Mountain Biking

So once again the surf was none existent, so I met Jim (Who's B'day it was) and Dunc on the canal yesterday morning as they were rowing to Turf Lock, I did a bit of coaching on the bike and running along side! It did make me miss the rowing but that's only because there's no surf!

We then had lots of cake and coffee at Lutzy's (Highly recommended cafe on the quay), then went up on Haldon for a spot of mountain biking. It has been a while since I've been up there, too long I suppose, and much to my disgust it turns out the Forestry Commision have wrecked all the runs and replaced them with their own (I guess safe) version, but they are really quite rubbish, we did the red run, it now has big white rocks right at the side of the track that mean you can't get any speed up unless you're technical enough. I ended up ploughing straight over the top of one which gave me an instant flaty which meant I stacked it around the next bend so now both my shins have a few more cuts and lumps!

We did make it into town and to Timepiece that night which was a laugh followed by an anemic chicken burger at the golden arches. Been feeling it today but had an awesome full english at a cafe/shed on Budleigh Salterton beach in the sun and a steady walk along the river, very steady!