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Beautiful moor top night ride

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About 3 hours last night after 9 pm: Pennine way north from Diggle, trails back into Marsden, totally clear skies with a big deep red rising moon, dense mist down in the valleys, oddly warm and totally still, with not_a_breath of wind.

Nothing's felt that magical for a long time.
 Tom Valentine 02 Nov 2015
In reply to Just Another Dave:

Where does the PW go into Diggle?
 Chris the Tall 02 Nov 2015
In reply to Just Another Dave:

I've had a few nights like - love riding (or running) under clear skies and a full moon, or seeing the moon rise - and trying to avoid the distraction of it and crashing ! My best was riding down a snowy Burbage Valley on New Years Eve , and not needing lights. Getting a cloud inversion is a bonus - especially as it then blots out Sheffield from the Moors!
In reply to Tom Valentine:

Yeah, ok, it doesn't. Rode up a bridleway to join it where it crosses the A62, didn't think it worth the detail!

Most of it I hadn't been on before, and I find on-sight night riding can be pretty exciting, even on quite docile trails!
In reply to Chris the Tall:

Ah yes, the moon wasn't full, but the general glow and atmosphere was distracting enough to make me go arse-over-tit more than once on a gentle 'easy' bit! I had to stop, put the lights off, and still my breathing a few times in disbelief at how surreal and silent the moors were.

That NYE sounds pretty special!
 Chris the Tall 02 Nov 2015
In reply to Just Another Dave:

Doesn't the Pennine Bridleway go through Diggle ? I presumed that's what you meant - rode that section in April a few years back and had all sorts of trouble with deep snow drifts !
In reply to Chris the Tall:

PBW does, PW doesn't.
But they come pretty close together near Standedge. ....just details....
Then PW continues past Hollingworth lake, all very nice....
 Tom Valentine 04 Nov 2015
In reply to Just Another Dave:

Just a detail but ...........
PW comes closer to Diggle than it does to Hollingworth Lake.............
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