28th November 2013 - Ings for Robin lane

5 turned up at Ings, George, Joel, Grant, Jamie and CT, but Jamie was on his skinny wheeled 29er, only good for the road so he rode with us up to the Dubbs track then he turned for home, a hot bath and hot food, we were only just warming up! A nice warm up is Dubbs, then turn left at Garburn track, then enjoy the downhill all the way to the road, just watch out at as the leaves fill the gullies and can catch you out. A quick road section into the village of Troutbeck and up Robin lane,  first flapjack stop (with some gingerbread:) then continue along heading to Jenkins crag. The conditions were pretty good, no wind, no rain and nicely warmed up so enjoy the testing descent, so where to now we discussed at the bottom, either a road section or back up for an alternative choice...we went back up the rocky section, then you can ride up the left hand side or walk the right, someone made the right choice and went left and cleaned the climb! Now second flapjack stop, the more technical challenges and a blast back down Robin lane (a bit of wind chill), down the usual narrow track to the church and then up through Limefitt, approaching the steps past the caravans we realised Jamie was not here so who would go for the challenge..actually the steps are ideal for a Niner ;) onwards and upwards to Garburn, then left up Garburn to the Dubbs track, nice and steady. Enjoy the blast down Dubbs and back to the road, now more wind chill and very cold on the last section before the cars and there was actually ice on the cars, it was freezing! A great ride on a starry evening. Next ride TBA.