Originally posted by Campag Fetish Boy
One of my favourite rides in a S&M sort of way was when I was about 15. I left my house in Liverpool to ride to a place called Rivington Reservoir which was a trip of 60miles there and back. Being at school I had little money to spend in those days so I got £1 off my dad and set off. I got to Rivington and stopped in a cafe for a can of Coke and a Mars bar. When I left to go home I decided to extend my journey by taking in the climb of Winter Hill - about 2000ft - and looping around back onto my original route. It was the first time I'd climbed Winter Hill. I got to the top and started the decent, which was a very quick and very smooth road. After about 2 miles I came to a junction with a road which would let me get back home, but across the junction the road continued to descend so I followed it, thinking that I'd be able to find another road to get back to my route home.
After the descent I had another climb and then a descent into a valley. I headed up the valley aiming in the rough direction I needed to go, but no roads turned directly in the direction I needed so I continued riding up the valley. I ended up a town called Blackburn and ended up doing 100miles+ possibly even 120.
I didn't eat anything else due to lack of money from the 30mile point and I finally bonked about 10miles from home and took over an hour to cover the last 10 miles which was pretty flat. I was out for something like 12hours on that single pound.
ahhhhhhhh school boy error! too far on no food! riding the last 10 miles dreaming of all the foods you shouldn't eat...'when i get back i'm gonna raid the biscuits, cakes, have a hot bath, never ride my bike again...bla bla bla...' then get home and say 'that was great!'
one of the last places you want to 'bonk' is around rivington and blackburn, i don't think there's a flat road in that area - nice area though if you're fit!
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