The Starting Post

This is the start, the first one, the beginning. Blogging the rides and routes we take through the year.

Today, we managed to get about 16 miles under our belts (or wheels) with a definite turn of Spring in the air. After the initial upwards climb, all of 50 metres into the ride, we followed the route we had found the week before and it seemed to flow a little faster this time. We all found a little disappointment in the fact the cafe was closed when we got there. Too early for them, which confused us a little as we were here last week. Today must have been just that little bit faster and we knew where we were going for a start.

I think we're all getting fitter too, back riding since late December and it's starting to pay off.

The route starts at Newmillerdam and travels out to Windsetter Reservoir and back. Basic parts of the ride can be found on Bike Radar web site.

I tracked where we were riding on the GPS on iPhone, but it's really sketchy sometimes and the TrailGuru iPhone application seems to have a mind of it's own. I have no clue what causes it to stop but it just does. More on that as time goes by.

Crash reports were a minimum, just one off, myself, in the woodland section after taking a tractor-tyre track incorrectly, it pointed me at the trees and a wheelie back online ended up with me on my side. I was off. But it was soft underfoot and if ever there is a time to come off, then this was it. No air in anyone's lungs at the time reduced the comedy moment this time round.

Next week: Trail Quest - our first time at a Trail Quest event. Looking forward to a new competition.