":5363,"date":"2025-01-21T21:06:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T21:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=5363"},"modified":"2025-01-21T21:06:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T21:06:53","slug":"tnr-16-01-2025-in-search-of-beavers-at-teggs-nose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=5363","title":{"rendered":"TNR 16-01-2025 In search of Beavers at Tegg\u2019s Nose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/54277986158\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Witches Cottage 2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54277986158_330149948b_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"Witches Cottage 2\"\/><\/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<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crew<\/strong> : Simon, Pete, Kersh, Dunc, Butty &amp; (eventually) Bern\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pub<\/strong> : Andy T<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conditions <\/strong>: Cold getting colder (but not as cold as last week) , just above freezing . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Route<\/strong> :\u00a0 Zag Bottom- Charity &#8211; Narnia 3\/4 &#8211; Butty Roller Coaster &#8211; Witches cottage- Hardingland &#8211; Crooked Yard farm &#8211; TN bridleway- Sutton Hall\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong> :\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had seven signed up for a very simple forest furtle &amp; a return to the Sutton Hall . Not bad for the deep midwinter of mid January. Alas,&nbsp; by Zag rendezvous time the Troll had dropped out , and Kersh &amp; Dunc were running late . It was just Butty and me meeting up with a rather cold Dr S at the bottom of Zag. There was a chilly breeze in that spot. More on Bern later !&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I put live location on and we hiked up to the top of Zag. Here we halted a moment to see if anyone was about to catch us up. A message from Bern that his chain had snapped &amp; he would catch us up if he could.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what\u2019s this ? A car is driving up the Zag . It slows down and a bemused lady driver asks if we could direct her to Tegg\u2019s Nose car park where there is a \u201cBeavers meeting\u201d she needs to drop her kids at. Apparently it was the second loop of the Zag for her in search for Teggs !\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After showing her how close she actually was to her destination (and trying to stifle our sniggering) we spot Kersh climbing the Zag at pace. Despite his E-power we can hear his exertions.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/54277734201\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Stragazing on Chazza\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54277734201_25f9d6ab3b_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Stragazing on Chazza\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>By the corner of the forest we stop to examine the night sky.&nbsp; Mars,&nbsp; Pollux &amp; Castor (all in a line) &#8211;&nbsp; Jupiter&nbsp; &#8211; Venus &#8211; The Pleiades &#8211; Cassiopeia &#8211; The Plough &#8211; at least one satellite &amp; a very visible Orion .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunc arrives .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we climb Charity the ice on the track gets worse -more icy bits than not-icy bits ! Just after the transmitter station we hop to the right onto the more grassy\/snowy\/muddy bit. This gets us down to Narnia entrance without any mishaps and it was fun. Mud, snow and just enough traction.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/54277986433\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Butty&#x27;s Roller Coaster 2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54277986433_8d35a936e1_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Butty&#x27;s Roller Coaster 2\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Narnia is thankfully ice and snow free \u2026about 3\/4 the way down Butty takes off piste to the left . He calls it the \u201cRoller Coaster\u201d . I must admit I wasn\u2019t keen initially but it did end up being quite a good laugh , in a slippy and daftly steep kind of way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back up to Witches Cottage and then down to Sutton Hall via Hardingland &amp; the Bridleway . My forks seemed to lose all pressure somewhere in that off piste bit. Thankfully they got me home by partly locking them out.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/54277986393\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Witches Cottage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54277986393_e29394e5ee_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Witches Cottage\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Sutton Hall was surprisingly busy &#8211; most tables being full. Jaipur is the beer of choice (lets just forget its 5.9% !) . with lord Lucan the runner up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bern finally appears &#8211; he did manage to fix his broken chain &#8211; apparently YouTube instructional videos were used ! And he managed a circuit of the forest .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sutton Hall was better than expected!&nbsp; The food was OK, and the service was fairly good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conversation opens up as more Jaipur is consumed . I remember some conversation about Electrical vehicles which seemed quite sensible but after that it got a bit more ribald . I suppose Jaipur is the equivalent of Sodium Pentathol .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/54276852042\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"The ghost of TNR past\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54276852042_6b3cab5c46_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"The ghost of TNR past\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Bern departs after an abstemious two pints of Guinness zero \u2026.but the vacuum is quickly filled by the sudden appearance of a spirit from our TNR past : Andy T . Fresh from running an evening Spunch at Marple. Brimming with ribald humour &amp; eager for an audience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We settle up for the food and beer . Thank goodness we get 25% off the food bill with one of those magic new year envelopes (as nothing is sub \u00a318 now)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/54277989668\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Butty forgets Dry January\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54277989668_b42281e9c6_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Butty forgets Dry January\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Simon departs as he has grandchildren duties from 6am tomorrow (yikes) , Graham also goes at sensible o\u2019clock \u2026leaving an AOE for the fourth pint of loopy juice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words &amp; photos by Pete&nbsp; Crew : Simon, Pete, Kersh, Dunc, Butty &amp; (eventually) Bern\u00a0 Pub : Andy T Conditions : Cold getting colder (but not as cold as last week) , just above freezing . 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