Sunday, January 21, 2007

Muddy@rse Ride 21st January


Today saw the 4th Muddy@rse ride hit an attendance of 34 for a ride through Whitesways singletrack. As well as the usual Muddy@rse crew we were joined by many new faces and a contingent from Sussex MTB. Due to the number we split into 2 groups which inveitably meant a little waiting at strategic points. Despite this everyone had a great time and the varied terrain resulted in both easy and challanging sections for the individual riders.

The ride began with a couple of sections of gnarly singletrack through trees and over stumps and logs followed by a traditional Muddy@rse South Downs climb. The woodland bridleway was a couple of inches deep in viscous mud which was an effort. The climb along the Monarch's way was as tough as usual with a couple of energy sapping stinker little hills. We ended on a high with a blast through woodland singletrack which was a great medicine to take everyone's mind off the climb up the Monarch's way. Back to the carpark for Malt loaf and coffee.

Thanks to everyone who turned up and especially Ronnie from MTB Nomads and Jimbo from Sussex MTB who led the groups at various stages.

We hope to see you on the next Muddy@rse ride, details will follow.

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