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@Alex the climb wasn't too bad. It was cooler up in the mountains, there was a little cloud and I was done before the hottest part of the day.
Yesterday, I went to Afan. There were some pretty flowers.
Oh, sorry. That pic is from a previous trip!
After Penhydd in the morning, I set off to do Y Wal in the afternoon but gave up. I was getting very short of breath on the climbs and not feeling very confident on the technical descents. Just too hot.
@creaky - this is more my memory of the gap ride 🙂
Once we had really deep snow and I was worried about getting finished before it was dark!
Another hot day up in the hills above Finale and Noli. 37 miles and 1850 mtrs of descent on some amazing trails
Raced the thunder and lighting down the last trail as we had left all the roof vents in the camper open. Luckily the rain didn't arrive
Chatel bike park isn’t open, which has actually worked out well. It’s about an hour’s drive to Les Gets, and this week, I’ve learned a new appreciation for that area. I tend to spend a fair bit of time on non-bikepark trails, and the singletrack I’ve ridden this week has been beyond fabulous. and I’d forgotten how beautiful the views are.
Scorchio on the old drove to West Linton in the Scottish Borders.🥵 
Midweek Tour De Yat 
Not far away from @trusty, but he has way better pics. Love that last one of the Wye.
200km up on the Whyte. And nearly about a further 1km as it came very close to firing itself off the trailer in a ballistic arc! See other thread for that! Getting over my initial battery anxiety,. Absolutely no need for the 250W PowerMore on a local ride. 1000m doable with care.
Happy Humpday Evening from Aberfoyle.
Was expecting to be sweating from my eyeballs, but there was actually a decent breeze. Had I known, I'd have gone for long sleeves and riding pants, as opposed to shorts: the trailside vegetation is getting a bit "Little Shop of Horrors". Conditions were what I'd call Aberfoyle-Dry.
I waited till it had cooled down to 'won't kill an overweight middle aged Scotsman' sort of temperature last night then jumped on my Levo for a later than usual (my alarm is set for 4.45am), spin around North Third, just to the south of Stirling. As usual, I had a couple of moments, but one of them could have been a whopper if I hadn't first noticed that the sapling at the side of the 'Planks of Doom' bridge had been removed. This slowed me up enough to further observe that the 'Planks of Doom' bridge itself had been removed and the drainage ditch deepened and widened!
Eventually found a detour that'll be a fun, and much less terrifying replacement once it's properly established and was able to continue on my way.
The conditions were perfect last night, although by the time I got home it was way past my bedtime. Luckily, I suspect most of my work colleagues were watching the footie, so it should be a very quiet and subdued day today.
Just a lovely summer morning up on Manshead; butterflies on a cool breeze, everything still green rather than the scorched browns and yellows of last year; tracks running well and no-one about.
Who said 'heatwave'?
and it's not even warm rain.
Still, the black pudding roll makes it all worthwhile 😂
I’ve got a lucky break - I’m a teacher and my school has been closed today and tomorrow because of the heat - but my kids schools have stayed open. So, 2 days to myself! I was going to do Cutgate which is only a 15 minute drive from my house, but decided with the heat a ride with woodland rather than moors would probably be best. Ended up doing a 10 mile xc route from home with some downhill trails thrown in along the way. Brilliant and back before it got too hot! 
The rain never arrived last night but the temperature dropped a bit which was good for sleeping.
Went further inland today. 42 miles and just over 2000 mtrs of descending in this heat really takes it out of you. Not seen another rider on the trails today. Once again the local guides knowledge kept everything flowing.
Needed to get some clothes washed but thats now done and pegged out so it's beer time
I planned my little trip to South Wales weeks ago and was anxiously watching the weather forecast, hoping it would be dry. And it turns out there's a bloody heatwave! Fortunately, I had booked an uplift day at Bike Park Wales for today, so I didn't have to do much pedalling uphill. My GPS log says I managed 2,500m downhill. Pretty tired now!
Out early for one of my favourite loops this morning from Gunnerside, taking in the pipeline descent (Harkerside), Bunton Hush, and the Electric Gate descent to finish.
