It had been
planned for a while to head down to Glentress with Stevie and Andy for a
bit of mountain biking, given their recent bike exploits and the
niggling craving they now have to get out as well as climb to make the
most of the wet weather. The night before I decided to check the weather
given all the recent storms and strong winds fearing the trees would
all be down. Glentress had thankfully updated their website confirming
my suspicions and saving us the long drive down to the Borders. We
therefore decided on the local option of Carron Valley to get some
riding done knowing it may be futile.
Pulling up we see
the sign stating trails closed due to fallen trees. Nightmare! We did
however decide to do a bit of investigating and set off in the rain to
the trails. Ten metres in the first tree was down. Hauling the bike over
we carried on to find another down just five metres ahead! Should have
listened to the signs!
We scouted
further up the trail on foot and decided it couldn’t be rode given the
innumerable trees down. We pushed the bike up off the trail to make the
fire road and decided to check the jump park given the trees were
further from the track. Suspicions proved correct and it was ride-able!
Ace! We ended up riding down and up this 3 times, got soaked and
couldn’t see through my glasses in some parts due to the rain! Great
day…the train back not so much!
