Keeper of the Peak

Last few days riding: dry! Friendly walkers and some great fun on an ebike

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I don't think I can accept your bike not being bright orange

FIRST TIME????

Cutgate. First time for me, doing Langsett & back from Ladybower. Tough going & hard climbs, but great descents that make up for the effort.
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Some sloppy, boggy bits but not too bad @keeperofthepeak.bsky.social

Bridleways around Hayfield slightly muddy in patches, but running pretty fast @keeperofthepeak.bsky.social . Plenty of walkers, happy dogs and folk trekking along Kinder (white trainers optional) #mtb #santacruzsunday

Devil's Elbow, and Jumbles Road running beautifully and surprisingly dry. Jumbles is getting wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide though

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Great ride around the Eastern Moor yesterday.
Devil's Elbow, Houndkirk and Blue Steel all running amazingly well (not a puddle to be found!).
Burbage rocks and The Ox were still sloppy and I felt a little guilty to be honest. Will avoid until it dries a bit more.

Nicely frozen out there this morning around Wormhill, Chee Dale and Blackwell.
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Grippy 👌😎
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Someone's unruly thorny bush has just been trimmed. Primrose lane; plenty of tyre-worrying spikes on the track. Bit greasy also on the descent past Mellor Cross. Be sure to keep your finger right on the end of your bell for the hordes of walkers and horses @keeperofthepeak.bsky.social #mtb #madam

The track from the bottom of the Beast down to the reservoir is a complete quagmire @keeperofthepeak.bsky.social
Got worse half way down. Obviously work vehicles using it, but very sloppy mud

New ride for me today. I tried the Manifold Valley loop from the White Peak MTB book. Generally filthy, slippy, misty, and windy, but nice to venture out somewhere different. #mtb @keeperofthepeak.bsky.social

FE not responding to emails but I'll put another chase in

Filthy around Bakewell Haddon & Chatsworth this morning @keeperofthepeak.bsky.social
Park Lane (& field before it) zero grip. Had to push & clean mud off.
Manners wood filthy but rideable.
Grey, foggy & cold, but good to be out of course!
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@keeperofthepeak.bsky.social do you know what the state of play is with Lockerbrook/Gores Plantation decent atm?

Coombs Dale still a bit damp, tracks over to Pilsley ok, small silver Citroen stuck on the rutted track that goes into Edensor with a few 4x4s stuck behind it! Very muddy around Manners Wood and towards the Monsal Trail. Bit of a queue heading back to Calver 🐄🐮 #mtb @keeperofthepeak.bsky.social

Fairly dry tonight. Mill Lane filling itself in, fly tipping across the track through Gt Hucklow Woods, nearly OTB, BOAT going via Jumbler? to Eyam is being resurfaced pretty loose and piles of material near the bottom, RileyTek and the track down to Stoke all good #mtb @keeperofthepeak.bsky.social

Blessed are those that bugger off biking up hills at the weekend. For their full suspension shall be illuminated by the light. #febsweetfebruary #muddytrousers @keeperofthepeak.bsky.social

The bog on Curbar Edge is as bad as I’ve ever seen it. Otherwise a fantastic sunny ride this morning. Longstone, Baslow, Curbar & Froggatt Edges + RileyTek, albeit with a testy headwind at times! #mtb
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Shamefully first ride of the year. Coombs Dale like a river, new BW to Moor Road muddy in places but frozen and firm, Black Harry all good. The quarry descent rut is now massive at the top. Mill Lane is very washed out but climbable, RileyTek and Jacobs Ladder all good @keeperofthepeak.bsky.social

Narnia by way of Buxton/Erwood. Hard to bike properly, but did a lot better than most cars I saw, which were apparently rehearsing for Fury Road (Winter Scene). Buzzards landing in nearby trees because it's so quiet. Take a brew if you head out, eh? #mtb #iceland @keeperofthepeak.bsky.social

The ronseal of regions!

A very chilly Foulstone Road this morning. Strongly suspect it'll be different to this come Sunday with a foot of snow predicted

Happy Christmas from Keeper of the Peak

It's nice and dramatic over Hayfield, but there's a ton of runoff around the Grouse Shack and Middle Moor @keeperofthepeak.bsky.social . Extra deep streams to clean your wheels folks.

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