Upper Swaledale from Whitaside:
Finding shade at Old Gang Smelting Mills:
Bunton Hush:
Major flashbacks to cycling through the hill country of SW China and SE Asia on this morning's Calderdale ride; something to do with the heat and humidity following dawn rain, the greenery, the sound of grasshoppers, even the smell and taste of damp earth. You don't know, man, you weren't there....
Similar to you @montgomery - almost a rainforest feel this morning. iPhone camera couldn’t really capture the misty, humid atmosphere! Rode my regular local woodland route to avoid the sun and it certainly had a unique feeling to it! 
Im absolutely busted, but so pleased with myself. One of the highest passes in our wee area is the Pas de la Bosse at around 1800m. My wife has hiked there, but I’ve never been up that far. Since the Passportes is on today, i decided to give the busy chairlifts a miss, and stay local. As I expected, the last 200m (out of total 800m climb) was unridable - by me at least. So hike a bike in 30 degrees was not easy going. On the plus side, the descent has to be one of the best singletrack descents anywhere. Just sublime.
Time to dust down this thread and update with some midweek riding!
Quick one for me this morning between breakfast and settling down in front of the laptop.
Trails are as dry as I've known it, and the temperature is much more pleasant and manageable!
South bank of Loch Lyon, looking in to Glen Lyon. We followed this all the way to its meeting with the Tay, and then followed the Tay to Dundee 😵💫
Lots of lovely riverbank trails along the way, and even more I want to go back and have another look at!
I nipped out for a quick loop around the Carron Valley trails on my e-bike last night. Great fun, but the midges were out in force!
Arrived yesterday afternoon at the campsite with a view to an evening ride. Temp was 40° so opted for time in the pool.
Still scorching hot this morning when we set off out to see what the Euganean trails had to offer and wasnt disappointed.
Using a mixture of Trailforks, Komoot and a bit of local knowledge we had a blast.
Back at the van and temp is 40°+ Snack and a beer then its pool time. Hope the water is cooler than yesterday
Quick evening blast on the Ditching Beacon ridge. Downs look 2d in evening light. Dropped back down over the top of the V, a stand of trees planted to honour Queen Vic, and a very Mint Sauce atmos 
Had a blast at Narooma this week. Three days riding in a row, 80km plus of trails and barely scratched the surface of the park. Today I rode the double black Devil’s Balszac, went out to the gravity zone for Colonel Senders and then did a fast Gnarooma before joining Reeksy2 for some of his endless laps of Quantum. 
Northumberland at its finest this morning 🌞👌
Ferns and faffing 🙂 And Dust. Proper Marbles out there.
Had a blast at Narooma this week. Three days riding in a row, 80km plus of trails and barely scratched the surface of the park. Today I rode the double black Devil’s Balszac, went out to the gravity zone for Colonel Senders and then did a fast Gnarooma before joining Reeksy2 for some of his endless laps of Quantum.
Lol, I always used to joke about naming a trail or feature "The Devil's Bawsack", given the number of trails and features named "The Devil's (Noun)".
Clearly, there's no such thing as an original thought.
After some negotiation with my OH managed a ride in Wensleydale this morning, from West Burton (Bishopdale), out to Bainbridge and then Burtersett by a mixture of road and bridleway, up to Wether Fell, along Cam High road for a short stretch than down to Semerwater, up to Kidstones, down to Thoralby and then finally back to West Burton. A great day out - the strong breeze made initial going tough, but kept the views very clear and the final section back to Thoralby was a blast with a tail wind.
Looking across Wensleydale from Newbiggin Pasture towards Wether Fell and Addlebrough:
Ford across Mill Beck:
Cam High Road:
Cairn above Green Scar looking towards upper Wensleydale, Wild Boar Fell and the Howgills in the distance:
Semerwater:
And finally the lower reaches of Bishopdale and Pen Hill in all their glory from Haw Lane:
We did a very windy 18 mile road loop from our Airbnb in the Angus Glens near Loch Lintrathen.
These pictures were taken in the Balintore Valley.
Friston side of the downs on Wednesday. Thought I'd already posted! Set off at 6.30ish, finished just after 10. Perfect evening!
