Being the bestest Dad in the world, I bought my sons a days riding at Inch perfect Trials for their birthdays . . . and a day for meself as well, of course, just to keep an eye on them.
Long shlep down from properly “up-north” saw us cover 360 miles to get within spitting distance of the Inch Perfect site.
This was a “comfort” stop for the old man at Langholm
I’d booked a pod at the Bowland Wild Boar park . . .
Not that impressed at first sight
The real pod
Only photo from the days trial riding as it’s fairly full on once you get going. This was taken after our break for lunch.
Absolutely brilliant days entertainment from the whole group, getting excellent instruction from Sarah and her shadowing trainee for the day, Stuart. Neither myself nor my sons had done this sort of riding before and I’ve got to say if you haven’t tried it, give it a go. You’ll work muscles you never knew you had and develop riding skills you never knew you could, if that makes sense! Oh, and electric trials bikes are great.
After finishing up at Inch Perfect we headed over to join the throng at the UKGSer meet at Dent, meeting up with our new neighbour there after he had been paying old haunts a visit.
Plenty of blethering later and we are into Saturday. After yesterdays impromptu flying and crashing lessons at Inch Perfect, I managed to convince my boys to tackle the local roads and meeting places, like Tan Hill and Hawes, whilst me and my neighbour went and checked out some local trails.
1st up, Stalling Busk
No idea why the wall needed a wash down
Then a scenic piccie on our way too . . .
. . . Cam Road High
Popped into Hawes for tea & nibbles after we came off of the Cam road and managed to get the timing just right . . . before the biking hoards from everywhere descended for a brew.
Then it was off towards Kirkby Stephen to ride part of the monument trail.
An excellent days dirt riding following a very skilled practitioner of the art on his old stomping grounds – cheers Paul
Evenings entertainment at Dent was the raffle – they know how to party these big GS riders.
Me was cream crackered after two days of tackling dirt, plus there was the small matter of the 300 mile ride home the next day . . . mainly in rain, so I took to my bed early.
Sunday and we took the scenic roads northwards before and after both Edinburgh and Perth, getting this, my final piccie, as we entered back onto home turf. . .
Approx. 810 miles for me, with slightly more covered by my sons. Fantastic way to spend time with your lads, doing what you all enjoy – riding bikes
SteveT
Long shlep down from properly “up-north” saw us cover 360 miles to get within spitting distance of the Inch Perfect site.
This was a “comfort” stop for the old man at Langholm
I’d booked a pod at the Bowland Wild Boar park . . .
Not that impressed at first sight
The real pod
Only photo from the days trial riding as it’s fairly full on once you get going. This was taken after our break for lunch.
Absolutely brilliant days entertainment from the whole group, getting excellent instruction from Sarah and her shadowing trainee for the day, Stuart. Neither myself nor my sons had done this sort of riding before and I’ve got to say if you haven’t tried it, give it a go. You’ll work muscles you never knew you had and develop riding skills you never knew you could, if that makes sense! Oh, and electric trials bikes are great.
After finishing up at Inch Perfect we headed over to join the throng at the UKGSer meet at Dent, meeting up with our new neighbour there after he had been paying old haunts a visit.
Plenty of blethering later and we are into Saturday. After yesterdays impromptu flying and crashing lessons at Inch Perfect, I managed to convince my boys to tackle the local roads and meeting places, like Tan Hill and Hawes, whilst me and my neighbour went and checked out some local trails.
1st up, Stalling Busk
No idea why the wall needed a wash down
Then a scenic piccie on our way too . . .
. . . Cam Road High
Popped into Hawes for tea & nibbles after we came off of the Cam road and managed to get the timing just right . . . before the biking hoards from everywhere descended for a brew.
Then it was off towards Kirkby Stephen to ride part of the monument trail.
An excellent days dirt riding following a very skilled practitioner of the art on his old stomping grounds – cheers Paul
Evenings entertainment at Dent was the raffle – they know how to party these big GS riders.
Me was cream crackered after two days of tackling dirt, plus there was the small matter of the 300 mile ride home the next day . . . mainly in rain, so I took to my bed early.
Sunday and we took the scenic roads northwards before and after both Edinburgh and Perth, getting this, my final piccie, as we entered back onto home turf. . .
Approx. 810 miles for me, with slightly more covered by my sons. Fantastic way to spend time with your lads, doing what you all enjoy – riding bikes
SteveT
