{"id":1334,"date":"2021-06-19T15:10:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T15:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2021-06-19T16:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T16:21:21","slug":"fairburn-18-jun-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/fairburn-18-jun-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairburn – 19 Jun 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Undeterred by the Tesco van driver\u2019s assurances that even bikes wouldn\u2019t be able to get through the \u201cRoad Ahead Closed\u201d blockage, seven tandems rode on. Whether it was stubbornness, curiosity or simply rising to the challenge, Drew had rightly worked out that if the road was open to pedestrians it wouldn\u2019t pose a hindrance to cyclists. The problem was, there was nothing to suggest foot traffic could get past the sink hole on one side and the rain filled gully on the other. But it wasn\u2019t within Trekkers remit to give up and go back. And we didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was yet another superb Saturday sauntering around Fairburn\u2019s quiet lanes – all capped off with the customary cafe stop back at Birkin Fisheries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And fantastic to be joined by Richard on his maiden away from base ride. L-plates decidedly not required, Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Richard and Martin bump elbows <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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John T leads Jules around the obstacles <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And Richard ensuring Tariq gets through safely <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Post road closure group shot <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Post ride bacon butties never tasted this good <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Charles explaining to Keith he\u2019s considering becoming a vegetarian. The conversation has an interesting ending which defies being committed to print<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Undeterred by the Tesco van driver\u2019s assurances that even bikes wouldn\u2019t be able to get through the \u201cRoad Ahead Closed\u201d blockage, seven tandems rode on. Whether it was stubbornness, curiosity or simply rising to the challenge, Drew had rightly worked out that if the road was open to pedestrians it wouldn\u2019t pose a hindrance to … Continue reading “Fairburn – 19 Jun 21”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1334"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1338,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions\/1338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}