Ride 1 – Bern Solo
Ride 2 – Dunky & Stunty Tythy Twosome
Conditions: Mild, murky up high and torrential rain from 8pm
Another winters evening where motivation is needed to get going…
Bern determinedly set out into the forest solos, alas no Lee to spread Joy this week, and gave it a good bash before surfing home downhill to clock in on Whatsapp and brerate the bretheren for not keeping the faith!
The Tythy twosome donned waterproof trousers and set off for a Chazzy, Cat, Chumby Classic! Two riders lurking at the start of Charity turned out not to be Bern & Lee, and we were complimented on our formation riding!
Excitement further increased when the lights were on at the path to the old microwave station, so we turned them off as nobody was home!
Charity uber rocky and wet after the recent heavy rain with no clear line, but the same water had cleared the way down the extension.
Into cloud by the tearooms (some of us creating our own clouds tying to keep up with Dunc!). Across Danebower – low visibility, lots of water, slippy mud and soft bits made it quite challenging.
Chumby seriously washed out – the mid section has gullies 4ft deep! and lorra lorra water.
By the time we were at the gate, we were so in the Zone that we took on the ford and cleaned it before big deep breaths and relax.
So that was when the cloud taps turned to full, and added plenty of water weight just in time for the grind up to standing stone. Here we decided to hear right and across the boardwalks then down (eventually) to the road. Then a quick blast past Bob’s bench and home.
Good fun – the secret once it got biblical was to keep riding sufficiently hard to keep warm.
Arriving back in Tythy the wetness had soaked down all the way to my waterproof socks. But a great ride.
however you ride, whenever you ride, keep riding and keeping the TNR faith 🙂