Mountain Biking

It was really nice weather last night so I decided that I was definitely going to get out and something.

In the end I ended up going for a mountain bike ride with George (next door neighbour). We found that you can get right out to the Peaks off-road from very close to my house! The trails are actually really good too so I was amazed at what a great ride I have so close.

The ride was pretty challenging technically and at one point as George was feeling tired and bouncing over the trail I pointed out the view. "Oh yeah!" he said, "I hadn't even noticed that - I'm too busy concentrating on staying on my bloody bike..."

Really good fun and a nice break from all the road miles I'm putting in at the moment. I was also pleased that I'm still pretty confident off-road despite the complete lack of any mountain biking I've been doing. Plenty of room for improvement before the races though.