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| Chris, Tim And Matt Helped Make A Big Turnout! |
Our biggest turnout of the year (eight riders) for Bewl Water including for the first time ever, Bacon Butty regular Matt Shubert. Also there was Chris Heal who we haven't seen for a couple of years and his son Tim. The weather was exceptionally hot and the trail bone dry. Swooping round bends and enjoying the plush ride from the big 29er tyres and suspension post I was soon reminded why mountain biking is so much fun. We set off together with Paul,Malc, Matt and Josef leading. I was hanging off the back together with Chris but once we got to the tough road section I was able to leave Derek and Tim behind. I didn't think I would see the other four again but Matt had waited near the end of the road section, his legs beginning to tyre having come straight to Bewl from a fast lap of the Bedgebury trail. We rode together for the rest of the route, this helped me to get a PB for the whole circuit and the eight fastest recorded Strava lap ever (Matt had forgotten to start his garmin!) Within a few minutes of our return there was a dramatic change in the weather. It became very dark and the strangest cloud formations I had ever seen soon appeared, looking like a massive wall of ice stretching from West to East. Before too long there were flashes of lightening, some serious rain was on its way. By the time we were safely in the pub, the heavens had opened , leading to flash floods. What a contrast to thirty minutes earlier and what a relief that we had cancelled our planned two day route across the South Downs Way.
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