Collecting Stanes
Ticking off another couple of the ‘7 Stanes’ at Mabie and Kirroughtree, in the midst of ‘Brexit’… On Thursday, as Britain was going to the polls to decide whether or […]
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2016 PMBA Enduro Series, Round 4 (Northern Championships) – Graythwaite Estate, The Lake District
If I had to choose one word to sum up Round Four of the PMBA Enduro Series, it would be ‘sweaty’. It might have had something to do with all […]
2016 Welsh Enduro Series – Round Two, Penmachno
With two weeks having passed since the last round of the PMBA Enduro Series, and another week to go until the next, I was starting to get race withdrawal symptoms, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Best gloves for winter mountain biking
Laid out on the bars for long periods of time like some kind of sacrificial offering to the weather gods, your hands probably suffer more than anything else on winter […]
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 […]
Glentress Slushbiking
With Dan away snowboarding in the Alps this week without me, the only way to console myself on my couple of days off was to head back to the homeland […]
Girl with a Singletrack Mind 