Love your channel dude your rides and commentary are brilliant 😊 another lovely ride on the supersix 😊❤ Pete 🚴🏻👍
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
Cheers, Pete. I'm looking forward to this panopticon series because two of them will be completely new ground for me. The supersix is running well, the other bikes in the stable will be getting jealous!
@n22pdf4 күн бұрын
@@clippingin1593 Awesome look forward to the next installment.. :) yes my other bikes are getting jealous to.. loving my Supersix to
@mattjohn77004 күн бұрын
Fantastic video, Gordon haha..shake your fillings out stunning views.
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
Cheers, Matt. I was quite lucky with the visibility even if the light was a bit flat at times. It's great country for cycling with the wide spaces and big sweeping descents but in a month or two it can be a bit too exposed for comfort.
@terrymarlor-gage62144 күн бұрын
Local as Gordon,the ride ove Cock hill and super descent to HB,perfect👍🚴
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
Cheers, Terry. The tops were nice and quiet but the valley roads were packed with roadworks and traffic lights. Monster tailbacks with road closures around Denholme Gate. I thought I'd start the set of four with a route I know really well. I've never been to the Halo near Haslingden, or the Colourfields in Blackburn, so there are adventures ahead!
@andrew30m4 күн бұрын
Great video.
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
Thanks, Andrew. It's nice to have a little concept-series for the start of autumn. I've been riding this route since the 90s but two of series will be brand new to me - mini adventures on the horizon!
@thomasnutter4 күн бұрын
Your videos really help me join the dots of my internal tom tom, I'm fairly local to these areas, only i live on the proper side of the divide ;) lol. .......Lancashire leads the way my lads, Lancashire leads the way lol.
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
For the next three videos I will, of course, agree with you Thomas .... haha. I'll have to consult a map for the Blackburn site - 'Colourfields' is in a park about a mile from the centre of town.
@pcmjpcmj68544 күн бұрын
Another wonderful video. You are probably familiar with the popular loop route from H.Bridge over the tops to Widdop and then onto Trawden and Laneshaw Bridge and then following the roads you took back to Oxenhope and back over the moors to H.Bridge. Congratulations on getting to the 1K subscriber mark.
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
That's a good loop, I've mainly done it in the opposite direction, starting via Pecket Well. I've also got an off-road variation from HB to Widdop Res then after a couple of miles of tarmac takes a bridleway to cut out Trawden & Laneshaw Bridge to join the Herders road. The MTB will be coming out soon.
@Tarmaccyclocross3 күн бұрын
I was out today and went past a big pile of dumped asbestos roofing, some people have no respect for the countryside ☹️very interesting sculpture here in Middlesbrough we have the bottle 🤣 thanks for another great video and congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
@clippingin15933 күн бұрын
That kind of fly-tipping really upsets me too. They're driving 10-15 miles to dump stuff on the moorland roads - guttering, roofing, old furniture etc. I Googled the nearest KFC to The Atom and it's 7-8 miles away, so they've driven from Colne, had a picnic and couldn't be bothered to take the cartons home. Aside from that, it's a great area for cycling and I was quite lucky with the weather.
@Langers.4 күн бұрын
Oooh very brave, a trip to the dark side (aka Lancashire 😂). It's been years since I've been to 'the teletubby house' as my sons used to call the atom when they were little 🙂. Love the rugged countryside around there.
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
I Googled it and that's a great description - it looks just like their grassy dome house. Did you ever see it with the nucleus in-situ? I walked to the Atom and Singing Ringing Tree in late 2021 so I thought the quartet would make a good cycling project for early autumn.
@Langers.4 күн бұрын
@clippingin1593 yes, I'm sure the nucleus was there but I haven't seen the Singing Ringing tree, I'm going to have to take a wander round there sometime soon for old times sake 🙂
@StephenOakey4 күн бұрын
....1037 now!
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
Brilliant - thanks Stephen. The Pantopticon series is going to be interesting - I'll be on completely new ground for The Halo and the Blackburn Colourfields.
