Turner Wins MBR Shootout

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CRAZIEST RIDE EVER EVER

"So then I took my turn,

Oh what a thing to have done,

And it was all Yellow." *

Went out today . Just a quickish local kinda thing in the snow . Riding in snow is ace . It is surprising just how much grip you can find as your tyres crunch through.

http://picasaweb.google.com/muddyfox1/ChristmasEveSnowSpin#

However , ahem . On Sunday just gone , a few of us went up Rivington for the usual Sunday thing . It was myself and Jeff , Tony , and Gareth. Overnight it had snowed then rained , and then frozen . It was like a skating rink , pretty much everywhere . I'd decided to bring along my super vintage , 1987 MuddyFox Courier , and ,as is required under old school biker law , I dressed vintage too. Right down to the vintage yellow tint Bolle ski glasses which gave a pin sharp view , despite being up in the loft for about 20 yrs. Oh , and hiking boots , flat pedals and toe-clips knock spots off SPDs any day of the week.

Modern Camelbak backpacks tend to freeze up in the drinking tube , so I brought along a bottle of Schmirnoff instead. And I dont drink . In for a penny ....

Have look at Greth's pictures , here ....

http://picasaweb.google.com/garethwoosey/VodkaOnlyFreezesAt2695C#

No big write up , because I'm off out , but suffice to say we all decked it . The trails that I thought would have at least a little grip , had none , but apart from that the weather was superb. It was'nt too cold at all , and we had a bit of snow , but not so much that it was a bad thing . All in all , possibly the best ride of the year . Certainly one of the maddest rides I've ever done .

Merry Christmas everyone . Tim

* Cold-play . Yellow

NOSTALGIA TRIP

"Bite my lip and close my eyes,

Take me away to paradise.

I'm so damn bored I'm going blind

And loneliness has to suffice.

Bite my lip and close my eyes

I was slipping away to paradise.

Some say quit or I'll go blind,

But it's just a myth " *

WALKING CONTRADICTION

BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS

REST

LONGVIEW , FROM HAIGH HALL

EAST JESUS NOWHERE

SASSAFRAS ROOTS

WELCOME TO PARADISE.

I had a bit of a lie-in this week , but , when I finally peeled myself off my velcro seat , and got me moving , I headed up the canal towards Haigh Hall and had a bit of a play around in the very very muddy woods . I could tell you where I went , but what's the point ?

First solo ride in a fairly long time , and dont take this the wrong way , but I really enjoyed it .

ONE FOR THE RAZORBACKS

* Longview . Greenday . Here we go again infatuation touches me , just when I thought that it would end .

ONCE AROUND THE BLOCK

"Into the valley we roam, where we fumble around
Till we find our way home.
Yet all we have is an old ball of string
Will it reach to the end of this dark labyrinth
No ". *

DULL AND GREY FIRST THING

VIEW FROM CASTLE WAS SUPERB

ME . BACK OF PIKE .QUITE WINDY ,BUT DRIER FOR NOW

Only a bit of a spin today . Myself and Jeff met Andy at the barn.Raining hard . Little warm-up spin around to the castle ,right back on ourselves to the bottom of the Ice Cream Run , up through the gardens to the Pidgeon Tower , then up to the Pike . Pretty damp and shitty.

Andy still was'nt 100% and I was tired as a tired thing , so we scooched off the back , slippy slidy,v-brakealicious and then dropped through the gardens , slidy slippy.

Andy headed for home , but as usual jeff and I couldnt resist the tearooms.

MAP

* Badly drawn boy . Stone on the water .