Pic of the Day

The Hodge · Aug 13, 2021

Zimmerframe said:
I'm starting to understand the attraction to water - it's an age/hydration thing ?

Hodge PM'd me this and said it was you before your pre-ride shower ? He does like to take a picture or 2 - million.

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Psssst @The EMF ...that bank job we did the other night so we could go to Switzerland ...em..I may have inadvertently sent a picture of the stash bag ( disguised as a mummy) ..to Zimms by mistake ..but I think we have got away with it ...
Are you still ok for that post office job later on today ..??

The EMF · Aug 13, 2021

RustyMTB said:
I'm a f*cking polymath innit. ?

I run a logistics outfit, I'm on the phone all day, every day to people all over the country, you pick these things up.

And what a Skegvegas it’s a glittering east coast of fun ?

The EMF · Aug 13, 2021

The Hodge said:
Psssst @The EMF ...that bank job we did the other night so we could go to Switzerland ...em..I may have inadvertently sent a picture of the stash bag ( disguised as a mummy) ..to Zimms by mistake ..but I think we have got away with it ...
Are you still ok for that post office job later on today ..??

Sure buddy…… I’ll pick up my pension at the same time so as not raise suspicion. Sounds like a plan man ?

The EMF · Aug 13, 2021

The EMF said:
And what a Skegvegas it’s a glittering east coast of fun ?

Not forgetting Marbellathorpe just along the way !!

RustyMTB · Aug 13, 2021

This way, there's always good old Amazingstoke!

Tubby G · Aug 13, 2021

The EMF said:
And what a Skegvegas it’s a glittering east coast of fun ?

Castleford just outside of Leeds is affectionately known as Cas Vegas ?

billwarwick · Aug 13, 2021

Weston-super- mud?

The Hodge · Aug 13, 2021

I live in Bell City ...a massively populated area of Northumberland

Tubby G · Aug 13, 2021

billwarwick said:
Weston-super- mud?

When I was around five years old I got stuck in the mud on Weston Super Mare beach, couldn’t move, tide was coming in. I was desperately waving for help to my parents who were sat on the soft sand in the far distance. They just waved back in a kind of ‘hi, hope you’re having fun’ kind of way. Think I was rescued by a keen passer by, can’t quite remember, all I do remember is that luckily I didn’t die that day ?

The Hodge · Aug 13, 2021

@Tubby G ..
Read your post and it reminded me of this advert ..of course I was just young when this was on tv ..you may not have been born ..?

billwarwick · Aug 13, 2021

The Hodge said:
I live in Bell City ...a massively populated area of Northumberland

Does that make you a Bellender?

The Hodge · Aug 13, 2021

billwarwick said:
Does that make you a Bellender?

..youve always known that now Bill..?

Lordy71 · Aug 13, 2021

Saddleworth moor lancashire -yorkshire border M62 in background.

RustyMTB · Aug 13, 2021

Lordy71 said:
Saddleworth moor lancashire -yorkshire border M62 in background.

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New motor, Lordy?

Lordy71 · Aug 13, 2021

RustyMTB said:
New motor, Lordy?

No old picture , still awaiting confirmation from bosch , they want my motor to be plugged in again at LBS for diagnostics. It will not even power up now so do not know if diagnostic's will work !

Lordy71 · Aug 13, 2021

Ramsbottom believe it or not.

Tubby G · Aug 13, 2021

The Hodge said:
@Tubby G ..
Read your post and it reminded me of this advert ..of course I was just young when this was on tv ..you may not have been born ..?

Exactly, I was that man in the boat ?

R80 · Aug 13, 2021

Pallet land, Smilog

Pivot · Aug 13, 2021

R80 said:
Pallet land, Smilog

Brilliantly reused materials!

Tonybro · Aug 13, 2021

Lordy71 said:
Ramsbottom believe it or not.

Know the area, but always preferred Upper Ramsbottom! Boom, Tish, I'm here all week... I'll get me coat...

RustyMTB · Aug 13, 2021

I can assure you, boners are not a phenomenon confined to our German friends. I myself experienced as recently as 2015.

Slymobi · Aug 13, 2021

Nice evening ride out. First full test on the new ( self bought as support and lbs are shit ) axle. Some pretty gnarly downs and semi technical ups but loved it. Reservoir is upper Swineshaw near Tintwistle.

Dirtnvert · Aug 14, 2021

Not a biking pic. Going for a quick rip on the eeb now. My aunt and husband dropped into town so went for a hike to a local viewpoint

Pivot · Aug 14, 2021

Dirtnvert said:
Not a biking pic. Going for a quick rip on the eeb now. My aunt and husband dropped into town so went for a hike to a local viewpoint

That is awesome!
Out of interest, do your local H&S inspectors allow climbing with ropes without a helmet and hi-viz jacket?

MrSimmo · Aug 14, 2021

RustyMTB said:
This way, there's always good old Amazingstoke!

My sister in law calls it Blazingstoke due to the amount of freely available weed there is ?

Dirtnvert · Aug 14, 2021

Pivot said:
That is awesome!
Out of interest, do your local H&S inspectors allow climbing with ropes without a helmet and hi-viz jacket?

If it was at work we'd have to have instruction on how to put the ppe on and then sign off that youvr taken the course and thdn it'd be brought up daily at the work hazard assesment(wha). Slips, trips and falls mentioned every damn day. No training other than ppe use.
They do call them the rocky mts for a reason though. I have my climbing helmet for most anything with hand moves, scrambles. This was just hiking with that rope to get around a corner and no overhead hazard. A ski guide buddy likes to say, "they dont call them the cansdian snowy mountains!" Thats east of the great divide. Here in the monashees they could call them that

The Hodge · Aug 14, 2021

Innerleithen today with The EMF ..same route I did a few weeks ago with a non ebiking buddy ..todays ride was a little quicker ?..although not helped by the fact that I had a heavy cold sneezing & snot at the beginning of the ride until I " warmed up " ..
I wasnt " feeling it " when we came to one of the only " downs" on the climb up to Minch Moor if that makes sense so bottled it ..(though there were much bigger drops tackled near the end of the ride)..here is Wayne on his second go ..

Although we did all of the red route it was interrupted on the first drop down from the top of Minch Moor itself to follow the Southern Upland Way ..and then drop on The Minch Moor Road to Broadmeadows ( which is skinny singletrack ) with chest high bracken on one of the best " natural " descents in these parts ..it just goes on & on for a few miles ..
Some pics of EMF on the climb up to the top of Minch Moor ..

At the top ...567m..

After Broadmeadows its a climb from the valley floor to claw back all of the height we lost on the ascent to The Three Bretheren ..
EMF ..with the Muirfoot Hills in the background ..

From there ..a few downs & ups to link back in to the red route and the fantastic descent back to the trail head car park ( no more pics because who wants to stop on a series of downhill blasts ..?
Great day again with Wayne and the fantastic Whyte ebikes ..