Obsessive Cycling Disorder from OTT

For some of us that slogged it out last week in the gloop, one dose just wasn’t enough.

Do we love cleaning our bikes after a muddy Sunday ride or what?

Here we go again…

Feb 14th was pretty much a re-run of last week’s route - the only differences were:-

1. We did the Mud Lane loop (as per night rides) dropping down into Sandridge  and heading through Rifle Butt Wood before  heading over to Symondshyde Great Wood.

2. We did the Cromer Hyde/half Bunyan gulley route rather than the mudfest through Titnol’s Wood to Colemans Green and full Bunyan gulley run.

3. We did the ’step down’ from Heron’s Farm  (which was passable) rather than the East - West ‘wheelstopper’ of last week.  No pushing the bikes on this section!

A few minor mechanicals and a wee tumble saw Rich I return to base rather than risk injury on the full route.  The rest of us plodded through the mud to complete our 20 miler.

You know, when I look at the bath water it’s green and not brown - I’m convinced it’s all recycled horse poop that OTT ride in and not mud at all. Argghhh!!

  I won’t elaborate on the route further as you can do comparisons to last week’s map.  I must say I was glad not to suffer any punctures this time.  A pretty uneventful ride overall but great training battling through the sticky stuff.  Gotta do us all some good in the leg muscle department.    

Well that’s about it for this one so thanks to Mark Sparks, Neil on his KONA (got it right this time, eh mate!), Rich I and ‘Tough Guy’ Tim for joining me on another mission to camouflage our bikes with the finest of Hertfordshire mud.

Oh, and a special shout out to Rich IV who popped in to the Mill to greet us whilst out ‘improving his fitness’ on his road-tyred Marin  - “Get your mud tyres back on, you muppet”.  Yes, I’m talking to you mate :-)

      The route

Mark 

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