Finally I have repaired both of my mountain bikes. The one I'm always on in this blog (hard tail) had 2 flat tyres, while the other I cycled round Loch Lomond on (full suspension) was in pieces and had no inner tubes at all. I took a trip to Leisure Lakes bikes in Southport to get some new inner tubes and grips.


The grips I decided to buy were Yeti grips, both because of the colour and the design, they offer really good grip and look nice on the bike.


Because of the good weather I decided to go on the full suspension bike as I hadn't been on it since the Scotland trip. That was over a couple of years ago. The difference between riding a full suspension bike and hardtail is massive, it took me a while to get used to the feeling again.


We headed to The school at Rivington as there are some big jumps there and bridges you can cycle across. There are some quite technical jumps and fast turns, these lead to a main road back to the Rivington Barns - gift shops and tea rooms. From the road though you can take a path which leads to a replica ruined castle.

The castle, which is a reduced scale replica of the Liverpool Castle was constructed by Mr. William Hesketh Lever between 1912 and 1925. Unfortunatley the castle was not finished.