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I foolishly went up Ben Lomond with McTrail Rider and friends. Long climb, massive blister on my right heel and a decent that was mostly out of my skill level. Also puked near the bottom lol Next time I'll climb a munro in cooler weather. On the plus side stunning views
video of the slow decent
At the top
views from the ride up
bit of snow near the summit
Still getting over my various injuries from last weekend's action, so a fairly chilled one in the Dales for me.
Met up with friends in Jedburgh ..to do the Justice Trail +..( the plus bits being some very tasty singletrack that Colin had " discovered "..
I only lasted 19km having not felt 100 when we started and upchucked half way around ..so took the shortest route possible back to Jedburgh ...there was so much more to come but I will return ..my thanks to Jean, Dave , Russell, Ant & Colin ..nice to get most of the group together again ..irs been a while !
The bit I did ..
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Some pics ..the best of the singletrack not pictured !
Ant , Jean & Dave ..
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I heard from Russell that Colin led them on a merry dance on his ebike and everyone was totally knackered at the end !
Poah ..blisters on your heels ..
My mtb shoes which have loads of life left in them have frayed on the inside and also cause blisters on my heel ..this stuff alleviates the rubbing and sticks like shit on a stick ..i never start a ride without it on both heels now ..
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it wasn't the riding but the climbing up on foot that did it. riding was fine
Yep ..thats also when it occurs with me ..
Just trying to help Ross 😁
Managed a quick ride. Sadly no pictures as when I was thinking about taking them some militant old ladies appeared, lined up across the trails and started screaming about how they hated cyclists which rather put a downer on the ride........
No pictures but I did the 20mile Colne Valley challenge this morning, got round in under 3 hours which I'm pretty pleased with
Whinlatter Altura Trails North and South plus Quercus Trail, then Borrowdale Bash next day.
it would appear Instagram links no longer work 🤷🏼♂️
Did an easy enough 45 mile road ride yesterday to a cafe and back. Then today headed down to Afan and rode the Whites plus the Blade.
Oh ffs I only just figured it out!
Cwm rhaeadr and Brechfa on saterday then cafel today.
Took the FlareMax for a gentle bimble along some forest tracks. It didn’t seem to be too offended 🙂
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A couple of my flare max on a glorious day in the Duddon Valley.
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Lovely dry conditions at QECP for the bike fest. Only riding I managed to fit in before the rain came was a demo ride on this. Transition Throttle. My lordy, what a fun bike. Would love one after that, but would have to sell all the others first! Best bike I’ve demoed since the Yeti 575 about 15 years ago!
Not had much time to ride as the car needs polishing...
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Nowhere exciting on the bike this weekend but earlier today i took a friends son up to my mates farm for a wee adventure on the quad bikes
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And i introduced him to "Kai" the bull, hand reared as his mum rejected him so he acts like a big 1000lb dog and is very friendly.
Good day so far, still got 3 hrs of sunshine left so heading out with the dog now.
Still doing "bivvy-a-month".
More bloody painting, indoors, on another glorious weekend...
I'm serious, anyone want a three bed flat to buy in Aberfeldy? I'm fed up of landlord duties.
I'll try this way to get a link to Instagram. From below Castle Crag yesterday morning.
ok, I give up 😖 Instagram linking not working. 😡
A road ride to Pitlochry on Saturday
Edit; can't get pic link to work ffs
34 mile Evans Ride It Hatfield MTB sportive yesterday & a 7 mile family & dog hike today👍
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Wee trip to the Maidens , picked up 3 of Satans little helpers! Still got the Heebee Jeebee's wondering if I've missed any.
~40 mile dash around three South Downs cat4s before sundown tonight, nice view from New Rd between Brockbridge and Meonstoke, which my photo skills do not do Justice!
Only the one pic 'cos I was out on my own, but did a variation on Back o'Skiddaw which ended up being 36.4 miles and 5206ft of ascent.
Then had a stroll up Blencathra today with my dad. Cracking weekend to be in the Lakes.
Did a strange version of the Macc Forest loop due to some parts still being closed. Climb up to Teggs Nose and up Charity Lane from the road side. Went on to Dane Bower Hollow and Cumberland Brook via a trip to a farmers field to take photos of lambs 😀
I would upload pics but can’t get Google photos to play nice.
The JennRide
Green Quarter down to Kentmere
8am at the top of Walna Scar
Torver Commons
Parkamoor
@funkmasterp My photos are from Google Photos, use https://ctrlq.org/google/photos/ , it's so easy even I can do it. 😉
Walna Scar before breakfast on the jennride.
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Only a local ride only after early finish Friday afternoon. Yes that is a sewage processing plant in the 2nd pic :-/ (just one more edit for it to catch up)
Fantastic weekend in the lakes doing neither Jennride or the Fred but managed to grab an early morning ride round the Langdales - with a detour up to the top of Wrynose and back.
Then some larking about in the woods with the lad in the afternoon.
Postie Rich hosted a great Jenn Ride in the Lakes with a fab night at Wheelbase
Not that I did it mind...
Kentmere Reservoir has been drained if anyone wants to go Dam Busting!
Made a 4am assault on Skiddaw to take in the sunrise on sat morning. Flew down Ullock then over to Grisedale Pike for an amazing people free full speed descent all the way to Braithwaite. All done by 9:30am. So weird not finishing a lakes ride in a pub tho!
We rode up above Derwent Valley on Saturday, loads of people out on the trails
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Sunday we rode from home so that we could keep an eye on the EWS stage results
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Our daughter was out in France for the EWS. It was touch and go as she was recovering from a broken collar bone and had only just got the all clear from the Consultant to compete. Her big crash at the Steel City DH last week hadnt helped so we had our fingers crossed that nothing went wrong
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got a 2hr session in at the local, practiced no handers, got no where after about 47 attempts so worked on whips.
I got out both Saturday and Sunday but no pictures.
Fun little pootle in Elland woods on Saturday followed by a couple of pints at magic rock. Still getting to know the woods so got a bit lost, but still lots of fun.
Sunday I took my mate down to Sherwood Pines for her first ever MTB ride. She loved it and was a natural so she's now dead keen to get into MTB'ing and already in the process of buying a decent bike.
I know the Kitchner trail get's slagged off for being too easy*, but it is a great way to introduce someone to biking.
*It's a purple not a red
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Nice quiet spin around the Duddon Valley on Saturday.
Was planning on getting out on Saturday, but it rained and I was tired, so taught my boy how to shave instead. Sunday I couldn't be arsed, so I went out this morning before work to try and make up for a lazy weekend...
Had my first puncture on the ghetto tubeless, with a mahoosive thorn (still attached to a twig) in the front wheel. Pulled it out and the sealant did it's thing, allowing my to keep on going, which was nice. On my old hard tail, that would have been a 15 minute stop to change the inner tube, so I'm now a total tubeless convert!
Ben Venue, not a bad view 🙂
