Big mountain action 27/6

Here's the route for those of you who are insane enough enough to give it a go!!!



And yes, we did catch a glimpse of a native grizzley bear up on the tops, either that or it was a fecking very large brown sheep

What distance was the route

Gonna try to upload photos now. The quality is a bit crap as taken on phone.

Well here's a few from me with more on the photobucket link if you feel like you're craving more. Oh, and before I forget, these are in no particular order (cos it's a ball ache uploading and editing) so you get some idea of the ride but if you decide to do it you'll have no idea what's over the next hill

Start as you mean to go on....John with the first of many this one being a nice loud explosion and dust cloud as he mounted his steed in the car park at the off

And we're off....

......but not for long

This was steeper than it looks and a bugger to ride as it was all grassy lumps.....John managed it all the way buit he had his reasons

Yes...the sneaky bastard had fetched a 9" pizza with him down his shirt and was just tucking into the last slice as we made it to the top....couldn't even look us in the eye

I'll shut up now




Probably my fave pic of the day


Puffin Island on the horizon and some big puddle at the bottom of the hill




Stopped for lunch at the top


John getting all adventurous.....

We actually all had a go this because it seemed the logical thing to do when your legs were well knackered, unfortunately being the only one with a camera there's no proof of me and Jeff having a go so maybe I imagined that bit


Steeper and more techy than it may look (I'm learning to love that excuse)


Guess who,I'll give you a clue...he's fixing a puncture

Taken just after we spotted the bear which probably explains why Jeff didn't want to go back for the banana that I informed him had fallen from his bag




A few hundred yards of trudging

Last bit of climbing before the other last bit of climbing

There's a handful of dried apricots for anyone that can guess what John's up to in this pic (clue: he now has a right arm like a lobster's claw but he hasn't impaired his eyesight in acheiving it)

Another of those last climbs

Downhill all the way

Oh and I nearly forgot this one. It doesn't always pay to ride at the back, as you can see here there isn't always enough to go round and I wasn't having sloppy seconds, so I just held the bikes until the lads were ready to move on



The end...thank God

Edit: Just realised there might be three of the same pic in there but I can assure you we only passed it once

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Good Pictures. Think I should clarify the pizza issue. It was a 12" pizza with olives and extra cheese. But only the leftovers from the night before. Still tasted good though! I will bring more next time. As for punctures, that was the first ride I've done in about 3 years non tubeless, I think it will be my last. Though getting light non tubeless tyres to run tubeless is a learning cure that I'm still perfecting. So far the net result is explosions.