Into Our favourite valley! |
We all love this valley, its so peaceful and very few people seem to know about it , so apart from the sheep, we had it all to ourselves. At one point we had to laugh when Ivan took a bad line and ended up in a rut so deep that it was halfway up his wheel with sheep desperately jumping out of his way . The rut was so deep that the only way out was to stop and physically lift the bike up.
The First Of Four Punctures! |
We now began the super steep descent south back towards the A27, such a relief to be going down it rather than up. Crossing the bridge on the A27 we all knew that we had around 5 miles of continuous climbing to do to reach Woodingdean, I had been anxious about this all day but as it turned out, apart from one initial section that was too steep to ride, the rest was an enjoyable steady climb up a relatively smooth surface. Derek was enjoying it less than me and after riding for three days in a row, his legs finally decided they would go no further and he had to abandon taking an easy short cut back down to Kingston where he would meet us at the pub. Myself, Ivan and Duncan pressed on curious to see what these new tracks would be like. Apart from one long rarely used section that was too narrow and bumpy to ride, the rest of the tracks in this area proved to be fast and wide and so were great fun. Our rendezvous with Derek was delayed when it was my time to have to replace a puncture, only to have to do it twice when the replacement tube turned out to have a hole caused by the valve rubbing against the rubber. Our entire stock of inner tubes was now depleted and we still had six miles to go, if we had another we would try have to try one of Duncan's notoriously useless emergency stick on patches. Fortunately our run of punctures had come to an end and before long we found ourselves in the most agreeable position of going down the punishing steep 'white lane' into kingston instead of the usual ascent. A quick pint and packet of crisps at the pub finished off what we all agreed is a fantastic new route.
Duncan Enjoys The descent Down To The A27 |
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