Dent revisited

Lowflyer

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Well was booked on a one day course at Inch Perfect Trials with Steve and his brood, but wife had her hip operation brought forward so had to re schedule -- to a fortnight ago, yeah I know, bit late in posting.
Anyhow, headed to Inch Perfect on me own, had a fabulous day. Great company, great instructor, top notch, would recommend.
Had a bit of an off when I was practicing my wheelies ( the instructor started it !! :D ) Was getting on fine until I overcooked it, couldn't grab the rear brake in time, he said it was the most spectacular fail ever :D:D
I was left with a bruised ass for a week :eek:

Anyways left there and made my way to stay with Mr Hudders and the lovely Amy, had a great night, a few wee drams were consumed, cheeers again Si :thumbsup:
Then made my way to Salter Fell.
No main issues apart from getting arm pump half way through from the previous day, dabbed at the wrong time and getting a sore ankle, later turned out to be a chipped bone :eek: Should have known better, hot day, fully loaded was always going to end in tears :D

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Anyhoo, made my way to another small trail about 10 miles away which went ok, then headed to Dent to see the lovely Margaret :cool:
By pure chance, there was a Panthers Owners Club having a rally there so I was invited to join them.
What a great craic

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Ian on Liz's unit ( non Panther ) :cool:



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And Will's classic -- not bad for an eighty year old, he rode it from Norwich :respect:
we had a great time both in and out of the Sun.
Then left Dent and headed up to see youngest son in Oban, took the long way up, Dumfries and Galloway ( Cheers Austin :thumbsup::thumbsup: ) Great run only hampered by heavy rain towards the end.

I was invited back to Dent last weekend for another Panther meet :), but I ended up with bloody Covid. This is my 9th day and still feeling like sheeeiit :(

Looking forward to National Guys, Oban is a lovely place :thumbsup:
 

Steve T

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I was left with a bruised ass for a week :eek:

You tell us it was cos you over-cooked a wheelie, but without pictures (not of yer arse, thank you, the failed wheelie :D) we'll all just have to suspect the worst :ride:

Glad you enjoyed the day - tiring isn't it!

How graded/un-graded was Salter Fell? When Neil & I were on the southern end 3-4 years ago it was all well graded and virtually all flat.

Nice photies by the way :thumbsup:

Talk soon,

Steve T

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Lowflyer

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How graded/un-graded was Salter Fell? When Neil & I were on the southern end 3-4 years ago it was all well graded and virtually all flat.


Steve, it was generally easy but there were a couple of steep gradients that had I assume had been washed out at some point. Dry rock 100 to 150mm in size, very very loose, just couldn't get traction. Had to take all my luggage off, blast up the hill, then go back for my gear.
Not easy with with a bad ankle and sweltering heat. But hey, character building and a sense of achievement when I got to the end. :thumbsup:
A few pints were sunk with the Panther boys in Dent after that :D:D
 

Mudwiz

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:) Dent was my first, got 'bogged' down with BT 9n the moor.... And then just enough proper beer until the pubs ran out...

Perfect intro to XRV/Bigtrailie :)
 

Lowflyer

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Ha ha I remember that demonic look on the face :D A cracking photo
Nice one Nick. :thumbsup:
Good to hear from you again Chris
 

Lowflyer

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Ha Ha, well done that man, good on you Michel :thumbsup::thumbsup:

How could we forget the chicken legs ?? :D
And look, my old Beemer in the background partly obscured by that German bloke wot can't speak Englush:respect13:
 
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