Last weekend was a first for me, some kind of major undertaking, two days of mountain biking around the Peak picking up preorganised check points. Saturday was a seven hour course and Paul and I decided to go on an "Eastern Loop" starting from Bamford and working our way down to Haddon Hall via Houdskirk, Blacka Moor, Chatsworth etc, then back up to Bamford via Stoney. everything was going OK until I had a burst tyre wall which ultimately cost us time and points because we arrived back late.Sunday was better, with new tyres and a different route and only five hours to play with we opted for a route through the White Peak going as far south as Tideswell, across to Chapel and up on to Rushop Edge and Mam Tor.
For the first one of these that I've done we did OK finishing a respectable 57th, 155km covered!
We've got a bit to learn tho as the winner Steve Heading had more than double our points tally.
Great thing to do as we got to visit and link up loads of bits of the Peak I had never walked or ridden + I realised just how much of the area I had worked in over the years.
Great views, great weather well organised event. Looking forward to the next one.
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