20th October 2005 

 Macc Forest Classic with Croxy  

Crew : John Croxford, Chris Palmer, Pete Austin, Lucas Mollan, Graham Kershaw, Eric Dewhurst, Phil "nipping home for the mole grips" Ball, Graham Dougan 

Route : Barracks Lane - Buxton New Rd - Buxton Old Rd -  Teggs Nose - Langley descent - Leather Smithy - climb through forest -  Charity Lane -  Standing Stone - Nessit Hill - Langley - Church House - Home.

Weather: Bit damp at the start, but mostly fine after that 

Items of interest :

Andy Thornton "bunking off" sick

Another Kershaw route incident a) he makes us wait while he picks up a set of new mates halfway up to TN b) he then departs our company complete with new mates at Tegg's Nose but ...c) he re-joined the fold at the Church House 

Fine helpings and good Ale (Trafalgar) in the Church House

Phil "my brake pads need replacing but my engineering prowess is not up to it " Ball alleged DNF incident - was he or was he not a DNF (we need a definition)

Luc does an "over the bars" job on Charity lane and sustains damage