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Post by hodgy on Nov 20, 2014 18:57:40 GMT
As suggested after last weeks Hamsterley ride Colin Barkin Mad to lead the ride ...starting in Alnwick ..heading out to Warkworth..Amble Harbour ..Alnmouth , Boulmer..DunstanburghCastle ..and a twiddle back to Alnwick ..nothing too strenuous using some minor roads , tracks and bridleways ..and it wouldn't surprise me if there were one or two cheeky bits . A nice chilled ride taking in the spectacular Northumberland Coastal scenery ..looking forward to it ..as Colin says ...it's something different !
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2014 19:00:51 GMT
Will you be stopping for pie n chips at Amble? I like pie and chips!
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Post by hodgy on Nov 20, 2014 19:06:10 GMT
With a banana fritter and a bag of Walkers crisps for after !!
....unfortunately not ..way too early in the ride !
Anyway we are all too tight to do that ..we all pack a sarnie!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2014 19:09:49 GMT
You can't beat a banana fritter, like..
It's that peese (however it's spelt) I can't get on with..
I'd love to do a bit of riding like this so I'll keep me fingers crossed that you put a ride on here for when I'm oop Nurth.
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Post by hodgy on Nov 20, 2014 19:14:37 GMT
Ham or Corned Beef & Pease Pudding Stottie can't be whacked man !
Give us a bit of notice when you are coming up and we'll sort something out
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2014 19:23:51 GMT
Gotta admit that you get some good sarnies up there. I will give you a shout mate, cheers  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2014 19:27:42 GMT
Watch it iRide - he's just grooming you so's he can take you back to his and force you to watch 10 hours of back to back I'm a celebrity  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2014 19:31:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2014 19:45:59 GMT
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Post by hodgy on Nov 20, 2014 19:50:00 GMT
Haha ..joking apart ..I do watch it under sufferance..but if it makes the missus and little fella happy ..I'm happy ..and to be honest I have been known to laugh as well while watching it !
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Post by spacemonkey on Nov 20, 2014 20:28:02 GMT
Lush part of the world to have a ride.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2014 20:30:03 GMT
It is nice up there.. Would love to discover a bit more of it though!
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Post by spacemonkey on Nov 20, 2014 20:57:16 GMT
So will you be using the (mostly) coast and castles route?
I rode that a few years back from Newcastle to Belford and loved it. We were going to do the coastline to Edinburgh but the next day I could not even sit on the bike without major pain so had to ring Mrs spacemonkey to rescue me.
Will do it again at some point as i feel it's unfinished business!
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Post by hodgy on Nov 20, 2014 21:41:19 GMT
To be honest I'm not at all sure of the route ..Colin, who is leading the ride lives in Alnwick and being a Vet knows the area very well ..so it should be interesting !
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Post by hodgy on Nov 22, 2014 19:23:38 GMT
Fantastic ride today ..34 miles in total ..but very wet and muddy ..even though the day itself was really bright and sunny ( eventually ) .
As expected there were some cheeky bits ..which can't be mentioned .. But this is a ride to be re-visited when the daylight hours are once again in our favour
Many thanks to everyone for a great day and especially Colin for showing as a great route .
Pics to follow once slow bucket has uploaded
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 19:27:59 GMT
Good stuff.. Looking forward to pictures.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 23:28:25 GMT
I woz there. F'in fabulous day. Days like this are two a decade. Or less. Heading mostly north on the north-east coast + zero wind + brilliant low winter sun lighting up the ground before us against a backdrop of cloud bank and fog to the north + the unshifting surf spray due to zero wind and heavy seas.. wish i'd had my camera.. but still photo's can never capture the magic of such days. But I still want to see hodgy's. All over far too quickly. I'd have done another 20 miles happily but no lights in my pack.
Thanks to Colin for a most excellent adventure, including some tracks I'll never ride again quite possibly. The usual suspects are all to blame.
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Post by hodgy on Nov 23, 2014 7:04:17 GMT
Graham ..as my thumbs up " like" button is not working ..just to say ..I liked your write up !
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Post by spacemonkey on Nov 23, 2014 7:18:27 GMT
Sounds like you had a good time. When I got my motorbike that was the part of the northeast I went to, stopping at Amble for chips of course.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2014 7:22:37 GMT
Where's these pictures? I've been refreshing my screen every 3 minutes all night but still no picture  |
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Post by hodgy on Nov 23, 2014 7:35:04 GMT
Seems like photo bucket is on strike ..just not uploading at all ..
I will post them as soon as I can ..
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2014 7:37:46 GMT
Yaaaaaaay..
Just want to see if there's anywhere I recognise haha.
Probably not as you didn't go to Blyth Asia.
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Post by hodgy on Nov 23, 2014 8:48:15 GMT
Start of the off-road ..just outside Alnwick on an old disused railway on the way to Warkworth  Further along the track  Looking over the bridge  Singletrack on the way to Warkworth  [/URL
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Post by hodgy on Nov 23, 2014 9:01:34 GMT
More pics Approaching Warkworth ...castle in the distance  On the beach near Amble  Wish you were here  Beach riding towards Alnmouth   ...still heading to Alnmouth   Don Jaconelli  |
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Post by hodgy on Nov 23, 2014 9:06:40 GMT
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