Six valiant souls (Nick, Jim, Jeff and his brother in law Jerry, Kev and me) arrived in Wray, near Lancaster, at 10 a.m., to ride the Hornby Road in honour of our absent MTB leader (Matt Hornby). It was COLD! I was worried that I’d be keeping everyone waiting so set off ahead, and due […]
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Rebels without a route.
As I left the house this morning for the traditional monthly Delamere ride, I was secretly hoping that due to the weather forecast everyone else would have sacked it off and I could just ride home. The chances seemed to improve when I arrived too as the forest was officially closed, (OK mate, I’ll just […]
Mountain bikes – uniting cyclis...
*That’s 1230 hrs, not 1230 AD. The most exciting thing that happened in the 1230’s was the border between England and Scotland being established and Henry III installing a Leopard house in the Tower of London. But I digress, because the main point of this blog to tell you about our ride this weekend. Some […]
Bingley – bashed.
I’ve heard of the route known as the Bingley Bash before, but never really considered it as as one of those ‘before you die’ rides, however the description given in the Singletrack magazine that plopped through my door a couple of weeks after Christmas was a bit enticing, so there’s a plan as good as […]
Delamere, differently familiar.
The first Saturday of February offered us mountain bikers near perfect conditions for our traditional Delamere local ride. Given the lack of rain we’ve had over the last couple of weeks the trails definitely lacked the “quagmire” label that they often attract over the winter months, and where the damp did remain for the most […]