Wharncliffe

From Wharncliffe Woods

Slightly hungover, well, actually, very hungover, the technical XC Red route through Wharncliffe can be a little difficult in places.

It started with phone calls trying to work out what time we'd arranged to meet whilst in the pub the night before. Never a good idea to arrange times whilst late at night and drinking. At least the team name for Wild Boar 24 got sorted whilst in the pub; Pies, Pies, Pies!

So, we finally got to Wharncliffe after a trip to McDonalds to top up on carbs. Can you believe no fries before 11am? or cheeseburgers for that matter? has the world gone mad.

Matt has the demo rig of the Trek Ex-8, which was in the root beer colour. A good looking bike. The trail starts out pretty twisty and good singletrack followed by a couple of sections of rocky singletrack, which is pretty difficult to negotiate first time through without putting your feet out. The trail hops back and forth onto the forest fire-road but the hills are reasonably long, up is long and hard but also means the downhills are also fairly long. Matt enjoyed the Ex-8 although gears needed a bit of set-up bcse it was so new. Photos of the ride can be found here. Plus small video.

We were glad of the XC trail length not being too long, hangovers wearing over everyone, but next time through will be easier, as we know the route and there are plenty of extra side routes to find and explore to add extra distance onto the trail.

We'll probably not do nights out before riding too often in future.

Next Week: Bank Holiday Monday ride.
Wild Boar 3 weeks away