[Closed] Pompinous gravel/mud/blood/grass bike ride

Set out for a road pootle on the trusty Pompino, but its usual steering problem showed up just as I reached the edge of town. It dragged me into the woods which were full of, wait for it, trees.

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I tried to to wrestle it back towards the nice smooth tarmac, but we were barely on it when it decided to punish me with a quick 500' climb on muddy rutted tracks.

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And this is where the blood comes in.

See all that nice yellow stuff? Keep away from it if you're on blood thinners. 🙂

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It's windy up here (check out the sign)

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There's the remains of a vitrified Iron Age fort on that hill.

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Every ride should end like this - downhill. 🙂

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It's hard to beat a random ride on a fine day, isn't it. 🙂