19 riders turned up for a cold morning start at Westcott. After waiting for some late arrivals we set off towards leith hill climbing the long sandy track to start of the summer lightning trail. After negoiating the trail with no injuries we headed up the long climb to leith hill tower. After sprinting to the top of the tower in record time Gareth grabbed himself a coffee not realising I had another 5 miles of downhill single track planned. He therefore had to ride back down the other side of the hill one handed much to the amusement of the group.
Over the road we then picked up the greensands way , a long stretch of single track with many rocks to avoid. This brought us down to Homebury St Mary. From here we climbed to the start of the telegraph hill track. This section proved quite techniical with many wet roots to avoid. One section resulting in myself leaving the track via a tree.
From here we navigated through the forest to Peaslake for the teastop. The more extreme riders of the group took a minor diversion to undertake barry knows best trail.
From peaslake we sprinted back to Westcott via hoes lane getting back just before 1pm.
Many thanks to my back and middle markers Steve, Richard, Graham, and John T.
Lee T