@DAB2483 күн бұрын
Congrats on the YT milestone Gordon, Noticed something had happened with all the adverts interrupting another fantastic episode. I'll have to sign up to YT premium now 😀
@clippingin15933 күн бұрын
Cheers, Dave. YT began placing ads a year ago as I approached 500 subs but I had no control over them and didn't receive any revenue. They were badgering me to introduce other 'contributory' revenue features but I didn't want any part of it. I'm guessing that they've increased the frequency now that I qualify for a slice of the cake. What I'll do :- give it a couple of weeks to let it settle & I'll also watch from my guitar YT account, then if I think it's too intrusive or ruins the flow I'll try to turn them off via 'de-monetizing'.
@gordonmidgley89583 күн бұрын
There was an immediate ad which I skipped in 5 secs then another at 9:25 which I also skipped after a few secs. Interestingly, when I watched a music video from Clipping In, there was an immediate ad despite this account only having 135 subs. Maybe YT is dealing cards 'one for us, one for me'. Something to keep an eye on for a few weeks before I go nuclear 😊.
@GrandadRambles4 күн бұрын
Congrats Gordon on the 1K subs 🎉🙌🏼 knew ya get there soon 👍🏻 When ya kept saying Oxenholme I kept thinking you was coming into Kendal haha
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
Haha - it's so easy to mix up 'hope' and 'holme'. I had a mate who did that with 'Lancashire' and 'Lanarkshire', which is even more serious! Cheers, Rob.
@GrandadRambles4 күн бұрын
@@clippingin1593 that is more than serious, that’s border patrol knocking on your door at 3am! 😂 🏴 🏴
@paulwatson82004 күн бұрын
Great ride! Congratulations on reaching 1000 subscribers.
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
Thanks, Paul. It's great countryside and I was quite lucky with the visibility today.
@hiworldstephensonultranate2904 күн бұрын
Well Done Deserved 1000 subscribers
@hiworldstephensonultranate2904 күн бұрын
MasterClass in Dangerous Descents Gordon N humour too 😊🚲🚴
@ianrichardson455821 сағат бұрын
well done on the 1K viewers gordon I'm sure you've reached that milestone because of the content information and fun that makes your vlogs addictive and enjoyable each time you post well done again and keep it up 👏
@clippingin159313 сағат бұрын
@@ianrichardson4558 thanks, Ian. I haven't really kept an eye on the stats but it's nice to see four figures. Lots of ride projects in the pipeline for autumn/winter
@PaulJones-k3f2 күн бұрын
1,036 subscribers! well done mate I am 2 of those!! lol You are authentic and alternative (somehow) lol brilliant carry on
@gordonmidgley89582 күн бұрын
Cheers, Paul. I count for one of the subs as well 😊 I've got a good list of ride projects & ideas for autumn once the Lancashire quartet is out of the way.
@toddfield47442 күн бұрын
Congrats on the 1k on subscribers Gordon. On your way to KZbin funded retirement.
@clippingin15932 күн бұрын
Cheers, Todd. I'll have to start with 'shocked face' influencer thumbnails and ambiguous video titles if I want to feather my retirement nest.... plus a few extra Reynard Navigation ads.
@Robutube12 күн бұрын
Another post that's easily up to the high standards you set yourself Gordon. A great idea for a mini-series and I look forward to seeing them all. Meanwhile, chapeau for the climbing on this one!
@clippingin15932 күн бұрын
Thanks, Rob. Sometimes a little 'concept ride' can nudge us into trying a new route or venturing into a different area. It'll be completely new terrain when I visit 'The Halo' and 'Colourfields' pairing. Just need a bit of clear weather to showcase the panopticon side of things!
@davidowen97703 күн бұрын
Great video 👍 it's a while since I went over that way. A revisit of Jack hill and the Widdop Reservoir loop is required this Autumn.
@clippingin15933 күн бұрын
That's a great hill circuit, David. It's around a year when I posted an off-roader in that area which you commented on. This year I'm going to extend that circuit by passing Widdop Res, swoop down, up the other side then take a bridleway right-turn which eventually rejoins the tarmac near the Herders.
