Some piccies to follow but, once again, I gotta thank Mike and Ian for organising such a fun w/e's riding and great venue.
What had started of as a casual winter camp/trail ride kinda thing snowballed into a mini ukGSer event with Mike being press-ganged into organising it - he did all 21 peeps proud, great pub, great veggie food (the dead animal stuff looked ok too I suppose
) and some rather nice ales.
Anyway, sod all that that, what we'd all really come for was to go out and get dirty on the bikes, either on road with Arkwright generously sorting a route and taking the big bikes out or our little group of seven out on pogos and a dead cool (RT conversion?) airhead.
Saturday morning bright and early and as Simon and I arrive everybody's all up and scoffing bacon cobs
A rose between two thornes, oh, and Simon and Ian getting serious......
Eye, eye
Arkwright ready for the off.........
You may have noticed that it's rained a bit lately, this is what it does to trails in flat low lying areas
Mike goes up in a puff of smoke
When it's wet it tends to get a little muddy
Some of the boys; Ian, Mike, Geoff and Ol' big ears Simon
Geoff and his kill for the day (a foot peg)........
Some grumpy old git.........
Ian looking like he knows where he's going......
Getting thoroughly soaked and then sharing your tent with wet, muddy bike gear in sub zero temps (with a totally unsuitable sleeping bag) shouldn't have been fun but it fecking was, top fun.........other than not being able to get my boot on my peg leg 'cos it had frozen solid this morning so hobble over to the brazier to get it defrosted. Been home a few hours now but i've only just warmed through properly now. It'll all make work tomorrow morning just that little bit more bearable - cheers again all
Andres