50% underwater
Capt. Jon
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Our ride tonight, over Blanchland Common, was at least 50% underwater. And we're not talking about small puddles here, we're talking tyre deep to stanchion deep. Singletrack was turned into rivers, literally. There were massive puddles (20-30m) long with hub deep water. It was basically one long river crossing.
Visibility was 10m in places and it poured down. But it was so much fun! Carrie giggled most of the way round and everyone had a smile on their muddy wet faces.
...you don't get that at trail centres!
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Visibility was 10m in places and it poured down. But it was so much fun! Carrie giggled most of the way round and everyone had a smile on their muddy wet faces.
...you don't get that at trail centres!
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Wow, its bone dry over here!
Well, my dirt jumps are. Doesnt help that they are in the middle of a very exposed field, so even when it rains, it dries VERY quickly, and the dirt gets crumbly quickly [:(] Ah well, better than a bog IMo [:)]
But as long as your havin fun, thats whats important [:D]
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Excuse my ignorance Capt, but where is Blanchland Common?
Is it up north where the thunderstorms have been today?
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Our ride tonight, over Blanchland Common, was at least 50% underwater. And we're not talking about small puddles here, we're talking tyre deep to stanchion deep. Singletrack was turned into rivers, literally. There were massive puddles (20-30m) long with hub deep water. It was basically one long river crossing.
Visibility was 10m in places and it poured down. But it was so much fun! Carrie giggled most of the way round and everyone had a smile on their muddy wet faces.
...you don't get that at trail centres!
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Sounds like great fun, doesn't cycling in the rain give you a greater sense of achievement?
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Jon you forgot the inverted cloud base we saw along Carriers Way - you probably don't get THAT at trail centres either (unless they have a cloud machine).
That puddle I was hysterically giggling through was great, you never knew how deep it was gonna go!!
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Excuse my ignorance Capt, but where is Blanchland Common?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
It's not far out of Hexham in Northumberland. We didn't get any thunder storms but it was very misty and raining constantly. Luckily for us the ground held up really well over the moors so it was still great to ride over!
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Sharker69</i>
Excuse my ignorance Capt, but where is Blanchland Common?
Is it up north where the thunderstorms have been today?
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It's about 30 miles east of Newcastle...or at least it seemed like it last night.
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Took us ages to get home, I felt like I was driving at 20 mile an hour trying to get through the mist! And it has to be said, having your evening meal at 11:30 isn't ideal but by god I enjoyed it!
Can we go back next time it rains?! [:D]
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I love rain I do. There's something ultimately satisfying about splashing through puddles on your bike and feeling your shoes squidge with water.
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feeling your shoes squidge with water.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> not a fan of that its just puts me off riding epecially when its cold [:XX] It alright when the water warms up though [:D]
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It hammered down yesterday morning here and I was expecting our evening ride to be the same but it wasn't , the trees must have been thirsty and drunk it all before we got out(which was nice).
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It was running like a stream across the moors, trying to pedal against the flow of the water was great and not being able to see what was under your wheel made it quite exciting!
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Riding in the rains the best [:D] Just been out in my shorts and t shirt 'coz it was hot then all of a sudden the clouds came over and it was pi...ooring it down, nice recovery there. lol So much fun though! [^]
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