@ChrisSpriggs-rj2ys3 күн бұрын
Ted Hughes certainly appreciated the expansive moorlands of Calderdale and Dartmoor and wrote about the human impact on such wild places I wonder what he would have had to say about wind turbines Telegraph Wires” by Ted Hughes Take telegraph wires, a lonely moor, And fit them together. The thing comes alive in your ear. Towns whisper to towns over the heather. But the wires cannot hide from the bad weather. So oddly, so daintily made It is picked up and played. Such unearthly airs The ear hears, and withers! In the revolving ballroom of space Bowed over the moor, a bright face Draws out of telegraph wires the tones That empty human bones
@clippingin15933 күн бұрын
Wonderful writer. I'm quite a fan of Ted - I had a ride to Mexborough last year as a Hughes-themed pilgrimage and even bumped into a former ferryman's assistant who remembered TH as a lad. There's a superb volume 'Remains of Elmet' from 1979/80 which captures the Calderdale natural landscape as well as the rapidly changing social landscape. "Moors are a stage for the performance of heaven" is just one fantastic opening line.
@onemorecyclist4 күн бұрын
Sailed through passport control there, Gordon! Great ride and idea for a series (must confess I had to look up the word Panopticon!) and really looking forward to the next instalments. That amazing 'horizontal vastness' up on the tops is a great way of putting it! Congrats on the 1k too, much deserved for a brilliant channel! 🙂
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
It makes them sound very grand, doesn't it? I knew the term from Bentham's all-seeing prison design which influenced Orwell's telescreen concept, but applying it to public art was one a new one on me. The Singing Ringing Tree has some amazing views on a clear day, but it needs a fair breeze to get the pipes singing. The other pair in deepest Lancs will be new ground for me. Cheers, Martin.
@steppings56453 күн бұрын
Great ride, I thought you might have bunny hopped the cobble strips :-)
@clippingin15933 күн бұрын
I can just about manage to stand on the pedals, I think bunny hopping might be beyond me😁 The Pecket Well strips sound worse than they are, especially as I forgot to put a low frequency filter on the audio track. The ones on the 'balcony track' towards the end of the video are pretty mean - big gappy cobbles. Funnily enough, I broke my collarbone on that road in December 2005 with ice rather than cobbles being to blame.
@hxjay19714 күн бұрын
Lancashire roads gordon ,wash your mouth out 😂,another stunning ride ive hit those rumble strips lots of times and they do shake the life out of you ,i love that ride from oxenhope down into hebden bridge just you and the road ,its magical
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
That signing-off line just sounded odd, Jay! Those moorland roads are just magical - I'm used to the Pecket Well rumblers but in the other direction the faded yellow lines as you swoop towards Oxenhope always break my rhythm.
@hiworldstephensonultranate2904 күн бұрын
Oh Ads crept in lately n tdy 1 minute! Don't like
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
For the past year people have been telling me that KZbin is placing ads in the videos so I'm guessing that they're more regular now that the channel has passed 1000 subs. I haven't looked into it, but I think they push 1 ad per 7-8 minutes, and most of the time you can skip them after a few seconds. That's what I find when I watch other KZbin videos.
@alistairmacfadyen93654 күн бұрын
Lovely, great stuff
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
Thanks, Alistair. Fingers crossed for a settled autumn with some good days out.
@johnthebiker300Күн бұрын
Oddly enough I had not heard of the Panopticons before last week and then on a photography website I saw a few images and then this. Are they suitable to be completed in a circular ride
@clippingin1593Күн бұрын
I looked at it last week assuming a Blackburn start/finish and came up with a circuit c. 65 miles with 6500 ft. For someone living in East Lancs or prepared to drive/train travel then it's certainly feasible, especially if they already know some of the route or are handy with a GPS. Starting & finishing in West Yorks it's closer to 115 miles & I'd want to recce the roads before I tried a continuous circuit of that length.
@johnthebiker300Күн бұрын
@@clippingin1593 I found a trail race that does all 4 Atoms but it is end to end so would need to be followed alongside on roads and then return back. About 70 miles maybe.
@clippingin1593Күн бұрын
@@johnthebiker300 That's roughly what you're looking at for a closed loop which starts on the circuit. Go for it!
@theralphster84923 күн бұрын
Well done Gordon, 1k subscribers ! please keep the vids coming, they’re much appreciated.
@clippingin15933 күн бұрын
Cheers, Ralphster. I've got a list of ride projects and new routes lined up for autumn/winter so there should be some interesting stuff on the horizon. I might throw a few short indoor videos into the mix from time to time - people have been asking about the different bikes in the stable.
