Gisburn Forest Saturday 31st October

Mark and Curtis are mountain biking at Gisburn Forest, north of Clitheroe, on Saturday 31st October.
Meeting at 10 for setting off at 10.30 ride.

There is a car park at the start of the trail. Follow the B6478 out of Clithero. There is a sign post for Gisburn Forrest on the left about 3 mile after Slaidburn (I think it’s just before Stephen More).

Please contact Mark mark.slater@lindermyers.co.uk if you are interested in attending.

Details of forest and location below.

Thanks


http://www.moredirt.co.uk/article/New-trails-launched-at-Gisburn-Forest/1218/

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/recreation.nsf/LUWebDocsByKey/EnglandLancashireNoForestGisburn

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?#t=l&map=53.94522916550725,-2.458544620363775144&dp=841&loc=GB:53.94522916550725:-2.458544620363775:16

John Kitching is now a qualified Mountain Bike Guide!

After a 2 day course and assessment with Mountain Bike Instructor Trainers, John is now qualified as a level 2 Mountain Bike Guide under the MIAS qualification (Mountain Bike Instructor Award Scheme).
Level 2 is classed as Wild Country Terrain, and involves intermediate riding skills (similar to those you would find on a black grade XC circuit), wilderness navigation, "on the trail" repairs, and basic coaching and group management skills.

The qualification allows the Guide to take groups of under 16s on trails up to an altitude of 600 metres. The Guide can take adults in the UK to any altitude.

If you are interested in qualifying, please see http://www.mountainbikeinstruction.co.uk/

Llandegla 11am, Saturday 3rd October

My brother has a very excitable spaniel puppy. When you knock on the door her paws wheel-spin on the wooden floor as she hurtles towards the door. If the door is closed, she tries to dig her way through to say hello.
Llandegla was Mark’s first ride after injury. Mark was that spaniel. He could barely keep still as we drank our coffees and eyed up the cakes before setting off!
After far too many seconds hanging around, we set off onto the forest trails. Mark joined Curtis and Andrew on the intermediate Red Circuit, whilst I took the others around the moderate Blue Circuit.
Halfway round the Blue, Nicola’s derailleur sheared off, so we had to convert it into a fast pedalling single speed, which I rode, swapping with Nicola for entertainment value. I found that I could scoot along faster with one foot kicking off from the floor which was great on the flats, but not so great on the up-hills!
Lyn fell in love with her demo bike, a full suspension Trek Evo something or other, and she made it back to the café first, closely followed by Jo-Anne and Nicola who in the blink of an eye had ordered lemon drizzle cake. Mark, Curtis and Andrew soon returned, grinning. After a brief pit-stop, they were all back out for another circuit, with mark raring to go, as was Lyn, making the most of her favourite bike yet.


http://www.coedllandegla.com/find-us.htm