M So here's my return to blogging. My first two posts have gone unnoticed in the world. I never actively promoted it, never even really had anything to add to it.
Over the the winter my family has grown, my passion has grown but my miles on Strava have not. So much has been happening that I've failed to have time to leave the house and escape to ride my bike. Gutted.
However things are settling. My job is steady my family life is steady and I'm starting to find time to ride which is absolutely bloody ACE! So I'm kick starting this thing again, with a slightly new approach. Which I'm gonna explain now. Although I don't know why because nobody has read my first two blogs...HA!
Over the the winter my family has grown, my passion has grown but my miles on Strava have not. So much has been happening that I've failed to have time to leave the house and escape to ride my bike. Gutted.
However things are settling. My job is steady my family life is steady and I'm starting to find time to ride which is absolutely bloody ACE! So I'm kick starting this thing again, with a slightly new approach. Which I'm gonna explain now. Although I don't know why because nobody has read my first two blogs...HA!
Previously for this blog I planned to simply document Lake District rides with maps, directions and guides for people to find and use and have it all in one easy location. That's what I was looking for. I was trying to find local rides but they were simply scattered all over the place with no real guide as to where they were or any of the smaller things you probably don't think about (such as where to park your sodding car!).
However I've decided to change this plan slightly. For Christmas I received a rather excellent book by Richard Staton and Chris Gore "Lake District Mountain Biking: Essential Trails". In it I found the route I attempted in my last blog. Rather than rob these good men of money from their book I decided I'd simply ride these trails and give my honest opinion about them and possibly include some of my own knowledge and ideas, occasionally I will include a more detailed route but it will maybe be an adaptation rather than a direct copy of the lads' route printed.
However I've decided to change this plan slightly. For Christmas I received a rather excellent book by Richard Staton and Chris Gore "Lake District Mountain Biking: Essential Trails". In it I found the route I attempted in my last blog. Rather than rob these good men of money from their book I decided I'd simply ride these trails and give my honest opinion about them and possibly include some of my own knowledge and ideas, occasionally I will include a more detailed route but it will maybe be an adaptation rather than a direct copy of the lads' route printed.
I'm also going to include some tech posts regarding maintenance and such of bikes as I am quite handy with spanners and hopefully maybe even begin to include reviews and such but this is all a pipe dream at the moment.
For now, I'm going to begin a write up of my first ride of 2016 and post it up sometime in the next few days. Then I might even start to promote this thing. Who knows?!
Ta-rah ✌️
Ta-rah ✌️
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