Yes massive thanks to Mark Judkins , on duty at the back
We had a few new faces along and 4 riders from another group id invited
perfect conditions on all tracks
I was huffing a puffing about 150m up the first hill
One young fellow fell over into a puddle right in front of about 10 of us at the top of the first track , ( but noone tried to embarass or cheer)
Someone asked if wed seen a bambi, about halfway through , and 10mins later i had one running beside me , a fat 4ish YO , i grabbed the brakes and hoped she didnt turn left, and then it bolted up a bank to the right and disappeared , I had 2 riders right behind and tooting , quiet funny really
THen i must have sat on my desert fox and it sprung a leak , so did tank top ups to save as much as we could at a regroup.
Had a random rider join us at that point , heading to the pub, It was Ian Robbos nephew Paul , shared a few stories and bike related yarns , and reminisced on mutual friends in the bike scene, and helped quiken the pace alot as he stuck his wheel in front
Pretty much raced back to the cars on flowy tracks, corner man worked all day and didnt loose anyone , although we plenty of riders to spare
One rider said hed fallen off about 20 times on a couple of challenging sections and another said 90% was great
Great to be back out there after 5 months off it
Always good to see father /son combos too