Only five hours or so...

[Chris71]

There's no way round it. I am having a monumentally crap day at work, I'm becoming convinced that even leaving the house this morning was a bad move.

However, I found a new section of trails at my local woods the day before yesterday and hopefully in about 5 hours time I'll be able to go back and have a proper look. Right now I think that's the one thing I want to do more than anything else.

So, 4 hours 55...

[DaveyCrockett]

Hang on in there Chris, then go explore and report back!

[Chris71]

Aegh, the day has gone from bad to worse. To cap it all, the last few hours of the day are going to be spent in a meeting. That'll be fun...

I've emailed ahead asking my missus to stick the lights on charge in case it turns into lengthy ride.

[-C-]

Tonights bike ride for me will be focussing on learning to do a 'proper' endless manual. I expect some crashes will occur.

Don't like being stuck in work when I could be out on the bike having fun.

[Chris71]

DaveyCrockett said:

Hang on in there Chris, then go explore and report back!

I feel quite compelled to lie at this point, but in truth, after all that, there wasn't anything spectacular to be had.

It's a worthy extension to my current training ride, but I didn't really find much beyond the area I saw on Tuesday. There was one potentially decent stretch of singletrack, but it seemed to have a fallen tree every couple of yards! I don't know if I'm paranoid or if there really are a group of walking stick waving OAPs who man-handle fallen branches into position, specifically to bring MTBers to a halt.

[WildCards]

Chris71 said:

a group of walking stick waving OAPs who man-handle fallen branches into position

Bear traps will sort that out for you Chris, and a couple of Claymores if your feeling particularly aggrieved.

[anniesdad]

Chris71 said:

a group of walking stick waving OAPs who man-handle fallen branches into position

Guaranteed - strategically placed boulders can often do for the enthusiastic MTB'er as well.