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Wahaaaaaaay. Weather forecast looks good for Sunday.
As everyone is obviously 'in training' for HtN the following week, can we expect a blistering pace? 😀
Sod it - I'm going to have a slice of this (and some of Graeme's savouries!).
Look forward to seeing you all there Sunday morning.
Brewery @ 09:30 for a 10:00 despatch?
can we expect a blistering pace
Not from me mate, not from me.
whos on this and whats the definite route?
Anyone attempting any thing of a blistering nature will be thrown down the steps of DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM into the river of regret via the mudpuddle of misery .
I'm on it with Toss and Wors. We are treating it as a full on sesh with a bit of a bike ride before hand.
think I'm in the full on sesh bit sound a little gay though 😯
think I'm in the full on sesh bit sound a little gay though
Full on man on man action 😀
If its a true warm up lap for HtN then getting absolutely walloped afterwards is surely par for the course.
Are we doing a tour of the fleshpots of ramsbottom? To drip mud on their carpets?
Slightly off topic, but if anyone that's going on Sunday can make use of some 35mm colour print film, I have 3 rolls of Kodacolor 200 24 exp and 5 rolls of Fujicolor superia 200 36 exp.They've been in the fridge since I bought them early last year. FOC first one to say can have them. I've not used my 35mm cameras for ages so there's no point in keeping them if any-one can put them to good use. 😉
slightly off topic 😯 😆
Graeme - nbt may be interested, I'll remind him later.
Graeme 's making room in his fridge for the Lancashire Bhajis !!!
Graeme. I'm interested mate. I've just dug out my old film-powered Pentax SLR. Its sat on a tripod in the spare room.
If you like me and NBT can get oiled up ouside the Brewery, and fight to the death for them with blunt instruments, while the rest of you bay like wolves, and the shoppers coming out of Morrisons tut disaprovingly
Ecky-Thumps close ^^^^ 😀 Binners, just excuse me one moment whilst I get the mind bleach out of the cupboard 😛 At least you'll provide the post ride entertainment ,just be careful the pair of you don't roll down the bank to far!
Not Lancs Bhaji's this Sunday, they'll be the Mexican version 😉
Be honest Binners, we were going to do that anyway. You can have the films, you'll use them before I will
Lads, which way are you proposing to take to get from the start to Cadshaw ?
Only ask as it might be better for us to meet you on route rather than cycle all the way to the start and then double straight back on ourselves.
Cadshaw - hmmm I live in Chapeltown which is closer (but that means no ale and I'm presuming no MOD singletrack)
where are you coming from Lowey?
FREE FILM! I've just bought a 1980s Ricoh KR10 and would appreciate something to stick in the back of it (as it were). Perhaps me and binners could do the Morrisons wrestling thing?
GT85 all over us?
Looking forward to seeing you lot on Sunday.
Haribo - check.
ps - if I have four pints and drive home will I get done off the rozzers?
what is the route btw?
Sharples.
route = start at brewery , through nutthall park to summerseat , accross the lines to greenmount , up through park and right on road towards entwistle, through cheeky shrt-cut and road back of turton tower , up bridleway to top corner of green arms road , through the woods to a666 , hang right up bridleway over to catterys, down to strawberry duck , round a bit of the reservoir and up to crawthawn road, up back of holcombe hill onto moor road , down accross stram and round back of firing range. there will be choices at this stage with tony [ goatster ] can take foolhardy persons down steep stuff, rest of group carry along moor road to buckden woods, some can go down through woods with justme [ graham ], other more sensible persons can come with me[ mart ] robin hoods well ,irwell vale back along the lines and into rammchester on seap
Foiled again. Finally I get a weekend off and I'm riding on Saturday with some mates at Macc forest. Just when I had TWO days riding sorted, the fun prevention officer reminds me that we have "friends" visiting overnight on Saturday and, as they're over from china for new year and can only stay one day, I'm scuppered. 🙁
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Nom nom nom. Pie and a pint after this ride. Woot!
Buckden Woods is slippier than a greased eel at the moment. Should be fun. I think I'm going to opt for the steep stuff though 😀
Russ - 2 days riding is beyond most of our wildest dreams 😉 you doing HtN next weekend
I can't risk Buckden as Mrs. S is immobilised with a slipped disc and nuclear sciatica at the mo'. Scan and surgery imminent so I need all my bones etc. to be in full working condition. I'll be taking the gay route down to Irwell Vale.
from greenmount whats the road towards entwistle?
from cadshaw is great to go left over and around belmont reservoir and then you get spat out at turton tower again.
