{"id":615,"date":"2010-07-26T12:08:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T12:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=615"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:26:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:26:02","slug":"the-lads-took-me-over-the-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/the-lads-took-me-over-the-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lads Took Me Over The Edge<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"

What A Lovely Way To Spend A Saturday.<\/h2>\n

On Saturday, Joby <\/a>and Chris<\/a> rode up to mine and we went on a ride up Blackstone Edge. \u00a0I’ve only ever ridden up there twice before in my life, in 2000 and 2001, on both occasions for charity. \u00a0I remember it flooring me the first time, and the 2nd time I had to walk halfway up the damn hill.<\/p>\n

Basically, Blackstone Edge is a 3.5 mile ascent from 150m to 390m – and for me on my Focus Fat Boy, it’s bloody hard work. \u00a0It was a gorgeous day though, dry and not too hot, so with the encouragement of the lads (and the sight of them disappearing up into the distance<\/em>) I just kept the granny ring turning all the way up. \u00a0I was well chuffed with myself \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Hard Work Done.<\/h2>\n

We stopped at The White House for lunch. \u00a0I had a steak & onion butty, Chris went for chilli and Joby had the biggest sausage you’ve ever seen in your life. \u00a0And a cumberland with chips \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Following the 3.5 mile climb was a 7.5 mile descent into Hebden Bridge. \u00a0Basically, it goes like this:<\/p>\n

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

After finally hitting my 30mph target last week, I hit 33.4mph cruising down lovely wide, smooth, quiet roads collecting flies on my exposed teeth. \u00a0I just couldn’t stop grinning. \u00a0It’s worth the climb, I can tell you. \u00a0The views up there are stunning.<\/p>\n\n\t\t