Took a ride around Macclesfield Forest with the crew, I went my own way to explore a bridleway.
Everyone wanted their name on this.
Three Levo Turbos
Straight up from the rectangle next to the tree , that tiny white dot is the radio telescope Lovell at Jodrell Bank
I was going to ride to it, but much further away than I thought, built in 1957 it was the worlds largest steerable dish and it still the third largest.
It is steered by ex warship gun turret motors and was used to track sputniks launch rocket, being the only telescope capable.
It was used to receive Pioneer 5 data, being the only dish large enough to do so, Russia used it to track Luna 9 Moon lander and we put the pics in the papers
before the Russians received them, it was also in constant use tracking Russian satellites for the US.
I saw it from the road a few years back and it gave me the fright of my life as its massive dish was pointing at me above the tree line.
Just about all our mountain and hill trees have been planted by humans.
We love a good warning sign for that court case.
Lovely food and outrageously attractive barmaids
I thought this was the bridle path, pushed all the way up and rode backdown deflated.
Startled posh family, the toddlers look ready to defend.
I actually made this with very careful pedal timing
This is a non described path, so technically I can ride it, so hard and much steeper than it looks.
I bailed out back to the bridleway, it was too much for my aged body.
The fat tyres just cruised over this stuff, the path was sublime and just difficult enough to make it an accomplishment.
DesRes, just needs a roof.
Got back to the Forest centre about twenty minutes before them, two of them were taking Ibuprofen for injuries on the ride.
Seriously I had much more fun, we sat in the pub ogling the barmaids and they poured over Strava, theirs and everyone they knew.
I know its bonding an all, theyve all got smart watches for the heart monitor, so I brought up torque pedals and now thats on the list.
Note: I ate lunch before my 60 km main ride on Saturday!
