Benji Go Blog

31/12/04 - 02/01/05: Bunk barning in Kentmere in the Lake District with Rob & Co. Not a lot of riding done (more boozing and amusing ourselves in a power-free cattleshed for a couple of days). A swinging good time was had by all. Number of days consistently hungover now = 11. On the sunday SteveM arrived and joined Rob, Craig and I for his first (and possibly last) ride of the year. We went up Garburn Pass (which is ultra-pale shadow of its former bouldery self - boo!), then we went down Garburn Pass. Rob's new bike (an evil black Santa Cruz VP-Free called Ringwraith) just flew down the bugger with nary a worry. Quite impressed how me and my old skool Santa Cruz ("The Original And Still The Best") was performing too actually. Then we went along Low Track toward Ford Overend(!), turned right and climbed up some hill or other and then proceeded to fly down the other side at inadvisable speeds, jumping and bumping our way over scary-looking, black, polished-but-craggy rock. Fabulous descent. It even temporarily made up for the destruction of Garburn Pass! Getting back over to Kentmere involved a long, gradual, muddy slog (which was top fun and called on skills and manoeuvres that arguably UK bikers are the best in the world at!) and a fast'n'rocky'n'greasy plummet alongside a plantation. All-in-all an unexpectedly wikkid day out with some cool peeps triumphing against the odds and a thrilling amount of occasions where I scared myself right royally shitless. Bonus!
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