The Ginger One, Howard, The Boy.
23rd January route
Another visit to Hamsterley Forest to give The Boy a try of some man-made trails. Unfortunately it was in somewhat worse condition than my lonely ride there earlier in the month.The open tracks all filmed over with ice, the sheltered tracks - Boneshaker, Special K and Brainfreeze were mainly okay, just a little muddy. No Strava times would be shattered today on Transmission or the like. Resting at the Descend huts on the way up to Section 13, The Ginger One showed us his artistic bent with some snow modelling of a priapic nature, perhaps he belongs to a secret Darlington sect which worships the penis, as they do in some far-eastern cultures. Who knows: who cares? His worship of overtime will always take precedence. The new section, possibly called Oddsox appears to be unofficially open, so we gave that the benefit of our experience, declaring it a good roller-coaster ride. Ten out of ten to the trail builders. The whole day was fairly brief, as befits a winter’s ride and we were early enough to make the cafe on the A68, although only for snacks because they’d turned off the grills by two thirty pm. Insert confused face emoticon here. (If I knew how).
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