'Festive Treat' Trail

Taking advantage of the fine weather we headed into one of our favourite riding spots close to Brighton, the trails were 90% dry with just enough dampness to provide grip in the loamy soil. We ride here regularly and have adopted the practice of giving the guy who finds the trail the honour of naming it.

First up was the 'Wilderness' trail including the recently built jump over the large fallen tree. The top of the tree had a few old chainring marks where some unlucky soul had tried to get over it; however the pile of logs in front of it now provide a great launch pad for a jump that really allows the flow of the trail to be maintained. 'Wilderness' was followed by the end of 'Teenage Angst' after which we popped out onto a fire-road.

It was here that the fun really began. One of our gang had his eye on a steep tricky descent that included negotiating two fallen trees on the way down, he had previuosly christened this section 'Festive Treat' so the name has stuck. After the descent we climbed slightly and turned sharp right. At this point 3 hours of trail building armed with nothing more than muscle and our imagination produced approximately 400 meters of singletrack including a roll over a log pile, a bridge across a large fallen tree and a very twisty section to finish. After all the building we gave the trail it's christening run, yep you guessed it none of us cleaned it.

A great day out, a new trail and some serious comedy moments. What more could we ask for!