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Hare and Hounds
400 Bolton Rd W, Ramsbottom, Bury BL0 9RY
8:15 blast off
Slap on your Factor 50* and bring money for beer!
*Don't, it will be dark.
I'm just off out now to check how squidgy Intersteller and Redisher Woods are, and a couple of other likely routes
The sacrifices I make for you lot 😀
Bloody sun comes out and you're more workshy than usual 😀
In!
Wow!
Me, you, Kai, Binners and perhaps even Craig!
All we need now is hora!
I'm not sure Kai has an mtb at present ? Saying that I've seen him riding similar terrain on his cross bike recently and he'll still be quicker downhill than the majority of us ...
As for Craig.. he's a runner these days..
he sent me an email... there's hope he'll be back!
Who? hora? 😂
I've just realised that I described Craig as runner when what I meant to say was he's a ****
CONDITIONS REPORT: After an afternoons sacrifice reccying trails (poor me) ..... It's not good. I'd love to say that interstellar was dry and dusty and its all great.
It's not.
It's really hard going out on't moors. In fact, a lot of it that I thought would have dried out a bit is still a proper swamp. Wheel-sucking clagg! I was glad I'd kept my winter boots on. But apparently we have a few days of sunshine to come, so you never know.
Anyway..... I've got an out an out dossing-about route sorted. There will be hardpack and lots and lots of big pointy rocks
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The graphic seemed appropriate. RIP R Lee Ermey
Sounds good. I’m in.
Bumpity bump. Who’s playing out then?
me
Can you do the usual cat-herding fromthe Hare andHounds Harry?
I’ll do my usual ride up the Rake and meet you at the Shoulder
will do.
I'm in. Bollocksed my knee so will be taking it very easy
I'm in too
Rich
Still no bike and still no baby, she's off to pregnant ladies yoga again tonight and i'm damned if i'm telling her I'm going biking instead.
I’m in. See you at the H&H
Me n Tony are most likely going to be there as well.
Binners - what are your thoughts on a route? If you are heading towards Edgworth around the horseshoe then we will ride over and then bail out at some stage over that way. If you are finishing in reddisher or over that way then we will drive up.
WW - i’m Going to do a very up and down route around Holcombe Hill so it’ll all actually be crammed in to a pretty tight area, but getting in 4 good descents including Interstellar
I think a few of you will have done something similar with me before. If I remember rightly, it’s claimed a few casualties too 🙂
Arrrrgh that bloody 3rd chute... I'm quite glad i'm not coming now, i'd do myself a mischeif on the cross bike
A cross bike definitely isn’t the weapon of choice for tonight. Suspension will most definitely be your friend. I’mhoping I can eek out the bottom bracket on the Trigger tonight. It’s making some horrible noises, after a play at Lee Quarry on Saturday, but I want bouncy front and back 🙂
I don't have a very good track record on those effin chutes binners as you well know. And that was when I had a bouncy rear end...
Oh and it's chucking it down here....
We will be enjoying commanding views of the mist and rain. We’re only doing the lesser of the homocidal chutes as I know the lower one has bitten quite a few people
S'pose I'm still in then 😀
FFS. Better dig out some body armour.
We could do a tour de reservoirs if you prefer. I may waive my usual dictatorial style, embrace democracy and allow a vote
...... or then again i might have you all shot for your insubordination
i’ll mull over both options
Ironically Facebook reminded me the other day that it's two years since my brace came off my knee following the last excursion down the chutes of death...
I haven’t got my stuff ready and don’t have the energy tonight. I’m going to let the couch win See you next week.
I'd rather do the horse shoe TBH. Broken limbs are soooo 2016.
Righty ho then you mutinous dogs, the horseshoe it is then. I may make some of you insurectionists walk the plank into Jumbles reservoir later though
it means I can take the hardtail and not risk the disintegrating bottom bracket on the bouncy bike. The moorland filth has killed it!
Anyone got the postcode for the Horseshoe? I've just got to the H&H...
Curses, I wish I'd seen this sooner!
Hope you have (had) a good 'un.
Cracking run that tonight chaps. And definitely the right call on the route choice over the chutes of brokenness and damnation
Good to see a few of the MNPR ‘originals’ out
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What a belter that was!