Thrunton (bloody hard work) - 27/06/10

Hello Dudes


Me, Ollie, Phil & Carl rode Thrunton Woods on Sunday morning. Ollie had a princess party and needed to back early, so we met at 08:00!

I found the ride extremely hard going compared to last weekend! It was sooooo hot, it just zapped my energy and I had nowt in my legs. Also I was on holiday in the Peak District last week, so all that eating & drinking took its toll!!


We bumped into two chaps, one riding an Orange 5 with a sweet retro paint job (in the style of the original clockwork orange); they hadn’t ridden in Thrunton before. So we showed them round a few sections (V1\V2, zigzag, Cresta & Monkey Trousers) the chap had a video camera, see here.


I crashed three times on the ride; you can see one at 7mins 47secs in the YouTube video. I didn’t lower my seat and had too much forward weight (steep downhill).

Garmin Info

Anyway, I still bloody loved it despite the crashes and hard work needed; I'll be back Thursday night for some more. 

Jamie