Headed over to north Wales and went riding with Neil and Lardy and some other guys they know from riding in the Alps over the last few years. They picked two top routes (Saturday and Sunday) out of their collection of amazing local riding spots and led us out into the bleak wilderness.
Well it wasn’t all bleak, lashing rain, mist, cold and getting wet, but it was most of the time. It meant that you didn’t want to stop pedalling for a second and just wanted to get around as soon as possible so that you could either generate some body heat or get to somewhere that was warm dry and sheltered. It was ace. More photos here.
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good work, Chris – would be interested to find out about routes up around the area where you said the Singletrack crowd ride. We need to organise more weekends but tend to stick to trail centres because they are a safe option if you don’t know an area well.
Good to meet you. Spike.
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