Today's ride was Cheeky woods (nailed the exit, second go) to the canal, Roman Bridge, climb Shielan, through the sandy track, Hague drop (nailed first time), Nields way, zig zags, back up to Black Lane, some playing in the quarry behind Mellor Cross, then off the front of the cross and down The Banks. The Banks are in great shape, it’s all frozen solid so it’s running like lightning! Ben had to shoot off home at that point, so the rest of us took the cheeky path up the side of the golf course (ok, we need a better name for that one) and rode The Banks again, then off down Linnet’s Clough, at the first bend I took the bike up to the singletrack, rode the top exit as Jane had done on her skills course to see what it was like as it had never occurred ot me to do that, then down to the bottom, riding the exit twice to show Jane and Gareth the line to take.
Jane, Iain and Gareth went back at that point and Martyn and I went out for another little loop – up Shielan again, over to the Fox, cheeky pint (mmm, that new Dragon Fire is a lovely pint!) then down Green Lane to Strines station (over the new cheeky car park exit), along to Capri farm, up to Shielan and back down it (riding after beer rocks, I’ve never ridden that trail so fast!) and home for a snooze. Brill day.
"Our" trail names in bold, proper names off the map in italics.
