Anyone for Turnips? Turkey Burn That Never Was

It was a dark and stormy night; and it kept going for the whole following day, 27 December 2006.

Our ambitious and exciting Mourne Epic plans dashed in the teeth of the gale, Tango & Cash and posse were beaten back to where else but Mourne country's The Turnip House, just up from Trassey Car Park.

Lemon drizzle cake, hot chocolate, home-made hats and (albeit lacklustre) turf fire were a handsome alternative to cycling across the mountains in the wind and rain.

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Smokin' the Trails

Following the worst January forest fire in County Antrim in 100 years, a scorch-damaged Tardree Forest provided the perfect backdrop to close for Christmas 2006, for Tango & Cash et al.

Biking, cider, biking, Chinese food, biking, and still in bed before midnight - perfect.

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Until 2007, then...

The last thing we saw before being cryogenically frozen to preserve our good looks and ebbing fitness. I have to say, that wedge was pretty painful - Doc could have cleaned the sand off it first!

Adios! We will be back, someday soon - don't wait up.

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Adventure Race, Banagher Forest, 21 October - Pre-Race Buildup

Tango and Cash, fresh (kinda) from their recent adventure racing success in August, are competing in the adventure race in Banagher on 21 October.

Planning to take more of a pastoral, mentoring role at the start of the race in the interests of encouragement to other competitors, it is the intention to go easy and hope everyone else falls foul of anthrax towards the end, leaving the path clear for back to back victories.

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Not the Sunday Run, Last Saturday - Go Figure!

A tough old day that sorted the sheep from the goats, hosted by the good people from Not the Sunday Run. On One was well represented, as Tango and Cash were in full fig for the TV cameras.

The Summary data below removes any possibility of adding drama, but suffice to say we went up some, round a heathery bit, through some muck, up some more stuff, over rocks, down a slippy steep bit with big rocky things, more muck, heather, rocks, up, down around and back again.

Phew! 13 started, 5 finished. Hard going.

Summary Data
Total Time (h:m:s) 6:51:24
Moving Time (h:m:s) 4:41:22
Distance (mi ) 33.30
Moving Speed (mph) 7.1 avg.
Elevation Gain (ft) +7,317 / -7,330

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Like a Phoenix from the Ashes

Now fully recovered from his throat surgery, Tango joined Cash in the saddle last night, as they made their long-awaited tag-team return to the streets and by-ways of Antrim town.

Now begins the long hard road towards La Ruta de los Conquistadores, 2007.

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Hard Rock Stevie

Hot on the heels of his withdrawal from the Mourne Marathon, Tango backed up sharply to pull out of the Stanes trip on 30 September.

Regardless, a posse left our shores bound for Kirroughtree, and a wonderful day was had by all.

We discussed the largest office block in North Down and the associated cafe, tumbled over the smallest of obstacles, and generally worked up an appetite for a Chinese on the way home (or a coffee for some of the laydies, ahem!).

No-one dared darken the doors of Stevie's church, the mighty McMoab.

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