Mountain Bike Rides.
13th April 2016 route
After yesterday’s (unblogged) local ride where I was giving a thorough drenching, today I came prepared with waterproof everything. Needless to say, the rain stayed away but the as the ground was saturated it was not exactly a dry ride. Another lone ride.
19th April 2016 route
A trip to Hamsterley in the sunshine with The Ginger One, dragged ourselves all the way up to Doctor’s Gate just for the ride back down Rocky Road, followed by Beehives, Oddsox, Transmission, Accelerator and Nitrous. Switching to the other side of the valley, we did the big climb up to Section 13, then the usual way down, Boneshaker, Special K, Brainfreeze and a quick spin around the Skills Loop before retiring to the cafe.
20th April 2016 route
Managed to get The Pensioner out for a gentle ride around the moors above Great Ayton prior to a visiting Fletcher’s Farm so he could complain he had not rode hard enough to justify the calories in his toasted teacake.
21st April 2016 route
Third good weather day in a row, if anything hotter than the previous two, had a mooch about Guisborough Woods with The Bread Lad and his colleague, Richie. Checked out some of the new tracks in the trees, unfortunately still a bit sloppy but promising a nice ride when it dries up. Old favourite The Chute was in superb condition, except for the last few feet which is covered in harvesting debris. The monstrous climb took us back to Highcliffe Nab, from where we rode to Codhill Heights and gave The Nipple some attention, again in lovely condition. Returning to Guisborough Woods via Percy Cross Rigg, The Bread Lad suggested a team descent of Little Roseberry, which none of us had done for a while, nice and dry, we followed it with Les’s 3, a fine end to a fine day.
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