sat 17th jan - north downs mtb ride

[JayneToyne]

I would absolutely love to but im already booked in at Calshot.

[Alex P]

Game on for that

[Elliot M]

3 of us: Martin gave me and Ben a lift from ECBR -- pretty well organised event , well marked out although perhaps a tenner was a bit much for a badly photocopied map (the Nirvana cycles one on similar ground is a tenner and gets you a reusable laminated map and a bit of free food and drink). Weather was excellent but the mud was a bit of a slog in places (it took me almost 2 hours to clean my bike -- the next day which didn't do the chain any good.).

I think we did the 20 miles or so in about 2.5 hours, the last 3 miles seemed to take an age...

I was definitely the slowest by a long chalk and have a long way to go to get fit!

[Elliot M]

The map pretty much fell apart... but if I have a look at an OS map tonight I can probably remember how it goes, pretty straightforward loop