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Post by hodgy on Jul 19, 2016 21:36:23 GMT
Starting in the town centre car park near the bus station ..unless Colin has other ideas? ( get in touch!) .10.30 start.
Over Wooler Common / Broadstruther / Langlee Crags / Threestoneburn ...and back ...
So far only Nick , Jaco ? and myself.
Ant , Dave, Jean & Russell already out ..
Anyone else ?
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Post by hodgy on Jul 21, 2016 19:36:42 GMT
Looks like four of us to include Colin.
Still meeting at the bus station car park but then to find one of the other free car parks ...as this is limited to two hours max.
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Post by hodgy on Jul 22, 2016 13:39:46 GMT
Slight change of plan ...we are now starting from the car park at Middleton ..which is south of Wooler
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Post by hodgy on Jul 23, 2016 17:22:56 GMT
Superb ride out with the boys today ( I'm using that term loosely !)... We sometimes travel for hundreds of miles in search of new thrills forgetting as we do what brilliant riding is on our doorstep..this is one such ride it has a touch of everything ..gruelling climbs , singletrack to die for and a grassy descent near the end which will have you going as fast as you dare with multiple opportunities to get airborne . Speaking of which it is Sunderland airshow today and in one of the remotest spots of Northumberland we were treated to our very own fly past by the Red Arrows making their way there ..to quick for my camera..but burnt to memory.We also saw and heard a second world war Hurricane . Anyway a grand day out ..big thanks to Nick, Colin ,Jaco & Graham who was an unexpected but very welcome surprise having said that he wasn't coming ..the banter as usual was off the scale...especially when the only Scotsman in our party (colin )on the narrowest section of off camber singletrack with chest high bracken that obscured the track itself found a bloody tenner ! ...you couldn't make that up especially as it probably won't leave his wallet for another ten years ...I think Jaco recorded the serial number .lol Some pics ... Early in the ride ...the climb from Waud House to Wooler Common..    Graham & Jaco  Stunning singletrack which just gets better the more you drop  It was on this section where we saw the Red Arrows and Colin found his tenner..    Epic! |
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Post by hodgy on Jul 23, 2016 18:18:18 GMT
Almost forgot ...Cheers Jaco for standing the round in the Tankerville Arms in Wooler ...an excellent pint of Wagtail Bitter real ale ..from the excellent Allendale Brewery ...yummy !
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Post by kirky72 on Jul 23, 2016 18:53:50 GMT
Looks like a good route. I Nearly booked an holiday cottage in Wooler but decided if we had bad weather that week there may not have been too many options for the kiddies.
I've not met Nick yet on a ride, does he always opt for the Laurence of Arabia tea towel on the head impersonation?
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Post by hodgy on Jul 23, 2016 19:03:41 GMT
Always..
He reckons it keeps him cool ...
I reckon it's because he used to have long hair and he is now bald ( almost )
Funnily enough it was on this very route that I first met Nick ..20 years ago !
He is my longest serving / suffering mountain biking buddy ...a real nice bloke .
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Post by gramish on Jul 24, 2016 8:13:30 GMT
Almost forgot ...Cheers Jaco for standing the round in the Tankerville Arms in Wooler ...an excellent pint of Wagtail Bitter real ale ..from the excellent Allendale Brewery ...yummy ! A very very tasty pint after a very very tasty ride, thanks Paul for the pint. Thanks everyone else for everything else, and the sun for not baking us and the wind for not troubling us  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 9:12:09 GMT
Looks excellent that - had to cancel my ride with Euro bob today due to 'family stuff' back in Brum - FFS. Glad you all enjoyed, not jealous, much. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 9:19:58 GMT
I'd have thought yer mate Nick would have got a buff or something. I wear one all the time under my lid (bandana style) and it keeps the sweat out of my eyes in summer and keeps me warm in winter - and I look like a pirate too (bonus) not a camel jockey  |
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Post by hodgy on Jul 24, 2016 9:42:47 GMT
Err ...Yeah Pez..
You haven't met Nick yet have you ?
A buff you say ...well maybe in 20 years time when the tea towel has worn through !
Don't get me wrong though ..he ain't tight ..just likes value for money ..lol
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