So our first ride of the season and Ian said let's try the North Face ride, in theory if we did it early in the season we get to sample some of the route in daylight. Of course someone went to work without his bike and so was a tad late, but it's a winter ride so just get those lights turned on.
We started from Moor Top car park and at 10 past 7 we set off in the chill evening air, someone mentioned rain was due at any time. Head into the forrest taking the left fork and down following the 'red arrows' onto single track and a little mud in places, then timber boardwalk through trees and over streams, one such angled boardwalk caught me a cropper and sent me over the side and down the muddy bank, fortunately I stopped before the stream, although the water would have washed all the mud off!
Trying the route for the first time, at night, in the dark and wet was fun, no really you just have to try it! It's a little technical in places but a great ride, we got back at 9pm all in one piece with the rain pelting down, so off to the pub at Hawkshead for a beer.
Next week, 6 October, back to Barbon for a short & steep nite ride.
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