2016 PMBA Enduro Series, Round 3 – Lee Quarry and Havok Bike Park
“If you close your eyes, it feels like you could easily be in the Alps” said Jess, as we pedalled across the moors in the scorching heat. Even with open […]
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2016 PMBA Enduro Series, Round Two – Grizedale
“There I am”, I said to the lady handing out race number plates, having scanned the registration list for my name. “Race number 40”. “Er, no, that’s the age column”, […]
Grizedale: Not the North Face Trail
Exploring Grizedale’s unmarked and natural trails On discovering, after riding The North Face Trail, that there’s much more to Grizedale than this underwhelming meander round the forest, I was desperate […]
2016 PMBA Enduro Series, Round One – Gisburn
With sunlight flooding through the window and birds cheeping loudly outside, I hardly needed my 6.30am alarm call on Sunday morning. In fact, I was even scrolling through Facebook before […]
Grizedale: The North Face Trail
Grizedale has been on my to-ride list for a while, and as a round of the PMBA Enduro Series that Dan and I are competing in this year is being […]
Garburn Pass, fail
When it was suggested that we head to the Lake District to ride some natural trails at the end of last week, I wasn’t convinced that it was the best […]
PMBA Enduro Series, Round 6 – Gisburn
Having had such a great time at the Redbull Foxhunt in September, I was desperate to fit in one last race before the end of the season. So when a […]
Gisburn rocks
On Sunday, while the world’s best mountain bikers were in Ireland for the second round of the Enduro World Series, we decided to head to Gisburn Forest for some Enduro […]
Cannock Chase
Since moving to Liverpool a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been checking out all the mountain biking trails within easy reach. Having already ticked Gisburn, Llandegla and Lee Quarry off […]
Lee Quarry and Cragg Quarry
When my partner, Dan got a new job in Manchester and we decided to move from Edinburgh to Liverpool, one of my main concerns, other than leaving behind family, friends […]
Girl with a Singletrack Mind 