Par Cark right next to it Lowey. Postcode is BL0 9YQ. Not driving are you?
That postcode is an odd location, looking at google maps. Is this the place we're aiming for?
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nbt - in that picture, the brewery is the building adjacent to the car park (big grey door). Not sure if that car park is for residents only though. There is a big (free) car park next to Ramsbottom rail station. The brewery is only a couple of hundred metres away.
nbt. You're welcome to come to ours, leave your car there, and ride down with me and Mr Starship. We're just up the road. Might be a bit less mither. And you'll have somewhere to get changed and what-have-you afterwards
Sefton we will turn in towards the golf course car par and over the little bridge then dog leg through the park to Turton Road, hand a right and head towards the cross-roads to the India Gate .
ok cool, heres the route I was talking about (might be worth it another time) 😉
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derek-starship, you can't have a camera without a film in it ,have one of the fujicolor ones to run through it to make sure all is good 😉
Mexican bahjis and a free film. What a fine gentleman you are GJ!
You are more than welcome Sir ! 🙂
Right. In view of the route and the fact that we will be cycling home after a metric shit load of ale sometime on Sunday night, we are going to meet you at Turton Tower. No point in us cycling all the way over there to effectively just double back.
If you leaving the brewery at 10 you reckon about 11 - 11.15 at Turton ?
Mart.. does your number still end in 787 ? Ive got Tony and Grahams anyway.
might do the same lowey?
Yeah same number Lowey , we will leave Rammy at 10 so should be about an hour to Turton
Lowey - why not dispense with this whole silly 'riding' formality and go straight to the brewery. If you do, can I phone our drinks order in when we get to the top of Bucky woods? 😉
graham, mart or lowey.........what map is this on?
i reckon i could follow the route by using lanes, probably doing the same kind of distance.
Ton - its a pain for OS maps. You're right slap bang on where two overlap. I've got them both. You're more than welcome to borrow them Sunday. There are plenty of quiet back roads to pootle down
please mate.
see you then......... 8)
same as binners said Ton , you'd end up with two maps .I'm sure we can sort a route out on the morning
We can all have a nice Ice Cream at Turton... Mrs. Dowson also provides other services too....
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poor mrs dowson 😐
Right we'll aim to be at Turton Tower for 11ish.
See you all then.
Ton, see you at the brewery.
Mr potatohead - are the woods you're talking about the one's we rode last time on Graham's ride?(Lee Quarry). If so I'm sticking with you and mr starship, as they'll be slippery as a slippery thing.
I'm reserving the right to [i]pull a hora[/i] if the weather looks iffy, my wrist hurts, the wind is blowing the wrong way or I just can't be bothered
I would have come along to this, but I only came out of hospital on Wednesday evening after an emergency operation and a weeks holiday in Wigan hospital. So no bike rides for about 6 or 7 weeks 😥
Can we come please? As its HtN next week I am 'practising' on the 'cross bike (training is too strong a word). Can also practise carrying it if the going gets too rough....
Sefton... sorry mate.. missed your post.. meet up at Turton if you like.. email in profile..
not sure what to do yet??? need to get some miles in and wont if I meet at turton tower (live 2 seconds from it)
I might tackle it on the cross bike as I've only been on it 3 time so far.
I think most of it would be ok on the cx bike?
Yeah.. piss it on a cx (and rinse the rest of us), only probs you would have would be if you went with Tony through Redisher woods or with G through Buckden Woods.. they would be a bit tasty on a cx. Personally I'm taking the path of least resistance and going with Mart (potatoehead) to Robin Hoods Well.
Only benefit of meeting at Turton is if your going on a massive piss session after the ride, which, coincidently, we are :))
only prob I can think of is the gearing (trying to ride up the rake)...I can only just make it on the granny on my mtb 😯
going to ride to rammy then back home...see you at the brewery!
lesa - get well soon. Just keep thinking of the bike.
Rammy conditions report - perfect! It's frozen overnight so that might firm things up a bit. Let's hope we wake up to the same weather tomorrow.
Sefton - we're not riding up the rake. Thankfully! Buckden woods on a CX bike? EEK!!! 😯
Binners, any snow about?
