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Long Mynd - 22/23 Nov
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 1:25 pm
by Scattamah
After meandering around the back lanes out of Shrewsbury...
...had a good climb up from Picklescott to Pole Bank in the dark.
- summitingPoleBank.jpg
- Climbing the Mynd ain't nothin' without summitting
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Crossed the top of the Mynd to the southern end and into the forest. Found a nice pitch in the dark, but alas my pitching skills have gotten rusty with a couple of months off.
A chilly descent this morning down #9 into Little Stretton and then a push to get home and defrost. All in all, glad I got out. Cheers to Composite for getting me gee'd up for it.
Greetz
S.
Re: Long Mynd - 22/23 Nov
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 2:13 pm
by Mike
nice one i was gonna drive over but the weather didnt inspire me
Re: Long Mynd - 22/23 Nov
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:13 am
by Scattamah
I heard the weather in your area was pretty bad...in a strange twist, the skies didn't open at all in west Salop until 2am...stopped around 3 or 4am...and dry all the way back home Sunday morning. The Mynd is pretty muddy though...plenty of standing water around.
Greetz
S.
Re: Long Mynd - 22/23 Nov
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:23 am
by composite
I was riding for about an hour and got absolutely soaked... to the skin, I didn't have a dry thing on. The rain went from heavy to heavier during that hour. I got the chills and just couldn't warm up again, even going up hill I just about got to normal then on the flat would get the chills again. I stopped at the Licky Hills visitors centre to try to warm up. Thought I had warmed up then walked outside and instantly I was freezing my ass off again. Decided that another 5 hours of that to get to where I was meant to be meeting Scattamah and then to sleep with the slugs wasn't really what I was up for.
Typically not far from home the rain stopped and the sun came out...
Glad to see you still got out there.
Re: Long Mynd - 22/23 Nov
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 5:08 pm
by Scattamah
Heh...wasn't a slug in sight...unless you're counting me! : )
It's all good...5 hours of wet isn't fun at the best of times. Perhaps another time eh?
Greetz
S.
Re: Long Mynd - 22/23 Nov
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 4:05 pm
by composite
It was strange actually I'm normally OK riding in any weather. Was out Tuesday night in 4degrees and rain and was fine.
Might be doing something on 20th/21st bothy related in Wales if you are interested, I could pick you up on the way over.
Re: Long Mynd - 22/23 Nov
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:54 pm
by Scattamah
Sure...that sounds pretty good. Mrs Scattamah is overseas this xmas and I'm on call xmas day...so I'd consider something like that a gift not to be sneezed at.
As to the whole rain thing...sometimes it's just too much for even the nicest of jackets and you're going to get wet. Now...if I could get a jacket with a cuban core and pertex shield + on the arms, that'd be a winner and would keep out the nastiest of weather.
Greetz
S.