Ive been pretty lazy on here, sorry! Been cycling to work a few times but not much else.

Phil is now a fuly fledged mountain bike guide so we went for a ride round Margam country park so ho could have a look for some trails and skills areas. Unfortunately it hasn't stopped raining all week so it was super muddy and wet! I had a mini fall which hurt a but and then we did a ddgy descent that was really muddy and slippery!

some of the day was really hard but some of the riding was good, definitely not for Phils beginners though!!


Next I need to get some lights so I can ride to work more often, if it ever stops raining!!

The Wall

Sorry for no posts for a while, I've been to Spain for a week. It was nice to relax for a week with Phil :-)

So before we went I finished work early one day ( gotta love lieu time) and went to Afan. We were going to do Penhydd but when we got there decided to do the Wall which I haven't done before. We figured we had just enough time to do it before it got dark as I haven't got any lights and we missed out the first bit so we wouldn't stumble back to the car in the dark!

I was quite tired for the first bit and found it quite tough but after some food I was OK and quite enjoyed it. I had to push a bit, up and down but not too much!! Some of the down was quite hard but I think I'll enjoy it more next time.

I haven't done much riding since then, apart from to work a couple of times!

famous bike!

So its actually Phil thats been published here but my bike is in the picture too! This was just before we went riding in the FOD.

Forest of Dean

Phil and I went riding in the FOD on our day off. He was razzing around on his new Ragley and Im still enjoying my new bike! Its about a 4.5km loop all singletrack! After eventually finding the start of the route I found the first loop quite hard the climbs were quite hard and everything was rooty and rocky. We had lunch then did another loop. This time it was much better and we practiced a few bits and Phil helped me on some of the though sections even if he did mess some up, got photographic evidence of this though!

Phil is now not working so we might be going riding on saturday and holiday in 9 days - a week in spain :-)

riding and surfing

So I practiced my ride to work last Saturday which took me less than 19 minutes and only almost got run over a few times!! Stopped off to see Phil in wokr on the way back an he sorted my brakes so I can now stop! Also been for a surf a couple of times Im just learning but im enjoying it even if I can hardly move the next day!!

New bike ;-)

So Phil is now back from transwales (3rd in SS category and 30th overall!) I've got my new bike - Gary Fisher Paragon. We went down to Afan to today to do the Penhydd trail. Ive done this once before and enjoyed it but it was much better on my new bike! Found it a bit tough on the uphill switchbacks but loved coming downhill. I managed to ride some of the harder stuff I couldn't do last time and didn't push uphill which I did last time! Can't wait to go out again!

Phil is racing on the weekend but I might go out on the road bike on Saturday to practice my ride to work.

two days in a row!

Decided to go for a ride in the end. Just did the same route as yesterday but without the suicidal cat and drunkards! Did the loop a bit quicker but didn't stop this time and have been practising going down on the drop bars (on the flat and straight bits!) and drinking on the move which I can do on the mtb fine but still feel a bit wobbly on the road bike!

Might go out again tomorrow but have a busy day so we'll see.