In the past year or so Phil and I have been out on the road a couple of times and on the mtb a few more times - locally, in trail centres and natural trails around Wales. I've really enjoyed it all, some more than others but I'm no where near as fit as Phil so he has to wait for me a lot!
We have been riding in our local forest which is cool because we ca ride there from the house, and have ridden the Penhydd trail at Afan Argoed trail centre. This was fun but the weather was pretty crap - raining and cold! We have done a natural ride in the Dimbath forestry which was fun after the longest climb ever!! Also done a natural ride from Libanus Mountain centre, Brecon. This was good again even though we got lost, it was boiling and we forgot beer money for the pub half way round! Also done the green and blue routes at Brechfa. These were awesome fun even after the long drive! The climb on the blue was quite hard but the downhills definitely made up for it, I was grinning for a while after!
My last mtb ride was at Ashton Court, Bristol. Phil had just done Bristol Bikefest there and I wanted to try riding clipped for the first time. The two didn't really go very well together... It's quite rocky and rooty down there and I fell off a few times. Got back up and finished the route but had a few bruises and a ripped top to show for it (and a very apologetic boyfriend!) Haven't been out again since...
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