Swinley yesterday. I was wearing a t-shirt. Dunno what all the fuss about the weather is 🙂

Headed up to the Forest Of Dean again yesterday for the 2nd week running. Getting to know a new bike which made me have a fail on the roll out to the fire road above Launchpad. Plenty of helpful folks offered encouragement but it was a complete mental block. Went back to it later once I’d got a bit more used to the bike and nailed it first time – it really isn’t anything complicated either.

Obligatory new bike pictures

I raced my first ‘cross race since the 3 Peaks & a Grade 2 ACJ separation, didn’t do too badly. Mini me No.1 was mega again in the U8’s, 3rd 11th place finish of the season – rather good considering he’s 5 8)

[url=https://flic.kr/p/CARCVm]FB_IMG_1508688212912[1][/url] by Steve Bowman, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/ZjfxAy]20171022_114129[1][/url] by Steve Bowman, on Flickr

Headed east to avoid the rain if not the wind. The fat bikes got a ride out on the beaches between Spurn Point and Withernsea.