Just a pootle, but some good views. Straight out of Kirkton, and heading north, then it's off on a minor B road, and then onto some fire roads.
Looking back down towards Criffel and across to the Lake District
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Up on the moor, looking across to Queensberry. This was the highest point. The ride is a long uphill, then a slightly shorter downhill.
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Fell off at speed (for me anyway, but was ok)
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Looking down, at the top of the downhill
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Bogtrotters stylee water pic 😀
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Then had to ride through some cows in a farm, which was a bit of a worry, but got through, and then back on the downhill.
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Then it flattens out through some very nice woodland with a babbling stream running alongside.
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Fabulous!
i like your second picture. and the cloud formation int he second to last. Looks intense. Did you hurt yourself badly?
Cheers
Luckily just a bang rather than anything broken. I was descending what looked like an innocent and fun double track, but then it went into two grooves. My tyre hit the side of the wall and off I came.
Lovely 🙂 I too like the second one.
I'm jealous, looks like rain forecast for tomorrow, I'll either have to brave it or spend an hour or 2 on the turbo trainer!
Pictures are rather good 🙂
Cheers. I am back at my parents for a couple of months and this is the first time I have explored what is out there straight from the house, no driving. There's quite a lot of good stuff, albeit fireroads and doubletrack, which I am not ashamed to admit is my kind of riding (and yes that off was on double track!)
Then had to ride through some cows in a farm, which was a bit of a worry
poof.
HH45, Limehouse by any chance?
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[i]Then had to ride through some cows in a farm, which was a bit of a worry, [/i]
😉 You realise they're domesticised vegetarians and completely harmless[1]?
[1] APART FROM THE TWO PEOPLE PER YEAR WHO ARE KILLED IN BRITAIN BY HUMAN HATING COWS!!!!!!!!
Whenever riding through cows I often find it helps to think "what would an astrally travelling Jesus do?" ;D