Mountain bike ride
The Bread Lad, The Pensioner, The Boy.
Another nice winter's day in a frosty car park. Pinchinthorpe this time and the return of The Pensioner from his self-imposed exile to settee land, bright sunshine contrasting with his gloomy pessimism. At the other end of the age scale, was The Boy, on his second ever mountain bike ride, eager and optimistic, ready for everything and anything the countryside could throw at him. We tried to tire him out but only succeeded in destroying ourselves in the process.
The route was a brief tour of Guisborough Woods and the surrounding area, inevitably muddy but frozen in parts even featuring a little snow on the tops. The Boy rampaged up the inclines as someone of his tender years should be able to, his downhill skills were record breaking, he broke the record for the most falls on The Secret Path and The Chute. Enthusiasm outweighing experience yet again. It's amazing the way teenagers bounce, impacts which would have sent us home in the air ambulance were shrugged off, as he remounted and threw himself down the hill again.
Highlight of the ride, inevitably was The Branch Walkway cafe, the fullest we've ever seen it. Something to do with Xmas tree sales I think.
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