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Post by kickstart on Feb 15, 2015 20:11:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2015 20:34:39 GMT
Matlock Bath?
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Post by kickstart on Feb 15, 2015 20:48:17 GMT
That did,nt take long , Matlock bath this afternoon and quite a few bikes going through ....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2015 21:07:42 GMT
I get over there a couple of times a year, but its 80 odd miles away. The pink building (mining museum?) has a fish pond out the front with some massive carp that live on a diet of fish and chips thrown in by generations of bikers....
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Post by Cheggy on Feb 15, 2015 21:40:50 GMT
I've never been to Matlock but it's on the to do list.
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Post by paddlesat16 on Feb 15, 2015 23:41:56 GMT
I've been a few times, when my kids were small and went on the bikes last year for the first time. A good day out.
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Post by scania on Feb 16, 2015 6:29:58 GMT
Is Matlock Bath famous for anything in particular or is it just a regular town, the name sounds like it might have s bit of history to it.
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Post by terryc on Feb 16, 2015 8:39:38 GMT
Is Matlock Bath famous for anything in particular or is it just a regular town, the name sounds like it might have s bit of history to it. Its a Victorian spa town ,people used to travel for miles to take the waters which flowed from natural springs nowadays it's famous for bikes fish and chips and being a tourist trap its a good day out whatever you go in or on .I often go in the car with our lass and my three dogs ,if I'm on my own then its on the bike I've been going there every year since I was seventeen and I got my first bike  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 8:49:59 GMT
The place fascinates me- another example of Victorian "can do" attitude. They didn't let the fact that the place sits in the middle of nowhere and created a seaside resort miles away from the sea.
Actually it would be a good meet point as I bet it's within reach of quite a few members? Scania would have to stay over at Cheggs place of course......
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Post by terryc on Feb 16, 2015 8:57:13 GMT
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Post by Cheggy on Feb 16, 2015 11:57:52 GMT
Scania would have to stay over at Cheggs place of course...... He would be more than welcome but unfortunately I'm really busy that week.  |
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Post by kickstart on Feb 16, 2015 21:44:50 GMT
Yes as Terry says used to be a very busy spa town mainly survives from the weekend trade now of which most are bikers especially on a Sunday , bikers do come from all over on a fine warm weekend and you do see a fair mixture of machines ....
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