{"id":5588,"date":"2026-02-06T07:52:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=5588"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:08:06","slug":"tnr-05-02-2025-braving-the-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/?p=5588","title":{"rendered":"TNR 05-02-2025 Braving the weather\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/55113712310\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Full Gortex Jacket\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55113712310_a920d189a1_c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Full Gortex Jacket\"\/><\/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><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Route<\/strong> : Maze &#8211; Towpath &#8211; Beehive bridge &#8211; higher lane &#8211; lidgetts &#8211; half KB to tarmac &amp; Robin Hood &amp; Oakenbank &#8211; Spuley Lane &#8211; Pott Shrigley &#8211; Moorside Lane &#8211; Birchencliffe\u00a0 descent &#8211;\u00a0 Long Lane &#8211; Green Lane col (its the better way into UB)\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Church House Inn .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crew <\/strong>: Smiffy , Chris &amp; Pete<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pub<\/strong> : Croxy \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conditions<\/strong> : 3c , a very blustery Easterly &#8211; gusting well over 35mph\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notes <\/strong>:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was one of those rides whereby just getting out was an achievement in itself , given the inclement weather. Thankfully it was not actually very wet. However, I decided caution should be my watchword and so it was the 2nd time ever I have donned my Mountain Equipment walking-cum-ski jacket for a TNR.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a 6:30pm start we not one single \u201cworker\u201d in the crew tonight ! . But Smiffy was almost on time&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did think of a subtitle for this week &#8211; Keeping a low profile &#8211; we didn\u2019t climb anything higher than Lidgetts Lane&nbsp; or Moorside Lane because the wind was just too strong.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maccaustinsorguk\/55113528728\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Slipping off the Bridleway\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55113528728_db3ed8b950_c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Slipping off the Bridleway\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Was it too slack ? Or ok given the weather ? We did two hours so I consider it was a worthy ride\u00a0 , and we felt smug for braving the elements .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good view of a hunting barn owl on the wing as we arrived at the Brickworks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On arrival at the Church House I found that Andron  hadn\u2019t got my text with the food orders \u2026but it was not a problem. I think we have the required customer loyalty points now.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pub was far from empty &#8211; The Poachers running group turned up (Ant &amp; Chris &amp; others I don\u2019t know) . Plus four of the nancies looking a bit chilly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Croxy joins us and regails us with stories of stumbling upon German nudist colonies in Lanzarote&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were glad we made the effort to get out  !\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words &amp; Photos by Pete Route : Maze &#8211; Towpath &#8211; Beehive bridge &#8211; higher lane &#8211; lidgetts &#8211; half KB to tarmac &amp; Robin Hood &amp; Oakenbank &#8211; Spuley Lane &#8211; Pott Shrigley &#8211; Moorside Lane &#8211; Birchencliffe\u00a0 descent &#8211;\u00a0 Long Lane &#8211; Green Lane col (its the better way into UB)\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Church [&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":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tnrs-2026"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5588","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=5588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5589,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5588\/revisions\/5589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/android-finder.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}