"spademan o---[) *" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Pete Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 16:51:37 +0100, "spademan o---[\) *"
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Quoted message said:> >> > Helvellyn. Soon. Interested?
Quoted message said:> Best Helvellyn route -
> http://www.offroadadventures-online.com/rr048.html
Most Excellent, although a somewhat monstrous route.
This IS a thread about epic rides, right....?
One mans epic is another mans death march. Looks good though, something to
work up to.
Heheheh, heheheheheheh, heheheheheh!
I do believe a mere 3 years gym fees should take care of it for me! ',;~}~
There was a short/'half day' club ride this saturday, around my old stomping
grounds of Witton Park/Billinge Woods, that I'd planned on doing, as I'd be
nearbye that day, having my head mowed by my sister.
Had to take Friday off work, though, with yet another lung infection (I
gotta do something about the 'cause' of this [censored], soon), and then I saw the
weather Sat. afternoon and said fcuk it. ;-(
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Quoted message said:can we tempt you into joining us on one of the
suggested shortened routes?
Unlikely - I'd be reluctant to do a big mountain ride with people I've
not ridden with before. No offence, like...
Elitist pig, Pete.
Quoted message said:Fair enough, although are you sure you'd like to risk missing out on
experiencing Shaun in real life technicolour?
WTF do you mean? Am I some kind of infamous or summink?!?!?
("Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me!"😉
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:I'm actually planning on doing Helvellyn & High Street as my first
'proper' ride when I'm back on the bike, with a bivi somewhere high up
halfway through. Looking forward to that.
Errm sounds like you'll have a great time. Camped just by Red Tarn myself
once and climbed Helvellyn in the eary morning - beautiful.
I'll bet! I love to bivi, but hauling riding and bivi gear like that'd not
be my idea of fun. Don't reckon my back would thank me.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:One point re: that linked route - the vague track Kev suggests as the
first ascent is VERY vague. If you're not sure about your map-reading,
you'd be better ascending via the Wythburn bridleway onto Nethermost
Pike, then riding N over the summit to link up with the Keppel Cove
downhill. The upper track was resurfaced last year so it's no longer
the walker-eroded horror it once was (although you'll still be pushing
most of the way to the 2000ft contour).
I'll be sure to take a look at all the suggested options. Cheers Pete.
Yeah!
Shaun aRe