Weather forecast for the area is excellent! Bit cold but clear and sunny.
Mount up, it's as good as it's going to get.
That'll do then 🙂
Gorgeous weather and great bit of Mary T this morning on the CX, it'll be reet. 🙂
Although met dubious looks and 'you're brave' from MTBers coming the other way but despite the ice it was still fine.
Hope to venture over the border if that's ok with you.
We've got a light dusting of snow on the tops G! It's going to be cold, but hey.... There's a brewery to warm up in afterwards 🙂
The end bit isn't quite as cut and dried as it may appear as there are several options being toyed with - the only thing for sure is there will be a steep option and a safer option as usual nothing is certain G
Not fair, I am struggling not to be ill. I really want to come on a local ride one day.... But I seem to be getting a cold every other week T the moment. Dreamt that Harry the Spider and Terrahawk dope tested me for sudafed at HtN the other night.... Going back to bed so hopefully by then my lungs don't feel like I am underwater and the only race tactic available is blowing snot at everyone. Hmmm, there's a thought. 👿
Thanks for a great ride today chaps.
Glad I was well layered up for the cold.
See you all soon (probably at Hit the North).
Belting ride, just got in from the brewery. Pissed 😛
😀
Great ride. Cheers all. Certainly not a ride for beginners! I'm knackered. I would normally try steps etc. but mrs s is immobile due to a slipped disc at the moment. I need to be not broken to run the house! Mexican Bahjies were awesome. Thanks GJ.
yeah great ride guys, over 5 hours riding and around 25miles (without any mechanicals)
great fun on the CX bike (arse is a bit battered now though & legs aching all night)!
superb post ride baked goodies too 😉
craig
Great ride yesterday folks. You broke my knee though 🙁 Its a diet of ibuprofen this week, methinks.
The numerous beers in the brewery afterword's helped though. It was a quiet, sedate and dignified affair. Like a mensa meeting in lots of ways. A game of chess was even involved 😯
And Graeme - The Mexican Bahjies were indeed a joy to behold. And Debs said your chocolate cookies/cakes (?) were quite possibly be the densest substance known to man. In a good way! 😀 Cheers mate!
I was in bed before 9pm. KNackered. I *swear* that they got the barrels wrong and put Stout on the mild tap, two pints of mild shouldn't have got me that pissed,
What a beltin day out in great company on great trails - loved the stuff around Holcombe. Capped off in a very fine hostelry and 8 pints of superb ale. Bit of an eight mile wobble home for the Bolton lads! Cheers lads n lasses. T
OOOOF! Crowthorne Rd in the middle ring* has made my butt cheeks a tad worn and tender.
*not by valiant choice - front mech was stuck!
tell me about it (36/26). cant moan too much as a single speed got up there 😯
my legs felt like wood riding home after the brewery!
8 pints and riding home 😯 how was the pace 😆
any pics at all?
8 pints and riding home how was the pace
pace was fine, it was trying to stay in a straight line that proved difficult!
I've got some pictures, will post them later when i get home.
Excellent ride - bit rough this morning 😕
Grand day out!
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cant moan too much as a single speed got up there
32:20 on clown wheels, fortunately they didn't explode 😉
It was indeed a Grand Day out, thanks to Mart and Graham and every-one else that kept me pointing in the right direction 😉
Right then for anyone that wnts to try them, here's the recipe for the Bhaji's 😛
230 ish g of cheese ( MEXICANA or MONTERY JACK with Chili's )
8 ish Spring Onions
50g ish of chopped Walnuts
200g ish of Plain Flour
2 teaspoons ish of Dijon mustard
100g ish of softened Butter.
Preheat oven to 190c 375f or Gas mark 5
Grate the cheese into a bowl, thinly slice the onions, add to the cheese, add the Walnuts, then stir in the flour and Mustard.
Melt the butter and add to the bowl, mix well until blended together.
Get a piece about the size of a large egg, mould into a ball, flatten out to about 1/2 inch thick.
Bake for about 15 mins until golden brown.
Leave to cool on the baking tray for 2 or 3 mins.
[s]scoff away[/s] transfer to a wire rack to cool properly.
Enjoy 😀
*off to Sains' to buy those ingredients*
Might have a bottle or two of Pale Ale with them too.
Thanks for unleashing that recipe GJ!