Hoping to get in for PMBA, Ard Rock (prob the Sunday), already in for The Naughty Northumbrian. Would love to do Tweedlove but trying to be realistic with time and funds!!

I am aiming for a few long distance events, then some Southern Enduro’s to keep motivated for a second go at the Megavalanche this year.

Waiting for annual leave to be claimed at work before I get my Naughty Northumbrian entry in. Tweedlove series all coincides with weekends off so will probably do that plus anything that Dunoon manage to organise.

I’ve been keeping an eye on events being announced to try and be a bit more organised and get more races in next year.

Below is what I’ve seen so far, hopefully the Excel format makes sense pasted into here.

Would be good if Bemba published a calendar with links to entries and results in a central location.

Date Series Location Event
21/22 Mar – Tweedlove – TBC – BNES / Vallelujah
29-Mar – PMBA – Gisburn
05-Apr – Welsh Enduro Series – Foel Gasnach
12-Apr – Southern Enduro – QECP
12-Apr – Manx MTB Enduro – North
26-Apr – Welsh Enduro Series – Dyfi
2/3 May – PMBA – Graythwaite
10-May – Manx MTB Enduro – Middle
29/30/31 May – Tweedlove – TBC – Tenduro
06-Jun – Welsh Enduro Series – Llandegla
6/7 June – Southern Enduro – Pippingford
20/21 June – PMBA – Lee Quarry / Havok
4/5 July – Manx MTB Enduro – TBC – 2 Day
18/19 July – Southern Enduro – Exmoor – BNES
01-Aug – Ard Rock – Swaledale
8/9 August – PMBA – Llangollen – BNES
15/16 August – Tweedlove – TBC – King of the hill
15/16 Aug – Southern Enduro – Triscombe
16-Aug – Manx MTB Enduro – Ramsey
23-Aug – Welsh Enduro Series – Llanfyllin
06-Sep – PMBA – Kirroughtree
20-Sep – Welsh Enduro Series – TBC
27-Sep – Southern Enduro – Milland
04-Oct – PMBA – Grizedale

I’d highly recommend the Manx MTB events. Great riding and entries are cheap enough to offset the cost of jumping on boat from Liverpool or Heysham.

Any feedback on the Tweedlove events? I’ve done Glentress trail centre many many years ago, but nothing else that direction. Are the three events all quite similar?

Same question re Welsh Enduro Series – what are their events like?

I’m hoping the series for Dad and lad continues again next year as we were both gutted to miss it due to injury.

I’d like to do the Naughty, but after seeing on the webpage that its 1 level down from the Pro EWS series I’m the slightly concerned I’d be completely out of my depth!
How gnarly is it??

I’d like to do the Naughty, but after seeing on the webpage that its 1 level down from the Pro EWS series I’m the slightly concerned I’d be completely out of my depth!

How gnarly is it?

The first year it was fairly gnarly, steep and slippery tracks. I’m told that in more recent years the most difficult tracks have been changed though. If you are comfortable somewhere like Golfie then you’d be okay.

So far only in for Ard Rock sprint, but tempted once again by WES. Boltby Bash might also be on the agenda again if I can get in. Hopefully will do better than this years efforts (out with injury after one race!)..

Man, the Welsh Enduro Series looks cool but they really have a North Wales bias don’t they? Would have been nice for at least one of the dates to be somewhere in the south at least.

I’d like to do the Naughty, but after seeing on the webpage that its 1 level down from the Pro EWS series I’m the slightly concerned I’d be completely out of my depth!
How gnarly is it??

Naughty Northumbrian

1st year was pretty steep and very wet, 2nd year was pretty tame by comparison, this year was harder but better than the 1st year although it was very dry. Best weekend on the bike for ages, stages are very steep/ technical, quite short and as I heard many times ‘ nowt like ardrock’

for the national series is it that same as last year where you can drop one round?

MacAvalanche booked 😀

Same here, should be interesting!

Ard Rock sport event and am slightly concerned this might be a bit too much of a dive in to the deep end! Am I mad?

My fitness is OK at the moment for my age, but I’m not 100% sure my skills are all that. Just hoping to get round in one piece, not bothered about times.

Ard Rock is a long, hard day, with lots of big climbs. The riding isn’t particularly difficult, but lots of people make hard work of it because they’re so exhausted. It’s also quite visually intimidating because there’s often no margin to veer from the main line due to the large rocks littered all over the place.

Keep your fitness up and get comfortable riding fast, rocky trails (easier said than done) and you’ll be grand.

I will try and squeeze some local events in before the Southern Enduro season starts. I will also go do a round of the Enduro Greek Series hopefully.

Esk Valley Enduro has popped up on my Facebook, what does anybody know about that?

@blokeuptheroad I did the Naughty Northumbrian this year as my first enduro. If you can handle the timed stages the transitions are just a case of keeping hydrated and your sugar levels up. It was a slog and a half but given I hardly get out I was surprised how I coped. If you get out on regular rides you will be fine.

Thanks SK, encouraging. I’m out at least twice a week at the moment and in the spring this will creep up to 3 or 4 times. In the NY I plan to focus on a mix of longer rides for endurance and throwing myself downhill to up my skills.

I’m not really a racer type but like to do a couple each year, preferably in locations and on trails that aren’t available to ride outside the event. Southern Enduro’s at Milland is a great example.

We love Milland, its been a pleasure to build that venue from scratch.

Looking forward to the SW Kenda enduro series again, it was great to not have to travel far to get to some good quality racing and i’ve got a Hardtail cat title to defend…gulp!

Might have a look at the Minehead and Triscombe rounds of the Southern series aswell if the dates work.