Cream crackered - Dylan's Ride Blog

I managed to get out and ride a new route today. It was a monster. As well as the actual planned route, I scouted a new permissive bridleway I noticed, with the intention that can be added to an existing route. Just over 40 miles in total, when I got back to the car, tired and filthy. 40 miles for a mountain bike ride is a lot, as this particular route is pretty much all offroad

Despite the recent rain, the ground was damp, but still rideable, aside from a bit of a mudfest in a place called Farwath. Even a little bit of mud makes you have to put more effort in, and concentrate to avoid spills. I really must put some winter tyres on the bike, as it's no use pretending it will dry out again this year, as there were times when I just could get a decent grip. Funnily enough I followed the tyre tracks of a group off riders over Simon Howe, and noticed with amusement, somebody was still riding slicks. If summer tyres were slidey on peat, I can only wonder you many times the person riding on slicks feel off.

I'll write the ride up later in the week. I'm quite pleased with the route, as there's loads of moorland singletrack, including a bit that has only recently been made up to a right of way, and makes for a great bit of technical moorland riding.