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cannock podnav

pod and rich on collarbone corner

The early morning mist and forestry work meant that early reliance on podnav could have been misplaced.

Fortunately though the rest of were confused by the changing landscape resulting from large scale tree felling podnav knew exactly where he was and was able to lead us to some [...]

playing @ chicksands

simon and tony dualing

After attending a couple of courses between us Simon, Tony and myself decided that rather than working we would spend a Friday practicing and messing about at Chicksands.

After finally finding the carpark and waiting for the fog to lift it was time to try and get the wheels rolling…the [...]

another lee quarry report

2 folks riding pump track badly

Following on from the nothern branch lee quarry report and the fact we were in the area myself, cathy and stru decided to take a jaunt to see what all the chat had been about.

After a bit of debate about where to park and then where to [...]

buxton burner

spring mist

The first of our 2 rides in the north west was a bit of a cross country jaunt  in the hills around Buxton.

Typical of riding in this area it included a lot of stony ups and a few short sharp downs.

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return to ukbikeskills

wooden berm

I think that just about covers it and is far far more than I thought we would cover, even though I have been to see Tony on a couple of courses before.

I had booked a one-to-one session with ukbikeskills to get some confidence back a couple of riding set-backs at the [...]

sunday @ swinley

ali @ swinley

A quick sunny blast round Swinley – not a massive amount of miles but a good amount of the decent singletrack on offer.

After a muddy slog around the north downs earlier in the week it was great to be driving out to Swinley under the promise of blue skies.

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friday pootle – ton up!

So Friday was an early start to get the train to Reading and the towpath/road ride to Bristol…tale in pictures and a few words… [...]

ride report | tuesday pitch

shoes of donald

This ride was the scheduled re-birth of my trek remedy after being in hibernation for just over 7 months.

The day got off to a bad start when the trusty old car made nothing but a clicking noise when the key was turned. A brew or so later and the AA [...]

ride report: watlington wander

rich and cathy

The portents were’t good for the ride – forecast of rain, driving through grey skies and rain. Plus we were riding in the chilterns which is renowned for it’s claggy conditions.

Getting to Watlington we were all ready for a wet slog around the chilterns. To put it simply we got lucky [...]

new skillz to the fore

new skillz to avoid this…

Title: new skillz to the fore

Location: chicksands

Start Time: 10:30 End Time: 16:00

Date: 23rd March 2012

Description: A trip to Chicksands for those folk who are attending skillz courses during the month of March.

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