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Today's Ride
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Went for a nice ride with my daughter again today 
We went into Chatsworth grounds along the top avoiding all the tourists. First suprise of the day was an Aston parked down a green lane, one i usually ride on the KTM, and which is a very rough track :shock: even more of a suprise was the fact it still had the keys in, all the lights were on and the driver was nowhere to be seen. We waited around for a while but no one returned. Wasnt there on way back though, very nice car
The next suprise was the first lake we reached, totally dry :shock: in all the years i have been going to the lake i have never seen it dry. The next lake, a bit bigger, still had a bit of water in the middle of it, dry around the edges though.
We then rode along to the hunting tower and a bite to eat, great views down into Chatsworth.
After that it was a nice easy ride back through the woods and up along the top ridge back to the car. Great day even though it was very hot again
We went into Chatsworth grounds along the top avoiding all the tourists. First suprise of the day was an Aston parked down a green lane, one i usually ride on the KTM, and which is a very rough track :shock: even more of a suprise was the fact it still had the keys in, all the lights were on and the driver was nowhere to be seen. We waited around for a while but no one returned. Wasnt there on way back though, very nice car
The next suprise was the first lake we reached, totally dry :shock: in all the years i have been going to the lake i have never seen it dry. The next lake, a bit bigger, still had a bit of water in the middle of it, dry around the edges though.
We then rode along to the hunting tower and a bite to eat, great views down into Chatsworth.
After that it was a nice easy ride back through the woods and up along the top ridge back to the car. Great day even though it was very hot again
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Nice long ride today.
Headed up through the golf course but took different path and came across a nice stream. Then some really nice but rooty trails through the woods leading me up onto the tops. From there i rode down the road to the tracks that take you into Chatsworth. Once in Chatsworth i noticed my front tyre was going soft so i decided to head back instead of doing a loop around the woods. Rode some nice trails down hill all the way back into Darley Dale, over the giants bridge and along some really nice singletrack, where it started to rain, that and tiredness along with my now almost flat front saw me kissing the tarmac :roll:
Great ride
Headed up through the golf course but took different path and came across a nice stream. Then some really nice but rooty trails through the woods leading me up onto the tops. From there i rode down the road to the tracks that take you into Chatsworth. Once in Chatsworth i noticed my front tyre was going soft so i decided to head back instead of doing a loop around the woods. Rode some nice trails down hill all the way back into Darley Dale, over the giants bridge and along some really nice singletrack, where it started to rain, that and tiredness along with my now almost flat front saw me kissing the tarmac :roll:
Great ride
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mkone":28hwl4uc said:Once in Chatsworth i noticed my front tyre was going soft so i decided to head back instead of doing a loop around the woods. Rode some nice trails down hill all the way back into Darley Dale, over the giants bridge and along some really nice singletrack, where it started to rain, that and tiredness along with my now almost flat front saw me kissing the tarmac :roll:
Shame about the skinned knee, but the rest of the ride looked great - I love the huge carved stone milepost especially! Don't know what it is with punctures this year - I'm sure I haven't had a puncture for about a decade on any bike until this year when I've had a fairly constant stream of them on both my road bike and mountain bike
