So, the Ladies in Arizona are crazy...Just south of the Grand Canyon!!
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No definitely centigrade so stay away.Fahrenheit?
Nice late Sunday evening ride on the way back home, perfect weather with 22 C even if the sky looks darker than it was.
billwarwick
Language Police
Reclaiming the bridleway from Farmer Giles
That's what I like to hear
Is that were you / others got stuck last year(?) fully packed with clay?
Great ride out with The Hodge ,EMF ,Dave ,Ant. and Alan, round at Applecross yesterday. Crack was brilliant they were very polite probably as i was a unknown guest , must have been at least a mile in to the ride before the British toilet humour started to creep in. Yes thanks lads for making me feel so very welcome . Weather was a lot better than the forecast said . Hopefully not too wet today as they were planning a good one.
When you shoot into the sun the auto-exposure reduces/stops down. Most phones/cameras let you compensate for that and get a better/brighter pic like this . .
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Nice to see that there are so many guys in their prime riding emtb because I thought only toddlers did this sport.
Good pic that
. Phones are amazing nowadays. I get one or two pics in my walking clubs calender of Scottish hill themes every year .Yes life begins at 65 nowadays it seems.
Then I'm one year and have many years left.
Thank you for helping
. I tried around with the Iphone 13 mini on that shot but did not succeed. Will play more with the camera app to get familiar and better shots.
Al-ec
Active member
Dalby running fast and fun.
Coastal riding and after bike lunch.
A trail I ride regularly is on the edge of an old coal-mining area. There used to be over 20 coal mines. Each one of them was pumping out colliery waste, known as slag in the UK. The waste was deposited in huge piles, known as slag heaps. Some of them were very large indeed. But that was many, many years ago and all that is left are the grassed over slag heaps and the pit head of the last coal mine Clipstone Colliery, which was closed in 2003.
At various times, the slag heaps have been levelled and/or rounded off and then covered over with sand and either left to nature or planted. The results depend upon when the work was done. We have forest from scores of years ago, or scrubby desert from the most recent work.
Here is a shot of the Clipstone colliery from the top of one of the old slag heaps. The yellow shrubbery is gorse, which is a very spiny shrub. It is very robust and is typically one of the first plants to arrive. You can still see the sand that was laid over the slag. This locationis one of the highest points for miles around. Follow the ridge from behind me and you get to the desert, which is literally, just sand. It could be in the USA except there are no cacti.
Here is a climb through the gorse to get to the top. The trail is steep enough that rain washes away the sand, so the surface has been armoured with red shale. Even that has suffered with the relentless rain we've had in the past few months and the surface has just been scraped flat to improve accessibility for walkers.
I wish that I had taken that shot on my previous ride as the gorse was in full bloom in brilliant sunshine and it was like riding up a luminous yellow tunnel.
At various times, the slag heaps have been levelled and/or rounded off and then covered over with sand and either left to nature or planted. The results depend upon when the work was done. We have forest from scores of years ago, or scrubby desert from the most recent work.
Here is a shot of the Clipstone colliery from the top of one of the old slag heaps. The yellow shrubbery is gorse, which is a very spiny shrub. It is very robust and is typically one of the first plants to arrive. You can still see the sand that was laid over the slag. This locationis one of the highest points for miles around. Follow the ridge from behind me and you get to the desert, which is literally, just sand. It could be in the USA except there are no cacti.
Here is a climb through the gorse to get to the top. The trail is steep enough that rain washes away the sand, so the surface has been armoured with red shale. Even that has suffered with the relentless rain we've had in the past few months and the surface has just been scraped flat to improve accessibility for walkers.
I wish that I had taken that shot on my previous ride as the gorse was in full bloom in brilliant sunshine and it was like riding up a luminous yellow tunnel.
billwarwick
Language Police
Oh, you mean this? No, that was a few miles away. On a canal towpath of all places. Blue Lias clay, sticks like shit to a blanket.
Stay off the moorsSpare motor off old bike. Just going to replace drive side bearings so I can do a straight swap. Or that's the theory
@billwarwick
I thought it was this one. But seems different place.
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Yours….
Some mud on that tyres , or is it gloop
A quick trip into town after cycling 25 km in the forest for an Indian lunch that tasted heavenly but I have no idea what the dishes were called or what they were made of.
I thought it was a pizza manys the drunken night I got a slice
coming out of the Sports bar in Stavanger. I did like Norway I must admit.
Not a single Sports bar at Grønland just the highest crime rate area mixed up with delicious food and crazy drunken people mostly eating kebab.I thought it was a pizza manys the drunken night I got a slice
Near Oslo I think you are. Only passed through going to job in Halden once. My last trip to Norway was during covid on a ship at Hammersmith . Five flights two days to get home because of covid
Some kind of Naan bread and a Mango Lassi to drink? Nice
Lentil Dal is delicious to.
Kostya_1975
E*POWAH Master
How many runs have you had on this Merida? Was there any problem with the engine?A trail I ride regularly is on the edge of an old coal-mining area. There used to be over 20 coal mines. Each one of them was pumping out colliery waste, known as slag in the UK. The waste was deposited in huge piles, known as slag heaps. Some of them were very large indeed. But that was many, many years ago and all that is left are the grassed over slag heaps and the pit head of the last coal mine Clipstone Colliery, which was closed in 2003.
At various times, the slag heaps have been levelled and/or rounded off and then covered over with sand and either left to nature or planted. The results depend upon when the work was done. We have forest from scores of years ago, or scrubby desert from the most recent work.
Here is a shot of the Clipstone colliery from the top of one of the old slag heaps. The yellow shrubbery is gorse, which is a very spiny shrub. It is very robust and is typically one of the first plants to arrive. You can still see the sand that was laid over the slag. This locationis one of the highest points for miles around. Follow the ridge from behind me and you get to the desert, which is literally, just sand. It could be in the USA except there are no cacti.
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Here is a climb through the gorse to get to the top. The trail is steep enough that rain washes away the sand, so the surface has been armoured with red shale. Even that has suffered with the relentless rain we've had in the past few months and the surface has just been scraped flat to improve accessibility for walkers.
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I wish that I had taken that shot on my previous ride as the gorse was in full bloom in brilliant sunshine and it was like riding up a luminous yellow tunnel.
Some kind of Naan bread and a Mango Lassi to drink? Nice
I took a look at the receipt:Some kind of Naan bread and a Mango Lassi to drink? Nice
Mango Lassi and Kulcha & Chole soft fluffy bread baked in the tandoori infused with aromatic spices and served alongside chickpeas.
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