My Personal location beacon and survival bag are permanently in the rucksack now . Three people I cycle with are recovering from crashes in recent weeks , slippery roots .Nothing major but I don't fancy two months with no cycling.Last night we were hit by a “Bomb Cyclone” in our area. (Off the coast of Vancouver). Cat 3 winds. Power outages, heavy rains, debris, fallen trees etc. should be another interesting ride today. I guess we haven’t had enough after the Atmospheric River(s) from a few weeks ago.
I might need to add a life-jacket to my riding apparel.
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Don't we allI honestly prefer the coyote ugly.
HmmmI honestly prefer the coyote ugly.
. Heard of that before but never knew what it was. I guess back in the day we called those “Closing Time “ or Last Call”.Gives me an idea for a Trail Name
Night ride when it is illuminated like a soccer stadium?
Not mine….they forced me to go there and handcuffed me to the saloons counter to keep me there!Hmmm
Gives me an idea for a Trail Name
What !!!! you haven't seen the movie ??Hmmm
Gives me an idea for a Trail Name
There’s a movie? What the hell? I’m not even living in a cave.
Yes and the woman are far from ugly.
I better add that to my wish list.
Jeez Louise! Atmospheric Rivers... Bomb Cyclones... what phrases will they come up with next to get us to click on the headlines? Nuclear Nor'easter? Cataclysmic Cold Front? Jihadi Jet Stream?
They're predicting similarly labeled catastrophes for us this weekend. It's gonna rain up in the mountains, for sure, so I'll be riding down here in the flatlands.
I just used my helmet light, and its sketchy at speed, depth perception gets thrown way off.Night ride when it is illuminated like a soccer stadium?
Even had a small off because of such. Helps to know the trails inside and out. But you can still get caught off guard.
Meteorologists Gone Wild. I don’t trust those people. But I trust my weather rock. (wet, dry, warm etc)
I use the bar light and helmet light. Even then it helps to know the trails. Things still look spooky
though.Looks like a portaloo there as well. Burger van probably just out of viewNight ride when it is illuminated like a soccer stadium?
There is! The table was next to a road crossing. This is in the middle of nowhere. Im surprised its even there. No burger vans, but they do life flight a lot of people off the trails. Its funny out of the top ten player in strava in the endurance capitol of the world, 4 are in said pics. It was a fast crowd. These night runs improve our day scores.
Friday Funday in Kielder Forest ..
We were supposed to be joining @JFDI tomorrow for a ride in N.Yorks out of Settle but the forecast when we checked a couple of days back was looking well dodgy..so we cancelled ..and it's now been confirmed that Bert is on his way ( that's Storm Bert)..so rather than go without @The EMF and myself decided to get a ride in today ..and what a perfect day to ride
Yes it was cold
..into the -c's but it wasn't wet as there has been no rain for a few days ..so no ice just hoar frost with the trails hard and running fast.
A few pics of Wayne ..the first on the way to the accessible section on the Lonesome Pine Trail..which along with Skydive is now starting to " bed in " nicely
Looking over towards Deadwater..who's trails we would be on a little later..
Wayne on Skydive..which we did twice ..
It was great to see that contractors were working on the very bottom section of this trail ( Bewshaugh) ..which has been closed since Storm Arwen ..but should be open real soon ..
Moving over to the other side of the valley and the Deadwater trails ..
Kielder Village below
The start of Into The Valley ( minus all of the trees..and works better without them )
Two go's at Twist & Shout and the first section of The Osprey Trail concluded a very jolly 3hrs in the company of Mr.Proctor ..
Cheers mate
PSA..Should anyone reading this be thinking of heading to Kielder tomorrow ..if the weather isn't enough to put you off then be aware that some of the trails will be closed due to this ..
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We were supposed to be joining @JFDI tomorrow for a ride in N.Yorks out of Settle but the forecast when we checked a couple of days back was looking well dodgy..so we cancelled ..and it's now been confirmed that Bert is on his way ( that's Storm Bert)..so rather than go without @The EMF and myself decided to get a ride in today ..and what a perfect day to ride
Yes it was cold
..into the -c's but it wasn't wet as there has been no rain for a few days ..so no ice just hoar frost with the trails hard and running fast.A few pics of Wayne ..the first on the way to the accessible section on the Lonesome Pine Trail..which along with Skydive is now starting to " bed in " nicely
Looking over towards Deadwater..who's trails we would be on a little later..
Wayne on Skydive..which we did twice ..
It was great to see that contractors were working on the very bottom section of this trail ( Bewshaugh) ..which has been closed since Storm Arwen ..but should be open real soon ..
Moving over to the other side of the valley and the Deadwater trails ..
Kielder Village below
The start of Into The Valley ( minus all of the trees..and works better without them )
Two go's at Twist & Shout and the first section of The Osprey Trail concluded a very jolly 3hrs in the company of Mr.Proctor ..
Cheers mate
PSA..Should anyone reading this be thinking of heading to Kielder tomorrow ..if the weather isn't enough to put you off then be aware that some of the trails will be closed due to this ..
Stages set for Rally Anglo Caledonian - Motorsport UK
The newest special stage rally on the UK calendar will run this weekend, as the Rally Anglo Caledonian starts from a base in Carlisle.
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Looks like my sort of place. Hope you still had your shorts on. 
Yeah of course ..the ones that finish around my anklesLooks like my sort of place. Hope you still had your shorts on.
I thought you northerners were ard. 
What a cracking ride out today in crisp and bright winter sunshine. More than makes up for not being able to catch up with our ridding buddy from Yorkshire @JFDI on Saturday due to inclement weather.
@The Hodge knows this place like the back of his hand ( back in the day hand building and planning some of the original Red Trails ) therefore he can name them all but not me I can never remember them.
So on that note I can’t add to Neil’s excellent post so I’ll upload the pics I took starting with the newly laid stuff to the original reds which have been restored
Thanks mate for another tour of your back yard
@The Hodge knows this place like the back of his hand ( back in the day hand building and planning some of the original Red Trails ) therefore he can name them all but not me I can never remember them.
So on that note I can’t add to Neil’s excellent post so I’ll upload the pics I took starting with the newly laid stuff to the original reds which have been restored
Thanks mate for another tour of your back yard
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I did, under me trail pantsLooks like my sort of place. Hope you still had your shorts on.
So good you posted some twiceWhat a cracking ride out today in crisp and bright winter sunshine. More than makes up for not being able to catch up with our ridding buddy from Yorkshire @JDFI on Saturday due to inclement weather.
@The Hodge knows this place like the back of his hand ( back in the day hand building and planning some of the original Red Trails ) therefore he can name them all but not me I can never remember them.
So on that note I can’t add to Neil’s excellent post so I’ll upload the pics I took starting with the newly laid stuff to the original reds which have been restored
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Thanks mate for another tour of your back
I know I totally cocked up the upload of my pics with these sausage fingers of mineSo good you posted some twice
I'll just correct that slightly to read " back in the day helping to hand build ( Capon Hassock ..still closed but due to be reinstated ) ..and yes I did help to flag out that particular trail which is the only one in the entire forest which involved no machinery ..but was involved with Kielder Trail Reavers for a good few years helping to maintain the trail network ."
Don't want to take credit for stuff I didn't do ..
I might change to dj bike. What a pump track here in Torrevieja, Spain
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No mate ..AquamanLike a MTB Superman?
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