@theralphster84922 күн бұрын
@@clippingin1593 Brilliant, something to look forward to. I keep getting tempted to purchase/restore a vintage bike, your Gios always makes me a little jealous.
@clippingin15932 күн бұрын
@@theralphster8492 That would be a great project and gives you something a little different. The 'little Gios' will be coming out next month. It's refitted with 50/34 & 11-28 for a little more breathing space on the long hills. I can only run 23mm Gatorskins with full 'guards but the steel frame & fork adds compliance compared to carbon set-ups.
@Outback103 күн бұрын
Crazy elevation, Hope you got the legs up! 👍
@clippingin15933 күн бұрын
Well, I spent nearly three hours in a chair putting the video together.... but it was a good ride with some nice footage. I took it quite steady and used the low gears to keep the heart rate down. It's a typical Pennine figure for feet/mile! I'd say the only two steep climbs were Herders and Penistone Hill after the reservoir - that's a little monster. Cheers, Anthony
@Outback103 күн бұрын
@@clippingin1593 Enjoyed the venture. Hopefully we'll get a bit more of the mild stuff 🤞
@michaeldenton25814 күн бұрын
“Ah The Elephant” ….had to laugh at that one Gordon. Cyclists and walkers travel miles to get a view of Old Nellie 😂…Another cracking vid highlighting the delights of Brontë Country 🤩
@michaeldenton25813 күн бұрын
And congrats on getting it over the 1k Mark…the coffees are on you 💴 💰💴😁
@clippingin15933 күн бұрын
I remember that building pre-decoration when it was a plain brick-built, Bradford Uni 'microwave comms' but I can't recall when Nellie appeared? Any ideas? I was quite lucky with the visibility, it was still a bit hazy & flat but good enough to give an idea of the Atom as a viewpoint.
@clippingin15933 күн бұрын
Cheers, Mick. I think that post-ride teabag could stretch to a few more brews for the viewers. No point in letting it go to waste :))
@michaeldenton25813 күн бұрын
@@clippingin1593 😆😆
@ChrisW4444 күн бұрын
Great descents there and some great scenary.
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
Thanks, Chris. Sometimes the GoPro just can't capture the depth in the landscape, especially when the light is flat, but today's visibility wasn't too bad. Wonderful cycling country. I'll probably do the Singing Ringing Tree next - preferably with a bit of a breeze to prime the pipes.
@ChrisW4444 күн бұрын
@@clippingin1593 looking forward to the next one, it is great cycling country round here isn't it but I rarely get out to Lancashire.
@ajollygoodchap4 күн бұрын
Once again, I could clearly see Stoodley Pike in the distance!
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
I always feel as I'm getting close to home when I can see Stoodley, and that was a great view of the old sentinel and original panopticon on the descent to Pecket Well.
@ajollygoodchap3 күн бұрын
Is that a fact,, that it was the original of that design.
@clippingin15933 күн бұрын
@@ajollygoodchap No, I don't want to mislead you here. The original Stoodley monument was a simpler design and served as a memorial to the Napoleonic Wars. Britain went into a huge economic slump with something resembling military rule between 1815-30 and a lot of labour was redirected into constructing public works, follies, towers, roads, and home improvements. The original monument was struck by lightning on the eve of the Crimean War and today's replacement tower was built in the mid-late 1850s. I'm sure they had a panopticon in mind when they built the viewing gallery, but I've never heard it referred to in that way.
@ajollygoodchap3 күн бұрын
I think your right, they must have had that design in mind. Great history trivia. Very interesting.
@gmivisualsjason37294 күн бұрын
Very autumnal few days as well. Think I might do the same this autumn..... Panopticon Atom Excellent video
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
It's great country and I'd say this one and The Singing Ringing Tree (overlooking Burnley) are the two most accessible of the quartet, at least for rides starting in West Yorks. Definitely worth trying.
@RobinDS-m1g4 күн бұрын
Loving the Kubrick reference! More beautiful pennine views. Well done on 1K subs too.
@clippingin15934 күн бұрын
Thanks, Robin. I thought it might be a bit long for a KZbin title so I left it on the Strava ride. I was quite lucky with the weather today. I'll sit tight for good visibility before visiting the other sites - I know there are tremendous views from the Singing Ringing Tree.