3 made it out to Hawkshead, Charlie, Neil and Chris M, no report received at time of print, but it is believed that they did some if not all of TNF trail and there were puddles! Next ride on Thursday 7th April is being determined and the week after will be the meal/ride, watch out for news?
Ride update by Neil "After waiting for more riders to arrive at Hawkshead, we three Charlie, Chris M and Neil, realised the ride was going to be a select group of just the three of us. With Charlie recovering from her injury gained at Mabie, and with her forthcoming training week in Majorca, she wanted a steady ride, which was fine with us all. The North Face Route was the choice, so we quickly warmed up on the climb up the bridleway to join the North Face Route. It was soon apparent that despite the evening being dry, the ride would be wet due to the deep puddles on many sections. We had no hold ups and at one point wondered if we might get round before we needed our lights, a combination of a cloudy sky and the late start meant we needed our lights on the long forest road section going north above Coniston. Along this section we encountered quite a number of lights coming towards us, it was about 6-8 mountain bikers going the other way, probably the Biketreks Thursday evening ride which had started from Blind Lane. On the fast final dark descent down the track to Hawkeshead, Neil had a slight moment when his front light lead unplugged, plunged into darkness, a rapid stop ensued.
To see the route check out this link to GPS of route - http://www.sportstracklive.com/track/map#NeilH/Mountain-Biking/Hawkeshead/146220/full
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