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I have taken the day off to get in the mood for the England v Germany game tonight ...
Cheers everyone..
C'mon ENGLAND !!
p.s...at this rate I may not be focused enough to see the match as Im pretty lightweight when it comes to drinking these days ..??
In case you and the speckled hen missed the game…….WE WON….
 
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In case you and the speckled hen missed the game…….WE WON….
Oh I saw the game alright ..we won ..but I was bored shitless..and fell asleep for a few mins in the first half ..
Kane was crap yet again ..and shouldnt have been on the pitch to score ..
Having a squad full of attacking intent but not using it ..whats the point ?
I would rather see a team having a real go ...even if they go out ( in a blaze of glory)..than watch that utter drivel again ..
 
Stocks Brow, Tintwistle. Lunch was of the packed variety sat under the shade of a tree. The Bulls Head pub there use to amazing but haven’t been this century ?

This was all in aid of trying to find something flat to ride on and so I jollies off up to Woodhead Station off the Woodhead pass along the Longendale Trail. Needless to say there’s no longer a train timetable available.

34miles around 3000ft of climb and 55% of a 625 used. Now it’s beer o clock and time to watch Engerland Nil. Lets hope I’m proved wrong. Bring on Fat Les. “We’re going to score one more than you!. Na na nah etc”

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Brings back memories of an epic 50+ miler we started from Langsett Resevoir.on mtb's...must have been around 2008..a group of us stayed in Glossop the previous night and drove from there to start the ride ( being the nearest point to the A1 for the journey home .)
Classic doesnt begin to describe it and forever etched onto my memory is a vision of the sun going down as six of us were kicking up dust chasing the last of the sunlight over Cutgate / Mickledon Edge ( yeah dry & dusty! ) before arriving back knackered ..and with a long drive home ..
 
Brings back memories of an epic 50+ miler we started from Langsett Resevoir.on mtb's...must have been around 2008..a group of us stayed in Glossop the previous night and drove from there to start the ride ( being the nearest point to the A1 for the journey home .)
Classic doesnt begin to describe it and forever etched onto my memory is a vision of the sun going down as six of us were kicking up dust chasing the last of the sunlight over Cutgate / Mickledon Edge ( yeah dry & dusty! ) before arriving back knackered ..and with a long drive home ..
We very rarely get any sun in Glossop so must have been epic. Can you remember where you stayed in Glossop ?
 
Railway Hotel ..cheap & cheerful ..and the beer was good
was it directly facing the station or left of station if you were exiting ?
never seen a railway hotel but if it was next the the train station it will be the Star inn or the George hotel
 
Even they're not riding pics, i'm f...ing proud. Straight, no air bubbles or fingerprints

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Up early doors, 6am and of to Coed Y Brenin to do the black run Tawr Du, been wanting to do the slabs for ages. Nice dry conditions and no one about. That could be a good thing or a bad thing of you come off, but I survived. (y)
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I want to do that again…….last time I rode that was maybe 7 year ago on my trusty Spesh HT Comp…..A tadge daunting the first time you look from the top down ?
 
So some time last winter this Maxxis Grifter tires where up for sale for 16EUR each so I bought them with the idea of getting the Garmin 100 mile badge and today was the day :cool:.

What I learnd:

a mile is quite long
wind is no joke
a lot of confort on a bike comes from tires, OK I locked the suspension but still...
if my ass would have been in charge it would have quit half way ?

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