A month ago I was doubtful as to whether I’d ever be able to write the title of this post. After almost 30 years of riding my nearest hill the larch trees have succumbed to a fungal disease and all 2,500 have had to be cut down. This has destroyed much of the man madeContinue reading “A sunny day for a few laps of Healey Nab.”
A little exploration and some really good news.
A while ago I explored a very remote trail in wet conditions and thought it would be good to check out the whole length in better weather. It hasn’t rained for around 3 weeks and the ground is nice and dry so I took a road route to the south side of our local hill,Continue reading “A little exploration and some really good news.”
Wow! What a ride!
The coronavirus situation is hard on us all. I’m so thankful that I’ve got mountain biking with, in Britain, few restrictions on our riding, to keep me sane. I rode this afternoon having done some gardening earlier. There really isn’t much more we can do to the garden but to give a little hope forContinue reading “Wow! What a ride!”
Trying for a target.
I wanted to have a go at one of my two targets for this year whilst we’re still enjoying dry weather. Last year I set a time of 22 minutes and 19 seconds on the Strava segment “Great Hill, out and back”. Excitingly I beat the existing time for the segment thus far in 2019Continue reading “Trying for a target.”
The training ride before the big one.
I’d planned a ride before my big challenge for the year which is to ride the Mary Towneley Loop. It’s 47 miles with 6,500 feet of climbing, almost exclusively off road. So today I did that longer training ride even though I may not be able to do the Mary Towneley in April due toContinue reading “The training ride before the big one.”
A great way to motivate yourself.
Today the weather is lovely and sunny but after a dog walk I felt a little tired, not particularly motivated to do a ride. Coronavirus actually made me change my first plan. I thought that I’d boost my enthusiasm if I set a challenge and considered doing 5 laps of my training circuit at Birkacre.Continue reading “A great way to motivate yourself.”
A bigger ride.
Despite some doubt that I’ll now be able to do a my 47 mile ride any time soon I thought it would still be a good idea to try a bigger ride today, after another longer than usual break. At least we can still ride in England. In France and Italy no leisure rides areContinue reading “A bigger ride.”
Coronavirus.
I haven’t contracted Coronavirus, yet, but some estimates have 80% of us catching the disease before it’s run it’s course. Despite this, and even if I don’t contract the disease or the symptoms are so mild I don’t notice it, it may still affect my mountain biking. You could say that it’s selfish, when untoldContinue reading “Coronavirus.”
A good training ride.
For a variety of reasons I haven’t ridden for 5 days so was keen to get a good ride in today to maintain my fitness. With Healey Nab out of action for training I decided to ride to the top of Great Hill, especially concentrating on the Strava segment “Great Hill, out and back”. IContinue reading “A good training ride.”
Still finding new trails after all these years!
I’ve often thought that I knew every trail within easy reach of home. Sometimes, though, I’ve ridden along with someone new and they’ve shown me a trail I didn’t know. Within the last year I’ve been surprised to discover several trails in places I’ve been riding forever. Today I did a little explorationContinue reading “Still finding new trails after all these years!”
