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Well I thought I would keep this separate to the LA2B2LV ride, so here are a few pics of our (Rman, Meriden & Thrasherg) ride to the coke ovens.
Meriden had been as sick as a dog all night and elected to stay and guard the cars, whilst Rman and myself rode the 16 easy miles to the coke ovens!!
It turns out we had seriously miscalculated the time, I planned on 30 minutes to get there, 30 minutes to look around and take pictures and 30 minutes to get back.. So we left at 10:00am and would be back by 11:30am!! That's the plan!!
Rman's kickstart had broken on the LA2B2LV ride so we had to bump start him every time the engine stalled (Which was not very often), the path took us almost 1.5 hours to ride (16 miles in 90 minutes!! we could have walked faster!! ) and was made up of sand and rocky sections with lots of loose boulders/rocks.. We did make it to the ovens and get a few pictures, there where a load of people there in 4 wheel golf buggy things who where really nice and helpful, we would be bumping into them a lot on the return trip!!
Rman on the way to the ovens:-
Rman at the ovens:-
The ovens and bikes:-
Thrasher at the ovens:-
We then decided to leave for the cars, but to take a longer (32 mile) trip that was easier. It was very scenic and a lot of fun, we crossed the railroad a few times, crossed some shallow rivers/streams and had a great time, until we ran into a small river of treacle.. They tell me it was mud, but both Rman and I felt that there is no mud that is as sticky as this stuff was, we lost our bikes, our boots and where generally exhausted trying to get out of the stuff. I started to cross the river, then the surface of the mud broke and my bike started to sink so I turned for the shore, but got stuck long before reaching the shore, Rman was behind me and saw what was happening and managed to stop before getting too far into the mud. We got Rman's bike out in about 10 minutes, but we spent 45 minutes to an hour having to try and pull mine out. We had to get trees and bits of wood to place on the mud so we could stand on them to pull the bike out without ourselves sinking.. We where completely exhausted by the time we finished. Here is a few pics of my bike with the treacle on it:-
We finally found a place to cross the treacle stream and get back to the cars. It took us 4.5 hours to make the ride and Meriden was starting to get worried that we had been gone so long.. He was looking a lot better, but we decided to NOT take him to the ovens, so he is living the experience through our pictures!!
Rman, thanks for helping pull my bike out and not abandoning me to the coyotes and other animals!!
Gary
Meriden had been as sick as a dog all night and elected to stay and guard the cars, whilst Rman and myself rode the 16 easy miles to the coke ovens!!
It turns out we had seriously miscalculated the time, I planned on 30 minutes to get there, 30 minutes to look around and take pictures and 30 minutes to get back.. So we left at 10:00am and would be back by 11:30am!! That's the plan!!
Rman's kickstart had broken on the LA2B2LV ride so we had to bump start him every time the engine stalled (Which was not very often), the path took us almost 1.5 hours to ride (16 miles in 90 minutes!! we could have walked faster!! ) and was made up of sand and rocky sections with lots of loose boulders/rocks.. We did make it to the ovens and get a few pictures, there where a load of people there in 4 wheel golf buggy things who where really nice and helpful, we would be bumping into them a lot on the return trip!!
Rman on the way to the ovens:-
Rman at the ovens:-
The ovens and bikes:-
Thrasher at the ovens:-
We then decided to leave for the cars, but to take a longer (32 mile) trip that was easier. It was very scenic and a lot of fun, we crossed the railroad a few times, crossed some shallow rivers/streams and had a great time, until we ran into a small river of treacle.. They tell me it was mud, but both Rman and I felt that there is no mud that is as sticky as this stuff was, we lost our bikes, our boots and where generally exhausted trying to get out of the stuff. I started to cross the river, then the surface of the mud broke and my bike started to sink so I turned for the shore, but got stuck long before reaching the shore, Rman was behind me and saw what was happening and managed to stop before getting too far into the mud. We got Rman's bike out in about 10 minutes, but we spent 45 minutes to an hour having to try and pull mine out. We had to get trees and bits of wood to place on the mud so we could stand on them to pull the bike out without ourselves sinking.. We where completely exhausted by the time we finished. Here is a few pics of my bike with the treacle on it:-
We finally found a place to cross the treacle stream and get back to the cars. It took us 4.5 hours to make the ride and Meriden was starting to get worried that we had been gone so long.. He was looking a lot better, but we decided to NOT take him to the ovens, so he is living the experience through our pictures!!
Rman, thanks for helping pull my bike out and not abandoning me to the coyotes and other animals!!
Gary