Just got home myself after a wee 140 mile drive, unloading the car can wait til tomorrow I think.
Really enjoyable weekend for definite, and although I got absolutely soaking wet putting my tent up on Saturday morning, on the whole the weather didn't dampen spirits at all. It made for a tricky practice run on the DH course, but thankfully by race time it had dried out somewhat.
Speaking of the DH course, really enjoyed it. Highlight of the weekend for me, it's not often you get to ride a half decent DH run in the UK that's over 2 minutes long (short of going to proper uplift centres), and I felt it had the right mix of technical challenge and open fast bits. And though I was far from quick, I was grinning the whole way down!
XC course was good too, if a lot more climbing than I was expecting! Thankfully I didn't puncture, though I saw countless people that did. And the trials on Saturday, good mix of obstacles there, and well done to the guys that actually cleared the hillclimb, it's steeper than it looks!
Big shout to all the people I met (especially Kev and Bryan for giving my kit a lift back down the hill after), after a mate bailed on me on Friday evening I ended up coming on my own... Everybody was exceptionally friendly, way more so than I've ever experienced at any other event I've been to.
Just one small note though, for next year definitely define the rules on number of laps before the XC race begins, and make sure everyone knows. Didn't matter to me, I was a long way off, but I know one person that might have just snook in 3rd in class had he not been told not to bother doing a 3rd lap. He'd have still been a good distance behind Nick Craig mind...