Its been a while since I was last out on my mountain bike but easter brought good weather as well as lots of eggs.

We headed for Yarrow Valley as Finnan had discovered a major downhill, alright for him on a full suspension bike. I was shaken to pieces. When we arrived at Yarrow Valley we followed a path which led round to Duxburry Woods. We had previously cycled this in winter when it was a mud bath. Today though the ground was good to firm (racing slang).


On route Finnan got bored of cycling the conventional way and decided to see how far he could get doing it backwards. Answer.... not very far.


Pictured above was an amazing downhill I managed to discover. The first problem was climbing the thing, it was mega steep and covered with leaves which just meant you took one step up and slid two steps down. When we eventually got to the top I thought we should clear the way down so we didn't skid off course. It took about half an hour to clear the hill from leaves and twigs so we could get grip with our tyres. It was like outdoor spring cleaning.

Below are a couple of photographs taken when cycling through Duxburry Woods.