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More of a walk/slog to be honest, we thought there'd be some tracks already through the snow, but we were the first.

Good to get some air in the lungs before hit the beers tho.

It'll give you Puffer entrants an idea of current conditions.

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Roll on 2010 and a thaw.

 
Posted : 31/12/2009 6:27 pm
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Come on - carry on getting it beaten down for us! You locals look like you have been slacking

 
Posted : 31/12/2009 6:45 pm
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TJ, to be fair to young Cullen Bay, we saw him going round, and later Epicyclo.

It isn't all unrideable...

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The bridge of thighs is though

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Posted : 31/12/2009 7:18 pm
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TBH ... the only reason we went around it today was that we expected the hamsters to have flattened it down. I suspect a couple of reasons will have passed by the time we're next on it. Now Evanton Wood on the other hand was ace in minus 9 the other night. There's also been another heavy dump since we got in tho.

 
Posted : 31/12/2009 9:36 pm
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Yesterday on the Puffer 'walk'!

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Rode the river walk and View rock tonight, they have been compacted down and ride nice, especially in the dark.

Snowing again now here in Muir of Ord 🙂

 
Posted : 31/12/2009 10:06 pm
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Eek! We're worried about getting there. How are the roads?

I've been practicing round East Lothian - today I saw the biggest hail stones I've seen (I'd say 5mm).

[b]Some proper ice:[/b] (on the 'Puffer steed with ice spike tyres)...
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[b]Some proper snow:[/b] (on the girly sus bike with gears)...
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Cheers, al.

 
Posted : 31/12/2009 10:38 pm
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*hem hem* i do believe it had already been ridden on ....

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I was the person who left the tracks you followed, see?

 
Posted : 31/12/2009 10:48 pm
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Ridden? You mean walked CB. You bailed soon after the fence. Like tubes we carried on 😥

 
Posted : 01/01/2010 10:51 am
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Keep up the good work chaps 🙂

 
Posted : 01/01/2010 10:59 am
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what date is it? ive been looking on the info page but cant see it.

 
Posted : 01/01/2010 11:13 am
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Its the 16/17th of Jan

 
Posted : 01/01/2010 4:14 pm
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If it stays like this it won't be cycling as we know it 🙂

I'm now going to try it with my Pompino (skinny tyres)

BTW the roads haven't been too bad, but don't expect normal average speeds.

 
Posted : 01/01/2010 7:45 pm
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I have plan B ready - unicycle and crampons / snowshoes

 
Posted : 01/01/2010 7:46 pm
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i have a plan B ready aswell TJ [img] [/img]

seriously, we've had another dump of snow in the last few hours, another few inches of snow all the way round the puffer. looks set to be bad conditions, no matter what happens now. if this doesnt melt, then we have the challenge of around 15inches of snow (by now). if it does thaw, and the ground thaws in the next two weeks, then we have MUD. =) its gonna be epic though...

 
Posted : 02/01/2010 4:40 pm
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Hmm. Well, we have a nice wee cottage booked in Contin so it'll be a dirty weekend either way...

😉

al + cat.

 
Posted : 02/01/2010 7:49 pm

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