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What you all upto? The winter is due in on Sunday apparently...
I am herding a group of teenagers around the Perth Enduro, hoping they don't nut themselves. I'll be the stressed looking one on the HT...
I think Sunday may have to be a nice trail run somewhere, and likely fixing a couple of bikes from the race...
I'm spending the weekend attempting to remove a sheared bolt from a derailleur hanger and patching the numerous holes in my tyres. Oh deep joy…
After fitting some new uber bike stainless steel jockey wheels ( which came with free Peatys push ons..deal clincher or what !😁) ..we are off to Hamsterley tomorrow ..5 of us ..best turnout for weeks and I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone again ..
Roady ride, 40 miles-ish, from home into the Cotswolds, following the Churn valley from Compton Abdale to Fairford, where there's a smashing cafe, and then home again.
FoD (off piste pixie built trails) for me, while its still dry. Covered in leaves, Acorns and Crab-apples though, so what tyres for marble infested trails ?
It's been half-term week fro me so it all counts as the weekend?
Had some time today and wanted a very rough baseline for Mayhem next year, so today was 3 one hour efforts round the same route with two hours recovery between each one. Surprised at how consistent my times were.
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cold and dusty out today which is a new one on me 🙂 lovely morning -1 when i left the house
Taking advantage of work location. A bit of a gravel explore today 🙂
22 degrees.
Out on the gravel bike again earlier,ended up on Formby beach again.
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It was 'breezy' on the beach,I got sand blasted....
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Nearly turned back on the way south to Hamsterley this morning ..the warning sign came at the Errington Arms roundabout when I passed a car heading North with two inches of snow on the bonnet ..( the first snow of winter !) ..I hadn't seen a flake up to that point ..got to Castleside and there was two inches lying ..see pic ..by Tow Law 4"..and a few phone calls from the gang asking if we were mad enough to continue ..which we were ..and not a flake of snow was lying when we got there ..
Very few riders out either ..and I didn't take any pics when riding ( too bloody cold for that ) ..
We had a great couple of hours or so and then called into the cafe for a hot chocolate & bacon sarnie ..to find a very emotional owner on her second off last day before retiring after giving twenty years of sterling service ..and seriously wondering if she was doing the right thing ..
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Does 26th/27th count?
BAM for October was a bit chilly.
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No, going on for a month now im too sick to ride...and now been signed off work 🙁 I've missed so much ace autumnal riding weather it sucks balls.
Edit: am very jealous of Samuel
Over 4000ft of climbing and descending in 2 hours.
Got up to just under the snow line under Salzburg, on the hunt for new singletrack.
On the way up.
Kitzsteinhorn ski area in the background
Near the peak
Some bloke building a hut
The reward
Friday afternoon off work to go up the Dark Peak for a lap of Ladybower, weather forecast looked shitty all week but when it came to it we had sunshine and 8'C, so it was ace.
This afternoon has been perfect cycling weather, absolutely gorgeous out, sunshine and golden leaves all the way, along the lanes in sunny Staffs while the roast pork is cooking, back in time for beer and dinner prep. Perfect Sunday.
Fab day at Fair City Enduro - cold, sunshine, 400 riders, lots of volunteers to make it run, chilled Choons at start of stage 5 & 6.
Today, 9k run and a totter around Carron Valley in pm
Just a wee ride along the river with Akers Jnr No1 today. Chilly!
Did the bottom loop of the HT550 160 miles of snow northerly winds ice !
Set off far to late (3.30pm) for Ben Alder cottage missed the cafe at Balgie got to the Bothy at 12am soaking wet luckily I carried a rucksack of wood in so got dried ready for the morning a Dof E instructor was very surprised to have people arriving in those conditions 🙂
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Set off around Ben Alder in wintry conditions and a fearsome northerly wind and was glad to get to Culra bothy for a brew!
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Reached Laggan at 14.30 and decided to miss the path over to Ft Augustus due to lack of appetite to hit another pass so decided to roadie it to Fort William which was a cracking spin to a very posh Hostel at Glen Nevis!
Crisp clear ride to Glen Coe which was superb over devils staircase was testing some bike packing bags for Aguille and they passed with flying colours the front bar bag doubling as a rucksack on the bits you have to push up
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messing around practising reverts and starting building a step up jump in the woods, then down to the beach. snowy in the mountains and a little snow here too
Rode Hopton TC. Bitter cold wind, but soon warmed up, it snowed!
Only managed a ride to the pub today but did get out 4 days in a row during the week.
Tweed Valley was fantasticaly dry if a little windy.
Mrs stu on one of the Golfie trails.
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Mrs stu and another forum member up at the Three Brethren.
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Mrs stu on a GT trail.
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Myself in Yair.
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End of dry trails for the season in the local woods. Little bimble round checking out the trail conditions after yesterday's rain. Already starting to revert to their usual slippy, sticky clay selves. Cracking weather though.
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That bottom photo!
Managed 50 miles on the gravel bike from Liverpool over round Wirral on Saturday. Freezing cold on my big pie head. Bib tights and cycling cap ordered for winter. Some nice rides going on. Love super cold and blue skies.
Dunkeld/Pitlochry area on saturday
Road ride on sunday, Carnoustie/Montrose back roads
80km / 900m climbing on the Surrey lanes and up to Box Hill on sunday..... type 2 fun if I'm brutally honest.
On the drive home form Scotland
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Decided last night part of HT550 may be my spring holiday. Your photos decided it postie. West coast calling again.
some stunning scenery above Pitlochry :
