{"id":633,"date":"2019-07-20T16:41:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T16:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=633"},"modified":"2019-07-20T18:58:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T18:58:47","slug":"fairburn-20-jul-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/fairburn-20-jul-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairburn – 20 Jul 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Granted. The gradients on the Fairburn Loop aren\u2019t quite those of today\u2019s Tour de France tortuous Col du Tourmalet ascent; the most challenging climbs being over a couple of canal bridges. And nine tandems (plus Elaine on a solo) mightn\u2019t be considered a Peloton. But who needs to travel to the Pyrenees to experience the joys of cycling. A very enjoyable ride with a lovely mix of veteran Trekkers and newcomers to our family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A smiling Steve C and Steve D giving a hearty thumbs up \u2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Who needs a motor ? Chris V pedalling hard and Andy, feet off the pedals and in the air, enjoying the ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Danny and Mostafa powering away on our Silver Dawes workhorse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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David and Dean tandeming in sync and in style.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jean waving to the camera with David G in control<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barney and Jules starting their take-off roll \u2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Andrew and Carlie laughing as they ride \u2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Simon and Aisha riding like true professionals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Meanwhile, back at the caf\u00e9 \u2026..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026..post-ride brews and food \u2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Granted. The gradients on the Fairburn Loop aren\u2019t quite those of today\u2019s Tour de France tortuous Col du Tourmalet ascent; the most challenging climbs being over a couple of canal bridges. And nine tandems (plus Elaine on a solo) mightn\u2019t be considered a Peloton. But who needs to travel to the Pyrenees to experience the … Continue reading “Fairburn – 20 Jul 19”<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633","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=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":645,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions\/645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}