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[Arminius]

Holidaying in Benodet (Brittany) decided to have a day out in more challenging terrain that the flat-as-fuck coast. So drove an hour to Saint-Gildas-des-Bois where discovered could park next to the chapel. Rode out into increasing challenging terrain until had to sort of half walk half ride down narrow gulleys infested with brambles between fields. Mrs crashed then 10 minutes later realised she'd lost her Oakley Jawbreaker Trail Torches in the crash! Bummer. Didn't get any pics of the crash site, it was nasty, bike was on top of her and I was riding behind and lift it off her! Fook.

Some pics.

Edit: were told the trees were felled by storm Ciaran.

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Cool trees! If you run into or over @Zimmerframe say hi to him.

 

[bilgamesch]

Guess I'll have to buy some wet weather clothes next. Got really wet before even reaching the nice trails.

 

[Hattori-Hanzo]

Glad I got out yesterday, it's pissing down today!

 

[Binhill1]

Holidaying in Benodet (Brittany) decided to have a day out in more challenging terrain that the flat-as-fuck coast. So drove an hour to Saint-Gildas-des-Bois where discovered could park next to the chapel. Rode out into increasing challenging terrain until had to sort of half walk half ride down narrow gulleys infested with brambles between fields. Mrs crashed then 10 minutes later realised she'd lost her Oakley Jawbreaker Trail Torches in the crash! Bummer. Didn't get any pics of the crash site, it was nasty, bike was on top of her and I was riding behind and lift it off her! Fook.

Some pics.

Edit: were told the trees were felled by storm Ciaran.

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She's keen mine don't like the jarring you get when off road so it doesn't happen

Glad I got out yesterday, it's pissing down today!

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I'm fed up complaining about the weather . I'm heading South to Yorkshire next week the rain will probably come with me. Dry today so I plan a road bike run.

 

[Binhill1]

New warehouses getting built a mile from me. I counted 26 all for storing Glenfiddoch whisky . I'm starting digging the tunnel tomorrow.

 

[Slapdash]

Hope it holds!

Well...hello!

Having a bit of a rest.

 

[The Hodge]

Billy no mates today ..so travelled down to one of my favourite trails "Bolts Law " ..otherwise known as the Lead Mining Trail starting from Edmundbyers .
A ride of two halves as instead of doing the full loop ( didnt fancy the 5mile road section) I did a there & back then travelled by car to Blanchland and did a loop taking in Slaley Forest / Carriers Way .
The trails were sensational with barely a puddle spotted all day ..quite amazing as there are a good few stretches of deep standing water normally but these were bone dry today ..
Didn't escape a drenching though for the sake of 2 mins trying to keep ahead of a black cloud chasing me across the moors it caught up with me as I was dismantling the bike to put it in the car ..and it was torrential ( the bastard !) ..
Anyway a few pics ..

Morning there & back

Afternoon loop

If you live in the North East of England and are stuck for a ride tomorrow ..you could do worse than this

 

[Arminius]

Billy no mates today ..so travelled down to one of my favourite trails "Bolts Law " ..otherwise known as the Lead Mining Trail starting from Edmundbyers .
A ride of two halves as instead of doing the full loop ( didnt fancy the 5mile road section) I did a there & back then travelled by car to Blanchland and did a loop taking in Slaley Forest / Carriers Way .
The trails were sensational with barely a puddle spotted all day ..quite amazing as there are a good few stretches of deep standing water normally but these were bone dry today ..
Didn't escape a drenching though for the sake of 2 mins trying to keep ahead of a black cloud chasing me across the moors it caught up with me as I was dismantling the bike to put it in the car ..and it was torrential ( the bastard !) ..
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Morning there & back
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Afternoon loop
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If you live in the North East of England and are stuck for a ride tomorrow ..you could do worse than this

Have you been pulled up by the rope?

Thank you very much for sharing! A interesting trail with long history from the mining industry what I would not expect when seeing the pics and found out when checking for that tower.

Bolts Law Standing Engine House In Stanhope

Built in 1846, the standing engine hauled railway trucks up and down an incline into Rookhope.

fabulousnorth.com

 

[The Hodge]

Have you been pulled up by the rope?

Thank you very much for sharing! A interesting trail with long history from the mining industry what I would not expect when seeing the pics and found out when checking for that tower.

Bolts Law Standing Engine House In Stanhope

Built in 1846, the standing engine hauled railway trucks up and down an incline into Rookhope.

fabulousnorth.com

10 / 10 for searching and your quest for knowledge ..however ..although that is also known as Bolts Law ..its not the Bolts Law that I was riding ..its less than a mile away and I can only think when it came to naming these hills the person in question must have been as thick as two short planks ..

The Bolts Law I was on is top right ( 540m) ..and the workings which you have found are on Boltslaw Incline bottom left ..
Good effort though !

 

[Mcharza]

Finally some good riding. Bunker trail at Nauders area.
PS. I was also at Switzerland but didn't see @etoni

 

[Jirkovo]

Dnešní jízda 51 km

 

[The EMF]

Another local pedal on the Stumpy hardtail this morning while waiting for spares to fix the eeb.
I live about 15 miles north of Newcastle and I did a there and back from mine crossing the Wansbeck River via the dam south to an old mining village of Cambois (pronounced “Kamis”). Nice gentle paths leading to some good dune singletrack to North Blyth. Only out for an hour or but was a nice easy ride.
Looking out to sea and the back up the river from the dam.
South side of the Wansbeck estuary.

Looking south to kamis and the port and the now redundant silos that once supplied the long gone Alcon smelter.
Finally looking north to Newbiggin by the sea…….this is an often overlooked part of the Northumberland coast quiet and beautiful.
This is the same county where @The Hodge rode yesterday. I would have been out if the Whyte hadn’t been off the road
Northumberland is a great place to ride a bike……

 

[BikeBert]

 

[subdiver]

 

[Binhill1]

Bow Fiddle .

 

[Artoist]

Having a minute

 

[spurty30]

Finally some good riding. Bunker trail at Nauders area.
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Awesome pics and excuse my ignorance but what the hell are those lethal looking spikes on concrete plinths for ....ouch!!!