Saturday 2nd November 2013 - Gisburn

So this is now Thursdays ride! but folk wanted somewhere different and Gisburn it is, Joel, Grant, Jamie and CT met up at the hub in Gisburn forest nice and early. The forecast says dry-ish to start, damp later, JPs car said 2 deg cold early on, but no rain so game on. First test the skills loop, then off for the red route, downhill to start with great sweeping berms, then single track in trees and away you go, see map here http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Gisburn-Forest-map-web.pdf/$FILE/Gisburn-Forest-map-web.pdf or web site here http://www.forestry.gov.uk/gisburn.
Not sure how much to say but a good ride, varied singletrack, with rocks and some board-walk and they use cut trees not manicured decking so it's not too bad. We got all the way back to the hope line for Jamie and Grant to have a go and it started to rain, CT took some phone pics and JP rested, then back for the last pieces of the red trail, with CT having to stop in the rain and pump up a slow tubeless flat (somehow some air escaped during some radical riding;) Back to the cars for coffee and cake, then those heated heats for the ride home, cheers JP. Next Thursday ride will be from Troutbeck; with an updated ride list to follow.
Here are some pictures: