Post by hodgy on Dec 14, 2015 19:15:37 GMT
Great to get out today and after recent maintenance on the Lonesome Pine Trail at Kielder I was keen to see what has been done ...set off from Lewisburn at 12.30 pm ..and got a bit carried away time wise ..almost forgetting to meet the school bus to pick up my son !
A few pics
Suspension bridge crossing the Lewisburn
Reflections on the " lagoon" that is now the entrance of the Lewisburn into Kielder Water ..this was once a raging rapid which we used to single kayak on before the valley was flooded to create the reservoir ...where the burn met the North Tyne river
This bridge was lethal ..I was like a bloody giraffe in stilettos trying to get across !
I eventually broke cloud cover ..
A great view looking over to Deadwater ..black trails which I didn't have time to visit today
The start of a trail which is fairly unique in so much as not one machine was used on its construction ..totally handcrafted ..and the last section of trail I was personally involved on ..having flagged the initial course of it with Ian Bell and being quite heavily involved in its build ( even dragged Alex along as a 8 yr old to help ) ..it's also the first trail Graham got involved on and while others like Ian , Dave , Jean , Russell & Graham from KTR along with Alex from the F.C have gone on to do so much more ..I'm proud to have contributed my bit on this ...
For those who know them Dave & Graham are two of the builders featured on the notice board ..
This in my own mind is called Hodgy's Hump as it was my suggestion ..a bit of a jump if you can get enough speed from the fire road at the very start
Although not really shown it has a few technical sections ..jumps ,drop-offs ..etc
..and this little feature named soggy bottom ( for obvious reasons ) it's a lot steeper than it looks on these pics
It really was good to get out !
A few pics
Suspension bridge crossing the Lewisburn
Reflections on the " lagoon" that is now the entrance of the Lewisburn into Kielder Water ..this was once a raging rapid which we used to single kayak on before the valley was flooded to create the reservoir ...where the burn met the North Tyne river
This bridge was lethal ..I was like a bloody giraffe in stilettos trying to get across !
I eventually broke cloud cover ..
A great view looking over to Deadwater ..black trails which I didn't have time to visit today
The start of a trail which is fairly unique in so much as not one machine was used on its construction ..totally handcrafted ..and the last section of trail I was personally involved on ..having flagged the initial course of it with Ian Bell and being quite heavily involved in its build ( even dragged Alex along as a 8 yr old to help ) ..it's also the first trail Graham got involved on and while others like Ian , Dave , Jean , Russell & Graham from KTR along with Alex from the F.C have gone on to do so much more ..I'm proud to have contributed my bit on this ...
For those who know them Dave & Graham are two of the builders featured on the notice board ..
This in my own mind is called Hodgy's Hump as it was my suggestion ..a bit of a jump if you can get enough speed from the fire road at the very start
Although not really shown it has a few technical sections ..jumps ,drop-offs ..etc
..and this little feature named soggy bottom ( for obvious reasons ) it's a lot steeper than it looks on these pics
It really was good to get out !
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