[Closed] Return of the Macc-Fest. Sun Dec 16th. Pootle Content

I'll check with the boss, and providing I don't die at hadleigh park the day before, it sounds good.

I will come out to play 🙂

[quote=Onzadog ]I'll check with the boss, and providing I don't die at hadleigh park the day before, it sounds good.

Specifically chose Sunday to give you chance to come 🙂

Vix - cool!

It's been put in the diary, so Onzadog-remaining-in-one-piece willing, we'll be there 😀

I've put in the diary

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I shall speak to the committee about a trip North.

I Should be able to make it

I'm up for it too!

[quote=IHN ]
I shall speak to the committee about a trip North.

Glad someone got the reference 🙂

Dat is coz I iz down wid da kidz, innit.

Word to your mothers, etc.

I'm old, I don't get it.

we dont loikes straingers round ere....

i may be up forrit, bit of a late start for me though

Ooh ooh there maybe snow.
Was too much snow once and we all had to turn back, t'was brilliant fun.

Bring lots of layers just in case.

Never ridden there quite fancy a look will prob make it poss with others
vague enough G
PS Would be a good chance to get raines peg bag off Jane G

Bunnyhop - Member
Bring lots of layers just in case.

And cake. It might be all that keeps us alive if there's lots of snow 😉

Onzadog - Member
I'm old, I don't get it.

The fred title references this, hence IHN's piccy....

Waves to justme and redwoods.
Yep pegbag and cake.
We could always eat snow (not yellow) if in dire straights.

Where is macc forest?

just south of macclesfield - see the link to the meeting spot in the first post

Dire straights, I've heard of them.

don't mind me. Phone screen is too small. I thought the thing to "get" was about the committee to come up north.

Couldn't see the picture and the comment at the same time. I think it might be better if I just go and hide until it's time to ride bikes.

You and your 21st century 'gagetery thingy me bobs'.

Actually, thinking about it, as we'll be spending much of December driving to various parts of the country to see dispersed families, we'll pass and spend at least one weekend at home.

Count me in! Will give Sambob a lift if required 😀

I'm up if i can get a pass for it, bit of a late start for me at a weekend though.

[quote=scaled ]bit of a late start for me at a weekend though.

ahh the joys of not having kids means I can have a lie-in. you must remember those, yeah?

Plus we do need to give people time, there will inevitably be people travelling some way for these rides

Yep go on then i'll get jac to drive me to the pub after.

Im in.

This was disappointing, I thought that the Macc Lads were making a comeback.

Given the number if riders, the varying levels of fitness and accounting for mechanicals - I reckon you're looking at adding half as much time on for the regular loop? Just trying to guesstimate how much brownie points I need to build up

I live in Macc.
I ride at pootling pace.

I guess I'm in.

It's a regular haunt for our one geared fat front attention monkey crew, we may come and bring many hipflasks of absinthe and rum. 🙂

Sadly, too far for me.

I may well be able to make this if welcome!

I'm in if i'm not at work

Anyone for post ride brownies?? 😀

Hells - Member
Anyone for post ride brownies??

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Bump for this week

hmm..... remember my 80% share of brownie profit please Mr W.

I could be a maybe for this, but I've not ridden for 3 months and I need to make sure I book it off work...

bumpty bump

Don't forget there's a [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/rivington-forum-ridepootle-sunday-9-th-december-with-1030-start ]rivington pootle[/url] the week before

I should have franchised these.....

I'll seek management approval. Once confirmed there will be a space in a car passing Cambridge, Kettering and through Chesterfield.
Watch this space.

This looks like a goer to me all things going right at home.

will try and make this one (weather permitting).

may have to fit the tinsel, as it'll be nearly C....mas

I have approval, anyone needing a lift from the mystic East?

Where exactly is the mystic east??

That's the mysterious bit.

where is nbt's mystic east?

Hels, I'm starting from Ipswich. If you can bear the shame of arriving in an Audrey you'll be fine. (Forced to drink beer last night hence the satellite delay).

Might see you there.

I'm out, family duties call.

I wont be able to come out to play 😥 christmas thingy do

after the enjoyable time we had on the [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/rivington-forum-ridepootle-sunday-9-th-december-with-1030-start/page/3#post-4452623 ]Rivington pootle[/url], hope to see a few of you out this weekend

THis is a proper pootle though, so [b][i]BRING CAKE[/i][/b].

subject to hangover

For consideration by whoever's in charge of route.... Charity Lane was sheet ice, pretty much from wall-to-wall, on Sat night.

Looking at the forecast and knowing how Charity Lane holds onto snow and ice, I reckon it will be snow on top of ice on Saturday.

