Papy, Missile and Balls took a sneaky day off work, got up really early (5am) in order to be able to hit the trails nice and early. This what they look like at that time in the morning...
Ouch!!! Not pretty!!!
We got our shi... I mean, stuff together, and got under way at about 8:08. See Papy's photo of his watch!!!
We then hit the trails! First off was a nice technical downhill, with flowing banks and cheeky little jumps, if you were willing to risk it / go for it!!!
Then came some faster fireroad stuff. Basically a liaison between some tracks, and Balls decided to do an OTB and some StoneGrinding work on his forearm!!! NOT A GREAT IDEA!!! Blood points galore!!! I hit the sharp rocks so hard they ripped through my (thick) longsleave shirt and pieced my arm. I collected myself after the fall and only noticed my forearm bleeding (profusely) when it felt wet on the way down the hill. I got down to Missile and Papy, waiting patiently, with a distressed look on my face. :(((
I limped to the closest medic in Morgins and Papy helped me wash and then clean the blood off my arm.
I eventually got over myself and got a semblence of humour back and we hit the trails once we'd had a little beer to get us going!!!
We ate, we drank, we rode, we laughed, and we (Missile and Papy) shredded the slopes. Balls came down a fraction slower after his StoneGrinding "incident".
A great day had by all. We have to ALL do that again next year. EPIC!!!
We even met a few ladies...
More more more!!!
Points allocation as follows:
1 each for attending: Papy, Missile & Balls
1 for ride initiator: Balls
1 for Papy's medical skills - cleaning blood off Balls's arm
1 for Simon's shredding skills (without a spill)
1 Blood point for Balls - StoneGrinding incident (enough with the spills now!!!)
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