Started off in Blackburn – happy days of horizontal rain and having my bike blown out of my hands while trying to crawl into Darwen Tower for shelter.
Meandered to Cambridge, which was ok. There was riding to be found if you looked for it, but it just wasn’t the same as oop North.
Ended up in the bullet-dodging, bereft of mountains, economically bankrupt (literally) city of Detroit! No idea where the nearest mountain is, but lots of ‘mini trail centre’ type managed singletrack nearby, so I’m spoiled for that really. Lack of mountains and general gnarr still won’t stop me ordering a Cotic Rocket though 😈