Well you know how these start, usually a text from pete about 10.30 dealing with the curry from the night before 
eventually we set off for new mills on some country lanes and a bit of singletrack, then we climb up to the peak forest canal and before we know it we are at new mills.
With a quick stop to look around the old mills in the gorge,
and breifly fix our first puncture, a roofing tack the &*$%ards.
Now its a quick blast round the millenium bridge we are faced with a monster climb up and over the golf club, soon we are descending down the bridals and up up and more up to the start of the little mill downhill
with a couple of offs including my mate karl (yacky flappy elbow skin )its pub time.
We order food from Lurch at the bar and after about two days and a storm we eat and drink ready for more climbs,
(I had the burger and chips with a pint of coke, yummy.)
With a quick burst up the roads its time to say good bye to rufusw and cornholio's RC200, as they head off down through Mellor to Marple bridge
we have already decided to have another trip to the pub, right then its off to the Fox inn we backtrack slightly to reach the white stone downhill and descend down to the pub.
Beer.....
Only two more climbs now and then the classic last descent down to the start, but where is everyone? me and Karl start walking back up and we come across a punctured muddy fox, with all hands on deck the pinch flat is fixed so I mount my steed only to find I have picked up a thorn and now have a flat too, I had to pump it back up so I could whizz back to the car (I was determined not to fix it).
All in all it was a good days ride I had to add a bit extra (newmills) because one of the other classic descents from the fox was closed
so I hope you all enjoyed it, sorry for the lack of pics as I was busy keeping the train rolling.
A big thanks to Pete for rear gunning and those whom held the gates for us etc, happy trails
Lee.
eventually we set off for new mills on some country lanes and a bit of singletrack, then we climb up to the peak forest canal and before we know it we are at new mills.
With a quick stop to look around the old mills in the gorge,
and breifly fix our first puncture, a roofing tack the &*$%ards.
Now its a quick blast round the millenium bridge we are faced with a monster climb up and over the golf club, soon we are descending down the bridals and up up and more up to the start of the little mill downhill
with a couple of offs including my mate karl (yacky flappy elbow skin )its pub time.
We order food from Lurch at the bar and after about two days and a storm we eat and drink ready for more climbs,
(I had the burger and chips with a pint of coke, yummy.)
With a quick burst up the roads its time to say good bye to rufusw and cornholio's RC200, as they head off down through Mellor to Marple bridge
we have already decided to have another trip to the pub, right then its off to the Fox inn we backtrack slightly to reach the white stone downhill and descend down to the pub.
Beer.....
Only two more climbs now and then the classic last descent down to the start, but where is everyone? me and Karl start walking back up and we come across a punctured muddy fox, with all hands on deck the pinch flat is fixed so I mount my steed only to find I have picked up a thorn and now have a flat too, I had to pump it back up so I could whizz back to the car (I was determined not to fix it).
All in all it was a good days ride I had to add a bit extra (newmills) because one of the other classic descents from the fox was closed
so I hope you all enjoyed it, sorry for the lack of pics as I was busy keeping the train rolling.
A big thanks to Pete for rear gunning and those whom held the gates for us etc, happy trails
Lee.
