A couple of us went mountain biking today in Cwmcarn, the weather was awful, but the biking was awesome!Not having done any mountain biking before I was a little nervous at the start, especially with all the bike bling on display, but Al (a work mate and guide for the day) reassured me and Carl (another work mate) that all would be fine. We rode the Twrch Trail which is a purpose built 18km singletrack loop. There was a load of climbing to start with and even this was technical in places, but once at the top we realised it was worth it. Fantastic views across the valley coupled with a swooping, roller coaster singletrack back down made it all worth while. It was blowing a gale at the top and we were glad to get down in one piece, although I took a tumble a couple of times on the way down(ok, 3 times in all!). The trail is described as "fast, flowing and very natural in feel, but first time round don't go crazy as there are some sections of real exposure on the edges of very steep hillside towards the end." Maybe I should have heeded this warning!
A great morning was rounded off with a nice piece of cake and a large mug of hot chocolate in the cafe, now that's what I call a good morning!
3 comments:
you will have to join me in some mtb events next year, you can do tri or duathlon or the real challenge come to the isle of man for the end to end!
Regarding the raf news I think Steve Parlour is doing an article for me I also did a telephone interview with bfbs which was broadcast just after 4pm on saturday (oh the fame!)
You're in the right part of the country for some decent MTB action. And yes, it is great fun.
I see Daz is making a bid for most broadcast RAF Tri star.
Daz, the End-to-End looks like a good end to the season, maybe take a look at that in 2010. Keep me in the loop ref RAF news stuff, etc, much appreciated.
Turbo, yes, some great trails/tracks in south Wales, I'll have to investigate a few more of them over the winter months.
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