Woburn July 16th

A portion of the posse hit an extremely dry and sunny Woburn yesterday with our local guide showing the guys some sweet new sections.

The trails are bone dry out there, very dusty in places and very fast in places. The dust and occassional tree stump or log seemed to catch out a few riders too ;) The new loops seemed to get a thumbs up from the riders, although Dozer seemed unable to stay upright for very long and ducked out halfway around with a dodgy hand/wrist. A steep cross camber final drop into the jump arena played mind games with the following posse but most redeemed themselves on a second attempt :p

The only slight dampener of the day was coming across the Greensands ranger who was collecting monies for the use of the facilities. It's the first time I've come across this in 4yrs, honest guys :blush. For the record it's £2 per visit or £10 for the year, which is quite reasonable.

Brumster brought along his helmet cam which appeared to work well and the only problem seems to be the thumbs of the user :huh Hi-res (75Mb) vid can be downloaded here. With a little fine tuning I'm sure we'll have lots of fun with it.

Although this was no mile munchin ride it was good to get out with some like minded pals on decent trails whilst soaking up some rays.

Post ride, I can highly recommend the award winning Sunday roasts offered by the George Inn at Little Brickhill and their chocolate brownie deserts are simply awesome. Oh and the guiness went down very well too :p

Posse: Brumster, Dozer, Farqui, Les, Uphilla
Weather: roastin
Stats: 12.8miles, 1hr 57mins, average 6.6mph - Tracklogs here
Mechanicals: Brumster's front brake (Hayes) started rubbing but was easily realigned, Les also had some very slight rotor rub but rode on regardless.