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Post by hodgy on Dec 3, 2014 8:01:37 GMT
Well it will be if this morning is anything to go by -4c...and picture post card white . Can't say where we are riding as it's a little naughty ..but as you are very unlikely to visit I will post some pics .... Looking up the North Tyne Valley this morning...   |
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Post by hodgy on Dec 3, 2014 14:28:37 GMT
Nearly playtime ....the lights are getting restless !  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2014 15:41:49 GMT
Have fun mate , I'm sat here thinking sod that it's to bloody cold  but mite go out tomorrow nite as its latte nite at hicks lodge , so at least that warms ya up half way in to ya ride  |
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Post by dirkpitt74 on Dec 3, 2014 16:26:50 GMT
I rode over the Chase last night, 2 degrees!
Mind you started to warm up on the slog back up Abrams Valley.
I need some winter gloves though!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2014 17:39:01 GMT
How the feck have you got flowers in bloom this time of year?
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Post by hodgy on Dec 3, 2014 17:55:17 GMT
Apparently it's a winter " lily "
Don't ask me what ...that's the BH 's department !
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2014 17:58:27 GMT
Piggin impressive - all the same!
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Post by windysurfer on Dec 3, 2014 19:24:11 GMT
-2 last night by the time I got back to the car park at Gisburn. and I would imagine it would have got a lot colder later in the evening. www.strava.com/activities/225582986Nice night though, clear sky and nearly a full moon. Anyone one else find night riding strangely adictive |
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Post by Jimbo on Dec 3, 2014 21:19:20 GMT
Zero degrees for me last night still nice ride but had 3 layers on lol
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2014 22:45:45 GMT
-2 last night by the time I got back to the car park at Gisburn. and I would imagine it would have got a lot colder later in the evening. www.strava.com/activities/225582986Nice night though, clear sky and nearly a full moon. Anyone one else find night riding strangely adictive It always amazing how we can set PRs in a nite ride looks like you had fun |
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Post by richardm on Dec 4, 2014 5:27:48 GMT
well we are still 4 or 5 degrees at night, but its been to wet here last 3 nights, to ride pissing down
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Post by hodgy on Dec 4, 2014 6:57:24 GMT
As mentioned in the first post ..this ride is tres naughty..so let's just say it's a suburb of Kielder Forest.. Waiting for the boys to turn up...  Mr Bell & Gramish ...note the new short travel Santa Cruz Tall Boy ..being tested for the first time ..which he rated highly  |
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Post by hodgy on Dec 4, 2014 7:07:22 GMT
Bike faffing done ..and we are on the way ...river/ burn just to the right out of shot  Ian having just got to the bottom of the first section of wooden steps ...then came to grief on trying to flip the bike 45 degrees  Before successfully negotiating the second section..Graham in close attendance ...  |
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Post by hodgy on Dec 4, 2014 7:14:36 GMT
It was very frosty ..and ground conditions in the main were very firm ..misty though ..and frozen mist at that...   Negotiating a "kissing gate"  Errrr....no thanks mate...  |
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Post by hodgy on Dec 4, 2014 7:26:45 GMT
Not something you expect to see at 8.30pm..must need the money for Christmas ...!  The start of the final ( fantastic ) singletrack drop  A welcome fire in the pub ( The Hollybush Inn, Greenhaugh ) ..in case you happen to head this way ...great accommodation  My kind of party ...think I'll go !!  A nice pint of Nels Best ...before heading home ...yep midweek in a tiny hamlet meant that we were the only 3 in the pub ...the barmaid made 4  |
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Post by davet on Dec 4, 2014 9:33:48 GMT
Looks like you had a good time Neil, sorry to off missed it. Looking forward to Whinlatter.
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Post by windysurfer on Dec 4, 2014 12:39:28 GMT
-2 last night by the time I got back to the car park at Gisburn. and I would imagine it would have got a lot colder later in the evening. www.strava.com/activities/225582986Nice night though, clear sky and nearly a full moon. Anyone one else find night riding strangely adictive It always amazing how we can set PRs in a nite ride looks like you had fun It's scary in the middle of a dark forest on yer own so I tend to ride a bit faster |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2014 16:04:07 GMT
Great pics Hodgy - that boozer looks just the ticket after a freezing night ride - mind you, bet you never felt a thing as long as you had a jumper made by that local base layer firm - do you use them? |
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Post by hodgy on Dec 4, 2014 16:36:56 GMT
Wey aye man az got mine on aaaal the time like .. De yeez not av em doon yowa kip ..tha reet canny ganzies tha knaas !  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2014 16:43:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2014 17:31:44 GMT
It always amazing how we can set PRs in a nite ride looks like you had fun It's scary in the middle of a dark forest on yer own so I tend to ride a bit faster Yeah same here lol nice pics great write up |
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Post by Jimbo on Dec 4, 2014 20:56:16 GMT
Great pics.
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but mite go out tomorrow nite as its latte nite at hicks lodge , so at least that warms ya up half way in to ya ride 
