3 rider: 2 wheeled, 3 venues, 4 riders

Thursday 24th May

We had a mad, hot, but enjoyable biking epic today. Tom KP, his little brother Phil, his mate 'Chief' and I loaded up and hit the dirt. First off we went to East Hill, out past Ottery st. Mary. It was a bit of a mission just finding it! With no map, some (possibly) dubious directions, a lot of getting lost and a lot of phone calls to the people who knew where it was, we finally made it!
However what we found didn't fill us with joy! It was all very steep, very rooty, very loose, very rocky in some places and alot of hard work to get back to the top again! We gave it a quick ride, but decided that it was definitely a place for full suspension, and those with a real love of hardcore Downhill racing. So we headed back to the van and moved on.

Phil on a small jump at east hill

Chief on the same jump

Phil on some loose, steep, rocky berms.

Our next venue was a classic favourite of ours, the Pine ridge jumps on Woodbury common. By now the weather was no longer Hot, it was Really Hot!! We were all sweating buckets, but that couldn't hold us back from riding the big table top over and over and over and........

Chief, styling pine ridge

Me, clearing the table

Tom, clocking some airtime

Phil boosts out of the table lip

Me, jumping and doing a chicken impression at the same time!

Chief pulling a big one footer

Then we finally decide to hit one last spot. The Skate Park next to Exeter Arena. It's not a big park, but it's got enough to keep us entertained for a while. Finally, the heat was too much for us, and the fact that we were getting shown up by a four year old put and end to our riding!!