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Macclesfield_Forest_and_Wildboarclough/long.html

I might take a stroll up there on Friday after work and see.

that'd be appreciated ta

to be fair though, there's not much else I can think of to get us over from the Leathered Smithy to Forest Chapel, and pervious Macc-Fests have often included a frozen skate down Charity Lane!

True.

It's more a case of "[i]fore-warned is fore-armed[/i]". I've ridden down there in all manner of foul conditions.

The worst bit was on the climb up to the top before the fun begins - that was wet, smooth ice; completely unrideable - in fact, not easy to walk on. Once over the top there was enough rock sticking through, slushy bits or running water to be rideable and fun. You just had to judge when you could/couldn't do boring stuff like braking and steering.

does anybody have a postcode of the car park for Sat Nav purposes?

I'm a no can do, can't get it off work so close to Christmas. That and I'm probably the least fit I've been in about 4 years, but mainly the work thing.

Application submitted for a day pass, could be tricky as I am using up favours pretty fast at the moment.

You could miss out much of Charity by turning right onto the footpath before you fork up to the tarmac grind (uphill skate). Depends on your views re fp riding.

[quote=dawson ]does anybody have a postcode of the car park for Sat Nav purposes?

Streetmap suggests [url= http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=398715&Y=369885&A=Y&Z=120 ]SK11 0BD[/url]

[quote=cb ]You could miss out much of Charity by turning right onto the footpath before you fork up to the tarmac grind (uphill skate). Depends on your views re fp riding.

I ride based on suitability, not legality. I think I've ridden that footpath but not for a few years - I probably won't use it on a group ride like this

nbt - Member

to be fair though, there's not much else I can think of to get us over from the Leathered Smithy to Forest Chapel, and pervious Macc-Fests have often included a frozen skate down Charity Lane

You could head off round the bottom end of Ridgegate Res which is ll off road, all be it a sandstone track and pick up the fireroad climb (Nessit Hill) that would bring you out at Standing Stone Carpark then its a short road section over to Forest Chapel? Granted is not as exciting as Charity but then again its also a lot less painful for you pootle'ers than Leather Smithy > Charity Lane

Carl

 

You could miss out much of Charity by turning right onto the footpath before you fork up to the tarmac grind (uphill skate). Depends on your views re fp riding.

I ride based on suitability, not legality. I think I've ridden that footpath but not for a few years - I probably won't use it on a group ride like this.

You could head off round the bottom end of Ridgegate Res which is ll off road, all be it a sandstone track and pick up the fireroad climb (Nessit Hill) that would bring you out at Standing Stone Carpark then its a short road section over to Forest Chapel? Granted is not as exciting as Charity but then again its also a lot less painful for you pootle'ers than Leather Smithy > Charity Lane

Humm, nearly always finish on that side of the forest, not
necessarily on the fire road though

Are you all going to ride in Christmas clobber? I think you should - it being that time of year and all!

Are you all going to ride in Christmas clobber?

Ah.... damn my complete inability to read things right in front of me....

This is [b]Sunday[/b] isn't it? Not Saturday as I told the wife the other day.

Let's see how the weekend pans out domestically.....
Plans for Sunday [i]were[/i] put up and decorate Xmas tree with kids in the morning and paint upstairs door frames in the afternoon. I see a future in which the tree gets done on Sat afternoon and the door frames remain undercoat only for another week.

looks like you're set for decent weather

Bugga. Cant make this. As its the last balance bike sesh at the velodrome Sunday. No more for hora jnr til Jan. **** ****. 🙁

Me and the misses will be coming now we thinks 🙂

Thats bad timing....looks like we're only going cause hora can't make it lol

😆

Sorry, but having reviews my commitments over the next few weeks I can't makes it!!

Somebody else will have to supply the brownies! 🙁

Booo 🙁

I can't make it either. I did intend to come along as well 🙁
I've ridden charity lane quite a few times and it's the best part of that ride, so don't miss it out. Me and ma mate do a ride where we get the train up to macc just so we can ride that lane. The worst one once was when we got up there in winter to find the lane had been trashed by snow. like 3 foot deep. We ended up luigging our bikes along the very narrow grassy bank to the right of it, a right pain. If you clean the whole lane down to the chapel it's loads of fun and I've never not come away from it grinning my head off.

Me neither - family commitments (read transport manager for 2 teenagers) have filled the day. Sorry! 🙁

I think it's fair to say we're not going to have a dust problem on Sunday.

Jekkyl - I agree about not missing Charity Lane - I must have ridden it 100 times in [b]all[/b] kinds of conditions and it's always fun of one sort or another. I don't know the route NBT's got planned but as we're parking at the bottom of Cumberland Clough, I can hazard a guess and would disagree that Charity Lane is the best part of the ride.