Yesterday it was all about the fourth part of Danny MacAskill’s film project which arrived onto our screens. If you haven’t already seen it, check it out here:
Less impressively, in some ways, I took advantage of the long weekend to both recover from a horrendous hangover and also get some riding in. This helped to prevent the hangover reaching into its second day, as well.
This weekend’s ride built on my recent exploring into the wilds of Hertfordshire and stretched out to the, as yet uncovered, lands East of the A10 and Hertford. In deference to the distance I was adding I decided to change my start point, still sticking within my rule of not driving for more than half an hour, but also taking advantage of the quiet A10 to nip out of town early in the morning. The first major, and potentially disastrous, obstacle was a low barrier at the carpark I chose. Luckily I remembered the bike on the roof, and was able to stop, remove the bike, and go into the carpark without destroying anything.
The ride was, arguably, the most successful so far in terms of the time spent off-road and the quality of the riding. I mean, it’s not technical, but there were moments of singletrack and it was easy to forget how close I was to London the whole time. I even had to negotiate the odd small bridge and stream crossing, which makes for extra fun. The route involved three major road crossings, and each was surprisingly decent, the sun shone, and the ride slotted together well mixing new tracks with ones I had ridden in the last few weeks. The bridleways and byways were busy at times with dog-walkers and horse riders but I guess it’s the heavy use that keeps them open and means that there is even a sniff of mountain biking so close.
As ever, have a look at my route here and try and work out where I went wrong and what I got right. There’s something satisfying about riding all the way round a town isn’t there.
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