Christmas

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Tea Leaves

Our mountain bikes were stolen from a locked shed in our garden yesterday.

Its very unlikely that they will be found but you never no.

Bike details:

Trek Fuel EX8 in white.  Fox forks and rear shock.  Maxxis tyres

Merida 96 in black / green.  Green pedals!  Nukeproof stem and bars.

Thankfully both bikes are insured.   Its just a little inconvenient and actually a little sad!  

So many adventures with these two steads, Including:  Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Moors, The Peak, The Lakes, Scotland and the Seven Stanes, Hamsterley, Wales, DBC, Northumberland, Forest of Dean, Bike Packing, Falling off, breaking, mending, Borrowdale Bash, British Cycling L2 training and Assessment, Arran, India, The French Alps, The Alsace and Soul Train.

I hope the new owners get as much enjoyment out of them as we have.  FYI the trek needs the following:  A complete new drive chain, a new bottom bracket, new rocker pivots, new headset and some new rubber.  You should have asked before you took it... 

   

Trail building

Smith Family Gathering

Great weekend in the Peak staying at Bushy Heath Farm Bunkhouse.

Family, food, boozies dogs and bikes

We managed a ride on the sat in the dank, misty dankness!

Good nav practice!

Slippery sausages through the fabulous Cave Dale 

New feature on camera found by mistake...not sure!

 A great evening in the 'barn'....Merry Christmas

Sunday was all together a much better day.  Smashing little route from Edale.

Nearly a smile! x

Great light

Howgills and Swaledale

A Gentle Reminder

Every now and again we need a reminder of how quickly things can go wrong!

Myself, Rach and Tom were enjoying the early morning Sunday sun when we came across a nasty mtb accident.

I am not going to comment on how the group dealt with the incident, but the whole event highlights why you should carry certain emergency equipment (and know how to use it).

We didn't need to use many skills other than people management, but I think our trianing made us stay calm as we knew we were happy with the current situation and knew what to do if the situation had worsened (thankfully for the guy involved it didnt).

FYI The casualty had hit a tree, gone over the bars and had suspected broken pelvis (later confirmed).  He was in considerable pain but remained conscious throughout.

I would like to add that the professionalism of both the land and air based emergency crews was admirable.  I think the three of us learnt valuable knowledge from watching them work.

Everyday is a leaning day!

BREAKING NEWS 14/11/14:  He just had a bruise!!...

Calm, relaxed start to the day...

Quickly unfolding events

Gillertwaite AGM