All I can say is what a weekend. Fantastic weather and all round good riding conditions meant that we were each able to push our respective limits of speed, endurance and style. A good drive up late on the Friday was rounded off with much fun on the A-roads South of Peebles. With the exception of myself and Phil everyone had already done the Red route at Glentress and were recharging their batteries with a pint or two in the County Inn. Dinner for me that evening was a 'Wolfdog', a local speciality in the Peebles fish bar!
Saturday morning and my first ride of Innerleithen saw me tackling the cross country route with Chris and Stew. The bike clearly didn't want to be doing the boring route though and protested with a seized rear hub. Taking my trusty steed round to the local bike shop for repair, I had it fixed in time to meet up with the others who were eager for a second stab at the downhill. I thought why not and so joined in with the 'fitness' up-push to the top followed by muchos downhill action. Leaving the bike overnight for an expensive hub referbishment, it was time to enjoy some medium curry (rounded off with a sweat-inducing rogue chilli). Then it was on to the Keg for appreciation of the local talent.
Sunday we did the red route at Glentress and the climbs felt a lot easier this time round - clearly fitness levels are riding high then. Unfortunately Chris took a nasty knee injury and had to retire via the hospital for 6 stitches! However the rest of us continued on to complete the loop and got some brilliant photos, both on the red route and then at the competition course by the car park, where Scott and Steve our new Fearingout Team member showed off their skills. The new digital camera is certainly proving its worth, with the sport mode enabling me to get some great shots of airborne man and machine.
Sunday night and Peebles was not the place to be celebrating St Georges day. Sensing the less than savoury atmosphere in the rugby club we decided to return to our old haunt the County Inn, before retiring to our accommodation relatively early. The next morning myself and Phil decided to give a rerun of Innerleithen a miss, instead opting to start the journey South straight after breakfast. Such a brilliant weekend though, we'll have to go back again!
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