Top summary there Stu! That was blinkin' brilliant. Am sat here on my Crewe - Milton Keynes train stirring my tea with my Minimorph pump and getting some funny looks.
Our little bunch included Ben, BDS, Mam, Scotty, Si, Pickers-in-spirit and meself but the great thing was bumping (that got typoed as 'bumming' there which is a bit worrying) into the gents from over the border, culminating in a mass jamboree at the Ragleth including Scattamah (bon voyage chap), Mike, Steve Large, Chickenlegs, Wotsits, and apologies forgetting anyone else.
Stormed up over the Mynd with MaM telling us all he knew exactly where he was going which was an impressive feat considering we couldn't see our fingers in front of our faces. Think WWB conditions plus fog, not that we play the one-up-person-ship game Here, oh no
. Utter lunacy. Managed to avoid the low flying gliders, but the conditions up there were mental. No visibility, rain, 40-50mph winds, sheet ice everywhere. People pay good money for skating rinks, but we had our own one for free, the size of a mountain top, AND we were allowed to skate with our bikes too! A most un-nerving sensation happened at one point where I dismounted and put both feet down, only to feel myself moving, very slowly at first, without doing anything, still on the bike with both feet down, sliding along, getting faster and faster with the only stopping method being to crash into a ditch. Hilarious!
Couple of sherberts at Bridges, ticked off another ford (managed FIVE fords over the weekend which was a good score) then back out for more punishment. The ice was insane, and the fog disorientating. Coming down No9 was 'interesting' - snapped chain for MaM, a couple of prangs, etc. Dinner in the Ragleth was a cracker, followed by Ben's Allcomers Darts Match at 1am. Up to the spot in the trees, very nippy indeed but a good kip.
Back up onto the Mynd this morning for a scream down Minton Batch which turned into a random cliff edge due to route miscalculation. All rounded off with second and third breakfasts at Jemimas, joined by pub-garden-amateur-bivviers Ben and Scott
, plus SteveL from his van, Chickenlegs etc etc.
Jumped on the train with MaM and done and dusted. Superb company, huge amounts of rubbish spoken, loads of ice crashed on, drinks drunk, abuse hurled, ribaldry traded, bikes broken. An ideal BB weekend in fact! Thanks gents, what a cracking time we had. Now at home laughing out loud at the idiocy of it all
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