Thursday 24 January 2013

Mid Week Dusk Snow Ride...


The nights are slowly drawing out a little bit and i got out for an hour after work before dark for a snow ride along the Garleton Hill Ridge Road - this track was once the main thoroughfare to Edinburgh,
long before the present A1,  travellers stuck to ridges and dry ground away from likely areas of bogging and the chance of ambush by robbers...




The Ridgeway...

Looking South East to Traprain Law...




Past the ruins of the Vaults - once a fortified roadhouse  some fork lift tracks firmed up the going though made an interesting rumble!...






Once the climb up to the Transmitters on Barney Hill began the deep snow had me off pushing. fatbikes are not invincible!, but still way easier here in deep dry snow than a regular MTB.  soon all footprints stopped and the only tracks were left from a pair of XC skies ...


Five bar gate at the top shows how deep the snow was...


Was some deep drifts too...


Managed to roll down the east side of Barney Hill ok...







I rode down through the plantains woods , along the old A1 then up to Barney Mains farm again to avoid the deep snow then enjoyed the blast back down past the vaults as it got dark...



A nice couple of hours out on the Pugsley...

4 comments:

  1. WOW...Great post!! It looks and sounds as if a good time was had.

    Thanks for the post,
    RL

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  2. Thanks RL
    For decent dry snow to lie for a week here in SE Scotland a few miles from the coast is rare!

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  3. I have been lurking around your blog for a week now and I think I'm all caught up LOL!!!! I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience and country with all of us.

    May I ask a question? Now that you have had your Nates for a while, how do you like them as an overall tire?

    Thanks again!!!
    Kaetwo

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  4. Hi kaetwo, I think the Nates are ok for all round use, esp as a winter tyre, they are a little buzzy and draggy on tarmac but overall they steer well and provided as much grip as you would ever need on muddy trails.
    I will refit Larry tyres for summer but defo always have these on the pug for winters now!

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