Just 12 miles, and for ten of them we were lost!

by Matt | May 23, 2016 | Filed under Rides | 3 replies so far

Jem drops off on Old Windmill Hill
Jem drops off on Old Windmill Hill

It’s been a busy couple of weeks riding-wise; lots of people seem to be trying to get the miles in to build some fitness for the summer season. And some of us just have plenty of time on their hands (cough!).

With that as a backdrop, Sunday turned out to be an opportunity to once more head to Tunnel Hill for some exploration of the trails. There’s stacks of riding over there, but alas our collective Garmin let us down. The trails are so obscure that it’s good old-fashioned local knowledge needed to string a decent ride together.

Nevertheless, Jem, Lloyd, Kev and myself made a valiant attempt; we found some good riding and for much of it thought we recognised some of the trails from Ddub’s fine leadership earlier in the year. Ultimately though, one forest clearing tends to look much like another and for most of our time we were essentially lost!

Thank goodness the trails were dry, it was nice and warm and we weren’t too fussed about where we went!

An uphill struggle
An uphill struggle
Matt hops a log
Matt hops a log
Lloyd heads downhill
Lloyd heads downhill
Jem pops his wheel
Jem pops his wheel
Matt on Old Windmill Hill
Matt on Old Windmill Hill
Homeward bound
Homeward bound

Thanks for reading,
Matt


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  1. May 24, 2016 at 12:37 pm

    John Romer says:

    Nice photos – especially Old Windmill Hill.

  2. May 24, 2016 at 7:53 pm

    Kev says:

    Really enjoyed riding somewhere different even if we were mostly making it up as we went along! Also, didn’t actually get shot by the platoons of troops that were out on Sunday ?

    One positive is we always manage to find our way back to the car … Thanks to Lloyds reliable Garmin! ?

    Tunnel Hill will be revisited soon as there is so much there to string together.

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