2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

[Jeremy McCreary]

its a long lived stereotype that northen men love a good ferret, stuffing them down your trousers was quite the sport.

Sooooo many questions.

Q1. Exactly what was the ferret expected to do down there?

Q2. I can see this getting pretty athletic for all concerned, including the ferret, so maybe a sport. Was this also a spectator sport?

Q3. Was it any good for impressing girls?

 

[Mulezen]

The ferret is in addition to the canaries. Ferrets are ratters

 

[Chargeride]

I have to presume you have searched this potentially gender altering pastime.
Its considered a combined mating display alongside Gurning.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

The ferret is in addition to the canaries. Ferrets are ratters

Canaries, too?? Jeez, what else do they stuff down their trousers over there??

 

[Chargeride]

20 miles of Penine Bridleway, it started off squishy

It basically meanders up and down through the Pennines

Simply delicious trail

Through hillbillie farms

Alongside railway tracks

Over and under them

Occasional villages

Atmospheric steep trails

Through sheep filled fields

And overgrown mining mounds

Long descents to reservoirs

This guy was miles from anywhere

And a whisker away from a head on crash as he drifted towards me

It became dream like at times

Batteries were getting low I was on three bars with a big offroad climb and ten miles to the van

A polite notice

Two bars now and running in eco.

Luckily a three mile descent into the village

To be met by three pubs in the square, I wont bore you with the next 7 miles, it was simply horrific, but good exercise.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

20 miles of Penine Bridleway, it started off squishy
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It basically meanders up and down through the Pennines
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Simply delicious trail
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Through hillbillie farms
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Alongside railway tracks
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Over and under them
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Occasional villages
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Atmospheric steep trails
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Through sheep filled fields
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And overgrown mining mounds
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Long descents to reservoirs
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This guy was miles from anywhere
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And a whisker away from a head on crash as he drifted towards me
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It became dream like at times
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Batteries were getting low I was on three bars with a big offroad climb and ten miles to the van
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A polite notice
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Two bars now and running in eco.
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Luckily a three mile descent into the village
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To be met by three pubs in the square, I wont bore you with the next 7 miles, it was simply horrific, but good exercise.
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Where are the ferrets?

 

[Chargeride]

Where do you think, they make eco like turbo.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

I have to presume you have searched this potentially gender altering pastime.
Its considered a combined mating display alongside Gurning.

No, I'd rather hear your explanation. I can understand how a ferret down the trousers might give rise to involuntary gruning. But surely that'd be illegal in a gruning contest.

 

[Chargeride]

Most telling is that the SE have taken over the Ferret, for decades the londoners have mocked the north and now we find they are the lumpy trouser people

 

[Chargeride]

So my computer, which fell off...another story ...correctly tracked the route and gave a visual countdown to the finish while Brians Garmin Instinct was ludicrously inaccurate to the point it recorded a 57 mile track that was only 24.9 miles.
We checked he wasnt in Napoleon mode or some bizarre doubling up, or been turned on in the van.
No idea

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Garmin Instinct

Tell him to get an EDGE, like everybody else Why he thinks a watch for runners is a cycling computer reminds a mystery to me

 

[Chargeride]

Im pretty sure runners and cyclists use the same satellites

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Besides, I can't wait to see your video, Chris. It must have been an epic ride! I wonder what the elevation gain was!

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Im pretty sure runners and cyclists use the same satellites

There is a tool for every specific task There are better or worse tools as well.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I write this so the lesson can get home for you:
The team of four riders on MOSTy 500 used Garmin EDGE for each rider. They were using Garmin Connect app with live tracking of the rider currently on the trail. Therefore, the person to start the next lap knew precisely when the previous rider would cross the start/finish line. The finishing rider was stopping their EDGE and the starting person was starting the recording. All the recordings went to Strava and were hidden against any competition.

If Garmin EDGE computers were as precise as to handle that complicated task, what could go wrong for Brian with his Instinct?

 

[Chargeride]

I write this so the lesson can get home to you

Lol Stefan, your English is excellent, but some times the intent gets lost in translation.
That comes across a little demeaning.

I'll rewrite it for you.
'Oh Charge, you are always correct, I will bow to your knowledge'.

Or something like that

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Actually, I do admire you, Charge!

 

[Chargeride]

Its OK Stefan, English speakers are used to people trying their best and we have adapted to anything from subtle to complete gibberish to ease out what they are saying.

We dont even try the other way.