We retired to The Crag for a well -deserved pint and pork sandwich.

Thanks to Ade for sorting the route for the day,Craig for transport duties ,Mick,Tim and Yorkie Dave for making the effort on such a foul day.

As Ade said,We won't forget it.

The usual price is a very reasonable £35 for a one-day course, but for this one-off date, we are offering it to Goldtech club members for £25. For full details, please email me on jon@aquickrelease.com

We're meeting at The Plough ,Endon at 7.30.Head over to Wildboarclough. Will ride for about 4 hours and maybe we'll have a quick pint before heading home.

All welcome.

Obviously ,we can split if there's enough people to do both.

Bat out around 6ish, ride usually wrapped up for lunch (or pub lunch!) something new to do and a chance for Dave to remienis of his moto x yoof!!

I'll have my bionic arm made by then!!

The first climb of the day is an absolute bastard,so much so,that even decent climbers have to hop off and push.....or carry......and then there's the descent on the other side,steep,sketchy and some tyre-wrecking rain gutters. Dom was the unlucky one this time,suffering the same fate as me on our last visit. 2 punctures before he'd reached the bottom. Tedious!

Irritant Dibberes was the next to come unstuck.Wrecking a rear tyre when he was showing -off his skidding skills. In fairness it was inspired bodging that got him back on the trail.

A brisk climb(slog) took us to some technical singletrack that ran parallel to the river.Thakfully the cafe was open at Whatenlaf (sp?) where we stopped for a much-needed brew and cakes.

The climb from the cafe is steep and rocky...so most of us pushed. The drop on the other side is quite challenging. Nutmeg came to grief,clobbering his collar bone.

The next few miles passed relatively incident free...Kev fell off going up hill.....and then it was onto the descent into Grange!!! Carnage again!! Most of us had made it to the gate unscathed and were watching the remaining riders make their way down. Daz had safely negotiated all the nasty stuff,when his front wheel tucked-under throwing him to the ground. Alison fell in sympathy almost at the same time. Daz looked to be in pain,thankfully Alison was ok. Richard and Jim patched Daz up.

The rest of the ride went well.It was good to get back to the Hut.

Day 2,we rode over to Whinlatter in glorious sunshine,although there was a heavy frost. A quick spin around the North Trail and an enjoyable spin back to base.Had a swill in the stream,a brew ,bite to eat and then the drive home.

Thanks to Richard for sorting the Hut. To Craig for transporting me and Kev. And to everbody else for being great company.

Looking forward to our next trip.

This report was brought to you by Young Dave Riley.

Maybe next week eh?

For those that are riding on the Monday,we will drive ,or ride to Whinlatter,have a steady ride round there,a bite to eat,then home.Aim to be back in Stoke late afternoon/tea time(ish).

There's quite a few doing the ride from the club tomorrow, guess knowone seen your post.

Just turn up and ride fella! (by the way it's not a race)

Anybody expects to ride tomorrow Sunday 25th of OCt or everyone plans to take part or watch the race organised by the club?

just to say that I have enjoyed cannock last sunday as well, fantastic ride you have shown us Daz. Hope to do that again soon

Hopefully I see you all next sunday before I get too much busy with new baby boy

i might do the rae organised by the club on sunday, who knows

oli

nick

Thanks to Dave for the lift and Daz and Alison for showing us around.

Jim

--- Andy "Iron Arse Apollo Moony" roo(guest) 

No, it's something that has to be earned... years of reverse training eating pies and beer and way to many curries, not going on ya bike for a year would be a start, put on about 5 stone, and the honours yours!!!

--- DaveR61(guest) 

Ok then... Apollo went to the moon, Andy iron arse naked = moony = moony merida?!? Just moony for short then!

Perfect Goldtec sense to me?!

Extremo,stick at it and you will get there. It is tough going up there,we were all suffering at the end,even Daz. Deano went a very perculiar colour......and try to imagine what Andy"Iron Arse"Apollo's backside felt like!!! A fine effort on a hard tail.

I'm working on the calorie deficit today!! chips n egg for dinner!!

Pickie... respect for the rock munching! couldnt keep up without loosing me teeth ! (that lad on the moor was a stark reminder of what can go wrong... ouch!)

if ya fancy, you can maybe do a route for us another weekend in the peaks?

For me this is proper mountain biking,struggling up climbs and scaring yourself on the descents. We all escaped without any proper crashes,or mechanicals.

The poor lad with the smashed face was a sobering reminder of what can happen when things go tits up in the Peaks.

One of my favourite moments of the day was at the bottom of a descent.We were waiting for Extremo.....and here he comes...with a look of sheer terror on his face.

Many thanks to Daz for another great day. Alison is a human dynamo,never faltering,listening to her drum n bass ,whilst playing tetris on her gps.

I really enjoyed it today, there's only one word to describe the decents we did-absulutley f****n superb!