UK or Spain - DRY TRAILS!...

 That they were… best I've seen in ages… what a surprise eh!… & really happy to hear the car wasn't a biggie!… happy days!...

 Went up there again today , wind was a bugger , so much so we had to evacuate the car park as trees were coming down !

Managed to screw my left shoulder up after clipping a tree stump today , reminded me how f*cked my left shoulder is :/

 Trees coming down's never good… but coming down where you've parked the car that you've just paid out to get back on the road!… arrgghhhhh!… and shoulder's!… *&^% man… I know all about that sadly… hope yours isn't too bad?… but out of curiosity - how do you clip a tree stump with your shoulder?… pedal maybe?… but shoulder… was it that windy?...

 I clipped the stump with my pedal and it stopped me dead ! shoulder is feeling pretty damned sore right now ! A guy from the national trust turned up with a chain saw and started felling all the trees that were tipping over , one little skinny tree was holding a big old beast up right , was dodgy as hell , the car park has now been closed , for safety reasons !

 Nightmare on both fronts!… once you have a weak shoulder it's so easy to re-tweak… hope it feels a whole lot better soon buddy… as for the carpark… it's pretty disconcerting watching trees being uprooted… like you say dodgy as hell… wonder how long it'll take to reopen..

 No worries bud… some good footage of us both I reckon… and it was certainly a great day!...

 cheers buddy… & fingers are firmly crossed for the coming weekend now!… either way it'll be fun tho!...

 cheers buddy… your comment reminds me of a Trading Places quote - "looking good Billy Ray... feeling good Lewis"… a classic!… so in reply… I say… "feeling very good sir!"...

 made me chuckle....wish I had the bikini clad Jamie Lee Curtis to go with it though......

 Very good… you just made me chuckle too!… & I don't know a red blooded man our age that doesn't remember that 'peeled back top mirror scene' vividly!…

 A place called Badbury Clump… near Farringdon (North East of Swindon)… and it's a really good playground for bikes… nothing of any great length… but what's there is well built, flows really sweet and is great fun to ride… plus it drains like a sieve… quite sandy like Rogate… there's a National Trust carpark where we park… type 'Badbury Clump' into google maps and it comes up... there's a load of trails near the carpark… but these particular ones are slightly further away and hidden in the woods… happy to give directions or meet there for a ride sometime...

 I know where you mean, that's not to far to drive, and we have said for some time we'd meet n ride..... im racing on 2/3/14 at Rogate and down at Gawton on 15-16/3/14 but id be about for a spin the weekend after......if your about ?

 Sounds like a busy schedule… I'm riding Revolution next weekend, and am currently free when you're at Gawton… but have kiddy weekends every other - this weekend being one… although they are now at an age where I can often get out for an impromptu ride on a Saturday - tho it's difficult for me to commit too up front… and the weekend after Gawton is a kiddy weekend… it's a possibility… but can't fully commit… although completely free the following weekend?...

 that weekend your free would be good, I can meet wherever to be fair, wouldn't mind trying something new, just ping me a message :-)

 Cool… I'll pencil something in my diary… and we'll talk a little closer to the time… good luck with the race next weekend!… am tempted to have a pop at some (or one) of these mini downhills myself at some point… do you get much riding in on the day?…

 U get a good couple of hrs practice n then 3 race runs, its a great atmosphere n sucha laugh, were not competitive at all in the vets category either..... yeah right....

 All sounds good to me… & I guess if you're riding at our age it's unlikely you're a rookie!… so can imagine how competitive it can be!… not that I have a competitive bone in my body!…

 It's great fun!… a fantastic little spot… and very much recommended...