Category: Rooley Moor
Mary Towneley
We’ve a lot to thank her for. Following her unstinting efforts to improve access for horses,...
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Lee Quarry
I know you’ve all been clamouring for a shot of Shaman’s arse, so here it is! Just...
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New kid in town
It’s always nice when someone shows you their local trails. And it’s always nice to...
Read MoreThe Training Ride
We all have one don’t we? The route from the back door that has no excuse, no cause for prevarication, no reason not to ride. Hard enough to make your heart bang, tricky enough to remind yourself what the word technical...
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Holcombe 8
I never fancy going out when it’s cold. But once I’m out – it’s usually...
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Skillz pay Billz
Lee Quarry now boasts a Skillz Area. Time for the Rooley Moor Rampage!
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Play Misty For Me
Don’t bother with a camera and the weather’s great, take it with me and you can’t see a thing!
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Industrial
The industrial Fells are littered with relics from the past – from RooleyHenge to the Industrial Revolution. I wonder who will inherit the windmills when they become relics of a bygone age?
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August Bank Holiday
It signifies the end of the summer. Those halcyon days of sunshine and summer breezes are drawing...
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I wish I was James Bond…
…just for the day. Kissing all the girls, blow the bad guys away. Pinewood studios moves up north for the next 007 epic. Meanwhile, we were on an epic of our own.
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Slip, slap , slop!
The aussies have a way with words don’t they! Today was certainly a day to slip on a shirt, slap on a hat and slop on the sun-cream!
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Recharging your Mojo
There are some trail improvements I’m all in favour of. But before you need that one, a bit...
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Windmills on the Moors
Coming along nicely. And visible from all directions – they really are quite big!
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Can I have a go on your bike, mister?
There’s something in Debretts covering the etiquette of refusing a dinosaur, but it escapes me. So I politely made my excuses and left the 8 foot raptor behind. I like the way he’s tethered to the post! Policemen are like toilets…
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Where did all the sunshine go?
I have a weekend off, and what do I find when I get back? It’s gone all cold and muddy! I don’t know what Nick and Shaman looks so happy about!
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IFB Fight Club
With the Moorcock Inn Rooley Moor Road being the scene of many a bare knuckle fight, baited on by...
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IFB Fight Club
Note: Because of the disorientating effect of the Bone Hole and Fight Club zones the writer cannot guarantee an exhaustively geographical accurate account of the ride. Punk Rock Dad and I arrived to meet Messrs Routemartin and the Shaman in the normal-pub-carpark-type-of-fashion. As bikes were fettled and injected with air I sensed little of the […]
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The Edwin Waugh Sampler PDF Route Guide
Herewith the beta test of our PDF route guides. Click on the left to download.
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Back to the old house…
After a few negative comments on the singletrack forum about the previous flash website and a few spare hours over the holidays we’ve decided to move back to the Movable Type blogg format. The old bits are still floating about and the forum is still active via the right hand link along with the flash […]
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