Tuesday 28 April 2009

Enduro 6 report


Night time - looking towards the timing tent.


The pits


Start straight - timing tent in the back ground


first leg of the course - camping in the background.


Start/Finish


Paul Church about 15 mins into his first lap. All the riders in this area were then told to return to the pits as where I took this pic was out of bounds.


Well were all booked to do this but a combination of Tim being ill with the same thing I had for the previous month and my youngest having a football trial. Tony Holland and his mate Paul Church did make it though and here's their report. Thanks Tony!


We arrived on Saturday afternoon - set up camp - did a practice ride.
The organisers waited until 8:30 pm before kicking off the night time trial Paul and I where entries 378 and 377 respectively so we set off in order - 30 second gap.
I don't know how but even on a marked out course with white tape marking the way I managed to take a wrong turn in the dark - lost 40 seconds - Paul passed me...:-(
The night ride was a good laugh, Paul an I did a two hour one as part of a Polaris about 18 months ago in the Yorkshire Dales, always a good experience.
Saturday night camp - some good food from the on site catering followed by some more good food, cooked by our own hands....and a Jet boil.
Sunday morning came - blue skies and sunshine, breakfast and get set up in the pits, we had everything including the kitchen sink - no kidding.
I drew the short straw giving me the pleasure of the half mile run, back into the pits and then out for two laps.
We had set a goal of nine laps.
Paul did two, me two more, then Paul another two - It was then out on my last lap and try and complete just before 4pm - Paul would then go out to get our number ten, it wasn't to be - I got back a minute or so after 4pm.
Paul then informed me that he was relieved to say the least.
Looking at the results - we finished 131 from 179 - not as good as we would have liked, however still v. pleased. (The tenth lap would have seen us well up the table)
We had about a 38 minute lap average - first lap was slow due to queues on the first single track, granny ring, climb.
The fastest lap of the day was sub 25 - (some professional dude - unreal).

It was sunny all day, perfect conditions, good circuit and good food.

Tuesday 21 April 2009

Classic Dales

Spotted at the Derby BMX National burger van.


Sunday 5 April 2009

YOMP

"I've had my face dragged in,
Fifteen miles of shit,
And I do not, And I do not,
And I do not like it
So how can anybody say, They know how I feel,
When they are they, And only I am I" *












A new chapter . Focus on the positive. Acceptance is the key to happiness.And all that.
Time for something new.
15 miles of shit . Well , 17 to be precise . Super good spin with a bit of good old fashioned map reading, leading to a good old fashioned 'yomp ' across the moors.
Something different ,y'know.
* Morrissey.- The voices of the real, And the imagined cry, The future is passing you by, The future is passing you by.... "You Are The Quarry" album .