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Post by thistle on Oct 31, 2008 20:27:45 GMT
I do a bit of a ride each morning on the way into work. Wednesday was awful - loads of ice everywhere so on Thursday I did one of the shorter rides as it was dry, warm and sunny in Wrexham and I fancied an easy morning. This is what it was like in Bersham (only a couple of miles away!)  Cars were coming down the road into Bersham, then passing me going the other way after turning around due to fallen trees. And up at New Brighton:  After trying to send the last photo to a mate my battery died so I didn't get a chance to take any of the dozen of so fallen trees that I had to ride through a bit further down the bridleway! There were loads of people out walking dogs, fighting their way through the branches as well, so we had a good laugh about the weather. When I got to work there was no snow whatsoever. I'm glad I had my phone with me because nobody believed me at first. |
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Post by martinw on Oct 31, 2008 20:36:58 GMT
its a laugh riding in the snow but Ive had a few near misses with my front wheel going from under me on some ice.
All this snow just came from nowhere didnt it. I hopw we get a snowy winter.
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Post by thistle on Oct 31, 2008 21:37:29 GMT
its a laugh riding in the snow but Ive had a few near misses with my front wheel going from under me on some ice. All this snow just came from nowhere didnt it. I hopw we get a snowy winter. Snow's brilliant, I hope we get more too. I'm hoping there will be some left at Llandgela tomorrow and it won't all have been compacted to buggery. I didn't have any 'near misses' on the ice: My front wheel went from under me and I went with the bike! Bruises should be on display on Sunday. |
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Post by ady on Nov 1, 2008 10:39:29 GMT
its a laugh riding in the snow but Ive had a few near misses with my front wheel going from under me on some ice. All this snow just came from nowhere didnt it. I hopw we get a snowy winter. Snow's brilliant, I hope we get more too. I'm hoping there will be some left at Llandgela tomorrow and it won't all have been compacted to buggery. I didn't have any 'near misses' on the ice: My front wheel went from under me and I went with the bike! Bruises should be on display on Sunday. Ive had fun on the boardwalk at Llandegla in the snow & Ice still managed to stay upright and clean it though  ;D |
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Post by thistle on Nov 1, 2008 13:30:04 GMT
Ive had fun on the boardwalk at Llandegla in the snow & Ice still managed to stay upright and clean it though I checked Llandegla's website this morning before setting off and it said all the trails were closed so i decided to sneak in over the Offa's Dyke boadwalk which was a bad idea as the boardwalks were really icy and the snow just too deep in most places:  When I got into the forest some guys riding the trail said there were signs up saying the black and red routes were shut but everywhere else was open so I stuck to the blue which was a bit icy in places. By the time I'd got to the cafe they'd opened up all the routes but I was frozen so went home! |
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Post by john59 on Nov 1, 2008 14:18:36 GMT
been llandegla this morning, had to rescue a couple of kids no more than 11 years old at the bottom of the bridge by the cafe, 1 was lying facing the back of his bike still clipped in, took a while wondering how to sort him, the other lying by him couldnt get up cos his overshoe had snagged under his pedal, would have been in 2 minds myself about tackling the bridge looking at the state of it 1st thing this morning
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Post by thistle on Nov 1, 2008 14:52:07 GMT
been llandegla this morning, had to rescue a couple of kids no more than 11 years old at the bottom of the bridge by the cafe, 1 was lying facing the back of his bike still clipped in, took a while wondering how to sort him, the other lying by him couldnt get up cos his overshoe had snagged under his pedal, would have been in 2 minds myself about tackling the bridge looking at the state of it 1st thing this morning Haha. I slid a bit turning onto the bridge and hit the fence this morning. I went down the slope really carefully but ended up sliding most of the way down following someone else's tracks. That was about 10:30 after a few others had cleared some of the way. |
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Post by john59 on Nov 1, 2008 15:12:16 GMT
would be around 10.15-10.30ish i was at the bridge, there were quite a few kids riding round with numbers on the fronts of their bikes
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Post by thistle on Nov 1, 2008 15:43:37 GMT
Ahh yeah I saw a few of them at the cafe. The kids looked thoroughly p****d off so maybe two of them were the ones you helped!
Someone eventually came over, took their bikes to bits and shoved them in the back of a shogun.
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Post by john59 on Nov 1, 2008 16:06:05 GMT
anyone been round moel arthur area this weekend? if so, what were the conditions like. thinking of heading that way tomorrow if i can get the time.
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