Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
I have just washed my hair.
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This could be serious,my Royal Mail cycling club jersey is soaking in a bucket of some concoction used by MrsP.The jersey is red and yellow and the oily dark marks on the pockets and hem are disgusting.So if they don't come out after a wash,sadly i will have to retire it.Mind you i have had it since 1994,we won an award for charity work,i sorted out sponsored cycle rides,We won a £1,000 so we had our clothing made at Endura in Edinburgh.It will be a shame if it's soiled.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Day off, up early. Forgot to get cash/change for the Car Park at Set Valley Trail in Hayfield. I'd planned a 'hard' 17 mile MTB ride up Kinder, down Jacobs (I went the bridelway, not the ladder which is a footpath) down to Barber Booth and Edale then up to Hollins Cross, along the top of Man Tor, down Rushup, then up South Head then back to Hayfield.
Well, I decided to ride to Hayfield
- 11 miles, all but 2 were off road., So that was 39.5 miles round trip and on the bike for over SIX hours, there was no-way I was doing the extra half mile. The last 11 home, although flat/downhill were hard. I am aching all over.
One picture that says it all - looking over to 'the crumbling road'
Well, I decided to ride to Hayfield
- 11 miles, all but 2 were off road., So that was 39.5 miles round trip and on the bike for over SIX hours, there was no-way I was doing the extra half mile. The last 11 home, although flat/downhill were hard. I am aching all over.One picture that says it all - looking over to 'the crumbling road'
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Nice to see Kinder and the others from the bike 'properly' - You can't see them on the road bikes, and I can spot them as I fly over from 'holibobs'. It's making lot's of things 'add up' - I was able to piece the 3 ascents up to Rushup Edge (Mam Nic, Mam Tor and Winnats), and also where Edale really sits - you can't judge well from the roads - round t'hill from Castleton. At Hollins Cross, look right to Castleton, left to Edale.
Most folk get a train out to Edale then ride back, some idiot rode out and back...I'm knackered.
Most folk get a train out to Edale then ride back, some idiot rode out and back...I'm knackered.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
PS, the Peaks are stunning ! I do like living here. It's an 11 mile ride out from our village into no-where. What else can you ask for.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
One of the things I miss about the UK is the Peaks. There's a range of limestone hills to the East of us and it brings back memories of that region.
classic33
Leg End Member
Limestone. Malham?
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Possibly - striking looking.
I was somewhat surprised that each night of this tour, I had my accommodation entirely to myself, mostly hostels but two B&Bs in areas where I couldn't find hostels.
Tonight there are other people in the building and sounds as if whoever is in the next room is trying to teach a Clydesdale horse how to tap dance. How can some people make so much noise?
I have always avoided camping when touring as it seemed to much extra stuff to carry but suddenly i feel like trying if next time so I can enjoy peace and solitude!
Tonight there are other people in the building and sounds as if whoever is in the next room is trying to teach a Clydesdale horse how to tap dance. How can some people make so much noise?
I have always avoided camping when touring as it seemed to much extra stuff to carry but suddenly i feel like trying if next time so I can enjoy peace and solitude!
classic33
Leg End Member
Maybe it's Murphy, having given up on the dancing pigs?
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
My 4 day weekend has become a 5 day weekend as I've taken Wednesday off work as well. 
This is not the weather I'd ordered though
This is not the weather I'd ordered though
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Time for a 
and the cream and jam doughnut that's sat in the fridge. 
and the cream and jam doughnut that's sat in the fridge. 
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Unless a Clydesdale horse actually comes tap-dancing by. Or other woodland creatures.