Well that was fun in a sadistic sort of way!

I'm uploading a load of pictures that I will post on here after I've had a bath.

I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Thanks,

Andrew, Jason, Vince & Mark.

Uploaded faster than expected. The bath will have to wait.

If anybody else has some picture stick them on here.

great morning chaps!
i'll upload a few photos later, all taken at the most boring marshal point in the world.

gutted – snapped chain on first bit of singletrack about 3 minutes into the race. fixed it by the time the rest of the riders had passed and then it popped again a few minutes later. so i gave up.

i was probably going to win it this year as well!

great event though – well done to the organisers & marshalls. found my way to the slippery corner of death to get my heckle on, which was probably more fun than racing if i'm honest!

I didn't realise the coppers were dicking about on go carts.

Interested to know how the cyclocross bike faired compared to the MTBs

Interested to know how the cyclocross bike faired compared to the MTBs

the crossers were all skinny whippets and the MTBers were all a bit lardy so it would be a pretty unfair comparison!

you guys are idiots for putting this on…

the very best type of idiot 🙂

it was awesome! Nice one!

gutted about puncturing, but had loads of fun racing through the field and the post race bacon rolls were good too 🙂

Great event. I enjoyed it and I was just a marshall. Although I think I had the best marshall point (no.3) at the bottom of that very muddy decent with the magnetic tree at the bottom just before the 500m of nice flat.

"Come on keep smiling!"

DS

DS, got some "swag" in the car for you.

also, it's good to finally put a few more faces to names on here.
none of my close friends are as enthusiastic about biking as me (if at all), but it makes me feel like such a weirdo just walking up to people at races or whatever and introducing myself so i seem to just wallow in anonymity most of the time…
plus i am so unfit and stuff that i always think better of entering races- maybe i need to change that soon.

Early

Later

Cheers guys, had lots of fun. Thanks also to Mr Oxley for picking me out of the ditch 🙂

Post race party tonight if anybody fancies a pint. WAGS invited too.

8:30, Church Inn, Prestwich.

Casual, no cleats.

ace race put on by ace people. CX bike was the right choice without a doubt although new brake blocks got destroyed in 2hrs :-/

Thanks guys 🙂

Results are here

Good to see you all, shout at you all and give you all a good blow! My voice it a bit Barry White now.

Thanks to those who actually said who they are. It always helps to get a name.

That's me out I only ever wear cleats!

Some great pics there. Not everyone appeared to be smiling. I see the forecasted freeze didn't quite happen then!

Everybody seemed to have fun. Well, muddy and tiring fun. The boy and I were filming and hopefully the end product should be online next week. Got some good crash footage! Well done HTN boys.
Mr Sparkle, rolling marshal.

Turned off the motorway as designated by the sat nav, around the big roundabout,wuith more lights than Blackpool, back down the motorway,the oposite way then on a bridge the sat nav pings to say the location is on the rhs,sadly i forgot to bring any abseiling gear.

So then back up to the next junction and back the way we had come, stopped and asked people the direction of the park,it seems as if Aliens had invaded, as nobody knew the park, or any bike race.

The area looked like a post thatcher derelict environment,thankfully she went many years ago,but her legacy remains.

Whens the next one,i will borrow my mates climbing gear then.

Ooops. We did send you a map and have one on our website.

Did you get there eventually?

Ace day all round. I know which puddle Jase keeps his secret brick stash in now too. 😕

Well done all the winners of all the cats and especially well done to the organisers for a great, great course and a smoothly run event.

great day – cheers all!

I pulled out with 5 minutes to go on my fifth lap. My bike had picked up half the mud on the field!

I'll be back in summer though – already looking forward to it

enjoy the beers folks – they're more than deserved

😀

Harry, being a man i just relied on the sat nav,

whens the next one happening.

Looks good from the pictures.

Really enjoyed it
Thanks guys
Will be back next year

TimK – Member
ace race put on by ace people. CX bike was the right choice without a doubt although new brake blocks got destroyed in 2hrs :-/

Thanks guys

Results are here

whoop! 2nd from bottom…that's 1 better than expected. i was 4th last year so as you can see consistency isn't my strongest trait.

mini manchester mountain bikers movie (plenty of crashes!)

Anyone want to unpack a trailer full of event gear, give me a shout

Nice muddy fields!

The best in Manchester 😉

Peachos, 1:35 and 2:00 are comedy gold!

I spy 2 of the 4 Bog Trotters entered in the 2nd shot. Nezbo 78 far left of shot and Jo (illegible) in blue 1/3 from left :}

Should be a lot cleaner next year or in the summer, between me and Pook there can't be any mud left in the park!

Thanks organisers and marshalls all, top day out.

some more (pretty rubbish) photos here.

I bet that you were sick of the sight of your Marshal Point Number.

well done to all concerned, a brilliant day out, muddy, wet and lots of falls, perfect!

it was one of the more exciting parts of that area, the number.

Plenty of candidates there for A&A on Friday though xherbivorex!

Well done lads – superb fun, a great course and really well organised.

All the mud you can eat or carry home, a black-eye from an over enthusiastic Ed-O and a very respectable 136th for team Spanner. 🙂

To the bloke on the crosser in the picture above the tricycling plod:
Ms Spanner (marshalling near the ruptured ferret) says you can have your inner tube back, but you'll have to mend it yourself.

Nice to see everyone again – seemed to be mostly returnees from the previous two HTN races. Shows your doing something right.

Stunning day thrashing about in the gloop.Thanks to those stupid enough to keep putting these on.No thanks to Mr Richards/Oxley for the "words of encouragement" 😀
Just looked at results….20th…how???WTF!!(bit 'appy)Its only me 4th ride this year!!-more beer methinks.

Ms Spanner (marshalling near the ruptured ferret

Was that Ms Spanner at the bottom of the steps then? Props to her! Second best mashalling point for encouragement, after the loonies at the bottom of False Teeth natch.

Yep, she picked that one specially – she likes to see people suffer.