Festive activities catch up

Well that's another Christmas over and tried not to each too much as I have a target of loosing 3.5 stone this year by the doctor! I had a ride around to my mums and back on crimbo day to see if the Slate Apex gears were working again and they were. It was down Westys last week for 4 days and as I suspected it was the Sram Apex 1 rear mech had packed in, not good after not too many rides but a new mech and cable has been fitted so fingers crossed this one will last a while longer. After getting back home we also went out for a walk to clear the lungs out, not far probably just under a couple of miles.
Yesterday I was going to go out on the bike but it was blowing a gale and got stuck in the man cave tinkering on with a few bikes.
I fitted a new set of brake pads on the Beargrease and a new front Mucky Nuts XL mudguard but it did not clear the 5" Bud so re fitted it to the Kramgrease and just about clears the 29x3" tyres. Not tried it in use yet but can see it clogging / rubbing in any muddy type of terrain.
Then I moved on to the Slate, I tired to convert the front wheel into tubeless and after 4-5 goes I gave up and put the tube back in. The problem was air leaking around the side of the Mavic tubeless valve not the tyre / rim.
After that it was late lunch and out for a good 4 mile walk to clear the head from tubeless / mudguard fitting!
Today was a ride out on the Slate Apex, local off road route, over to Bearpark Farm the back way to pick the old railway line to Hownsgill viaduct and back, 31 miles. The café is now closed until after the New Year now. No prob's with the bike and it was a lovely sunny ride when the sun came out. There was even a ground frost in places. The wind has died down as well.
Below are only a couple of pics as the camera battery went flat at Lanchester on the way out! Hopefully more soon -

oh and the back box dropped off the car as well