Last day in Italy saw storms for us. Hail stones the size of golf balls for a while. We were one of the lucky ones on the campsite with six small dints to the bonnet of the camper and a destroyed mushroom roof vent. Others had alot more damage. Running repair was an upturned IKEA food bowl and liberal amounts of Duck tape.
Arrived in Croatia yesterday so it was out exploring this morning in the hills above the campsite.
Most of the climbs are steep but worth it. All the trails although clearish dont look as if they get much use.
Didn't see anyone else out but that may be down to the heat 36°
Its wash day today so back at the van with a beer 🍺
First of two days riding at Hidden Vale with a mate.
Perfect conditions and temps not getting above low 20s. Long slow climbs and pedally downs with the odd jump thrown in. Not quite dusty, and lots of rock.
The locals here ride their horse to the pub. 
Flasby fell and Embsay crag today. I’ve ridden Flasby years ago, but never been on to Embsay. Legs weren’t feeling it today and made hard work of it. Flasby wasn’t that great, too chewed up by cattle on the climb and the descent was deep in ferns and not as good as I remembered. Embsay looked like it had potential, steep and technical, but I took an easier line and ended up way off track!
Powered by Lishmans today 😋
Woke up to discover Australia’s largest mobile network had gone down throughout the nation. An inauspicious start to a relatively remote riding day, so it was good to see that the satellite symbol was showing on both our phones. Ironically our initial destination was to 500m altitude to ride Dialled In. Another big morning in perfect conditions… my unseasoned riding mate feeling the grind though.
45 out across 4 groups on this weeks health ride, took a while to get my 15 through the kissing gates by the garden centre. Then we bumped into the owner - a lovely guy, probably in his 70s. He was interested in who we are and what we do, took our picture for his socials, and gave me his number to contact him if we want to call in and use their cafe on daytime rides so he could arrange secure bike parking for us.
One of many reasons it was a top night out.
Summer's back! I was going to head over to the Dales for the day but changed my mind, keeping it local. The riding's just as good out of my front door, no tourists stinking the place up, and there's a fridge full of cider waiting at the end of the ride rather than a sweaty two hour train journey home....
My hols in the Portes du Soleil are drawing to an end. The weather has been superb. In fact, the trails are starting to get slippery due to too much dust. Not a very familiar situation for a Belfast local! Spent the morning riding some lovely bike park trails, including the fabulous Grande Conche down to Les Crosets. Then I rode down to Morgins on an easy but quite wonderful river trail. Then pedalled to Chatel and took the chairlift up to Morclan where I managed to ride a lovely zigzag singletrack down to Barbossine and then a couple of Enduro World Series trails back to the apartment. Wonderful days riding.
It was great to not be sinking up to my knees in Mid Wales bogs on the way up to Drygarn Fawr. When it was blowing the breeze was really welcome, not least to keep the horseflies away. Once at the top it was four miles of open moorland and forest back down to the car.
Today is the last day of the fourth leg of our trip, in the foot hills of the Ucka National Park in Croatia, and tomorrow we move on to Canazei in the Dolomites.
We always knew that this area was going to be a bit of an unknown but still wanted to give it a try
There are plenty of trails up in the hills however finding ones that weren't overgrown or blocked with trees and rocks was hard. It would seem that trail maintenance for walkers and hikers is non existent
The ones we did ride we had a laugh on as you never knew what was around the next bend. Most were steep and rocky but flow was hard.
Still had a great time and exploring new to us stuff is always fun.
I have 3 days off this week, so I’m repeating a ride I did last year in distinctly different weather! here’s day one: train to Skipton, then ride to Ingleton via West Marton and Bell Busk (to cover old stomping grounds), up to Weets Top, looking west towards Pendle Hill:
and looking towards Kirkby Fell, with Ingleborough lurking in the background:
Malham Tarn (with Buckden Pike in the background):
Ingleborough from above Feizor:
And a happy ending!
Back on our local - now very sandy, bring a bucket and spade! - trails after an awesome 4 days on Exmoor I'll get round to posting some pictures from. Nearly 500km on the Elyte in just over three weeks. Like having my riding totally rebooted. I did ride my HT this morning at 7am-just to the local woods for an hour. It was quite hard 😉
