That statement does not appear to sit very well with the 'no beers' statement .
PS. Forgot to credit our Pete with most of the photos - ta!
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That statement does not appear to sit very well with the 'no beers' statement .
Bob, it took me a good few years (maybe 5 ) before I managed to start making it up there (that's on fresh legs obviously). I tweaked and tweaked and tweaked the bike. At the start I/we would manage to make it to the fallen tree (wasn't always fallen, happened bout 4 years ago) and then slowly upto that stone drainage channel.whitestone wrote: ↑Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:59 pm I hit that hill about 6 1/2hrs into your Peak 100 route Shaf Had to walk the upper bit as well, was a "ride until you spin out" sort of effort from memory.
It's here Tony - http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=420839 ... &A=Y&Z=120
Thats the one... Comes out at Back Lane and the main road being Lilley lane... turn left at the top and left agaun leads you to Charlotts cie cream...whitestone wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 7:34 pmIt's here Tony - http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=420839 ... &A=Y&Z=120
Sowerbys... proper top bike shop folk them. Its my local (when I need one)
RIP wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:17 am I refuse to believe that you get this much good weather in N Wales, Jeff, what with Blaenau Ffestiniog being the second-wettest place in the Milky Way. I reckon you're just wheeling out a load of archive photos every time .
Reg 'Just Jealous Cos I Can't Up There For A Fix' Perrin
MuddyPete & Reg's attempt last night
There are enough on the Island that the local bus company does a tour of them with an open top bus. I'm saving them for my winter bivi. I might have to work out how to turn them into gifs as a photo doesn't do them justice.
There's a half hour of working time used up