{"id":2482,"date":"2023-05-13T17:26:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T17:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2023-05-13T17:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T17:26:33","slug":"glasson-dock-13-may-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/glasson-dock-13-may-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasson Dock – 13 May 23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

11 Stokers and 9 Pilots signed up; 7 Stokers and 8 Pilots made it. Thanks once again to ASLEF and the RMT, reinforced by a sickness bug, numbers were culled to, you guessed it, 7 tandems and a solo. Still, a very respectable turnout for a brilliant buzz around the bay. Morecambe Bay that is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Departure was slightly delayed when a trailer board bulb exploded. So we nicked one from our second trailer and set off, watching the mercury rise from single figures into the high teens. And it stayed there – even nudging 20 in the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As ever, the quote of the day award went to ride leader Barney. \u201cYou don\u2019t need a bigger saddle. Give me a carving knife and I\u2019ll reshape your bum so it fits better!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tall guy in the middle joined us for the picture – that\u2019s Eric Morecambe of course\u2026..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
A ride without a coffee stop doesn\u2019t count\u2026 On the stone jetty awaiting food <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
And tucking in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
All aboard – tandems en route <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Nicola and Jules getting more practice – all in preparation of their Wolds expedition later this summer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Barney and Drew unloading the trailer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

11 Stokers and 9 Pilots signed up; 7 Stokers and 8 Pilots made it. Thanks once again to ASLEF and the RMT, reinforced by a sickness bug, numbers were culled to, you guessed it, 7 tandems and a solo. Still, a very respectable turnout for a brilliant buzz around the bay. Morecambe Bay that is. … Continue reading “Glasson Dock – 13 May 23”<\/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-2482","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\/2482","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=2482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482\/revisions\/2483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}