{"id":1814,"date":"2022-03-19T17:58:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T17:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2022-03-19T17:58:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T17:58:06","slug":"spen-valley-greenway-19-mar-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/spen-valley-greenway-19-mar-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Spen Valley Greenway &#8211; 19 Mar 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today was John&#8217;s first outing as ride leader so the gods of chaos and confusion (aka Network Rail) decided to cancel the trains bringing most of our VIs to Deighton.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After various messages to and from Martin and others we finally settled on an hour later start time and those already present went to the caf\u00e9 to wait it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eventually all arrived with a few stoker cancellations leading to some pilots getting a day off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further minor faffing with recalcitrant quick release levers eventually saw 6 tandems making their merry way to the Sunflower Pot cafe in glorious sunshine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were apparently no longer in England it were that nice! \ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four of the six opted for the longer run to Low Moor before the caf\u00e9 stop and then all returned to storage thoroughly pleased with John&#8217;s Ride Leading and the non-English weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See you all at Fairburn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drew<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1647708783811-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1647708783811-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1647708783811-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1647708783811-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1647708783811-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1647708783811-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1647708783811-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Finally enroute. Group shot on the Calder Valley viaduct.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was John&#8217;s first outing as ride leader so the gods of chaos and confusion (aka Network Rail) decided to cancel the trains bringing most of our VIs to Deighton.&nbsp; After various messages to and from Martin and others we finally settled on an hour later start time and those already present went to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/spen-valley-greenway-19-mar-22\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spen Valley Greenway &#8211; 19 Mar 22&#8221;<\/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-1814","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\/1814","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=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1815,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions\/1815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}