I would do a search around the place for someone is growing cannabis there! The eyes of that turtles are positevly 4:20.I swear... I barely touched it.
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The turtles are back. I keep a weary eye out for these. They are not good traction and upset the suspension something terrible.
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I've seen that pic before and was of the same opinion then ..that it had been photoshopped..This made me gasp!
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It was MTB Bike pic of the year in 2014.
What the hell is that lead rider dropping into?
How lucky was that photographer to get the lead rider so perfectly framed?
And how many hours did he spend sitting there waiting for that shot? (Not lucky at all then!)
I've seen that pic before and was of the same opinion then ..that it had been photoshopped..
I can see how many would think that, as it truly is an amazing shot. I may be assuming too much, but if it had been photoshopped, surely the judges of the competition would have disqualified it?I've seen that pic before and was of the same opinion then ..that it had been photoshopped..
True..although you mentioned the fact ..I hadn't really twigged it was in a competition ..☺
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Where did you ride ?
Was just about to ask the same. The mystery was just too much ?
Broken man this morning ..for the second time the route we did yesterday took me in and spat me out ..
Myself and my mate Nick (for the first time ) did a route in the Tweed Valley from Traquair to take in the S.U.W/ Gypsies Glen / Old Drove Road to Peebles ( which I had done with our group 6-7 years ago) ..along the Southern Upland Way as far Blackhouse ..which was fantastic riding then it all went tits up ( as it had done back then ) on the track from Bucht Rig through to Whitehead Knowe ..there is simply no trace of this on the ground ..the GPS/ Viewranger was screwing with us and we were bumbling around in overgrown forest, tussocks , heather, moss & knee height bog for over 2 hours trying to get on track ..which was bad enough for Nick with his nice light Whyte hardtail ( no motor ) ..but my 60lb e160rs without the ability to use the walk assist..due to the ground conditions virtually had me on my knees ..
It's almost embarrassing to admit to this as we would both rate ourselves as competent map readers ..but this little area must be the equivalent of the Tweed Valley's Bermuda Triangle !
We eventually found the track we were looking for and had a fantastic drop down on the Old Drove Road to Peebles ..but thoughts of adding a section of Cardrona Forest onto the end of the ride were completely scrapped ..as I ran out of battery on my phone and without the ability to have GPS/ mapping ..we'd had enough drama for one day!..
Here is a snapshot of where it all went wrong and you will just have to believe me when I tell you that the GPS was screwing with us ..
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You can see the route we should be following from this map ..
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Start of the ride on the Southern Upland Way..
( fantastic track )..
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Don't how knackered the bike was at this point but I was truly fkd.. View attachment 61941
Frustration & relief etched on Nick's face as he realised that we weren't going to be wandering around aimlessly all night !
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Next time ( if there is a next time !) ..we will take the easier but shorter option on the road / track from Orchard Mains..shortly after leaving Traquair which sacrifices some good riding ..but is a helluva lot easier to follow ☺
Still a great ( character building !!) day out with some fantastic riding especially on the Old Drove Road section down to Peebles ..
Edit: In case you are wondering why this route was revisited after getting it wrong on this section all those years ago..We didn't have the benefit of GPS back then ..just a guide book which must have been 30(!) years old and a paper copy of a map ..I thought with the benefit of the Viewranger mapping we couldn't possibly go wrong ..big mistake !?
Did somebody say green i like green lol.I take it the crap weather is causing some lack of exciting new images
A couple from earlier this week on some of the not hugely exciting trails near the house .. but at least they were looking pretty with the Spring Greens !
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Where's that?
quick..someone left a half decent bike there!I take it the crap weather is causing some lack of exciting new images
A couple from earlier this week on some of the not hugely exciting trails near the house .. but at least they were looking pretty with the Spring Greens !
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It’s in France, so it’s probably blockading the trail! ??quick..someone left a half decent bike there!
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