A ride out of Kirk Yetholm yesterday with
@Richywalker64 & Alan Walkea turned into more than a little bit of a disaster when the GPS mapping went totally tits up on both mine & Richys phone ( OS mapping ) ..might have had something to do with the atmospherics but at times we were wandering around like Gorillas in the mist ..
I got us off to the wrong start when shortly into the ride having taken the " upper level" choice on the Pennine Way we took a right turn upon reaching the border Ridge after skirting around Green Humbleton to head towards Whitelaw ..even though the finger post for the PW was pointing left ??..
Look at the map ..which way would you have turned ?
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..we were now in my mind heading the wrong way only the little blue GPS dot was taking us where we wanted to go on the map which was along Steer Rig towards Black Hag then on a drop down on a little used track initially towards Auchope which turned into a very slippery / muddy slop fest courtesy of the farmers tractor the closer you got to the bottom ..onwards towards Sourhope where the climb out was even muddier and traction a real problem ..heading towards the junction of tracks under Blackdean Curr..
View attachment 110680 Right turn at the junction to follow the track all the way back to the Lower Pennine Way option then back to the start ..but no..this is where our GPS took a real wobbler and we ended up at the trig point on top of The Curr..where we decided to follow the fence line down to the valley below ..Alan & myself deemed this to be unrideable after each having an "off " and chose to walk the bikes down ..Richy showing a Zen-like quality seemed to glide over every divot and rode the lot ..
Upon reaching the Curr Burn in the valley the choice we faced was to turn right and face another very major climb to get back onto The Pennine Way ..or having been already soaked to the skin with every piece of clothing wet through( nothing is really waterproof ) turn left and follow the trail down the valley to Primsidehill and a short road section back to the start ..
The "left" option won !
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In terms of distance ..not a huge ride but the conditions & contours made it a tough outing ..and rarely have I been colder at the end of a ride ..
Many thanks to Alan & Richy who both had to travel a fair distance just to get there ..and sorry it didn't work out exactly as planned ...
@The EMF ..if there was one enforced ride to miss ( even though you were gutted to do so )...this was it
Although what on a sunny day has quite magnificent views ..these pics will have to do for yesterday ..
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There are a couple of riders that come up from North Wales on occasion and one comes down from Glasgow. It's a great day out, even when the weather's not great as the craik is great...
..oh hang on a sec ..
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