Monday 11 December 2017

Glentress on a frosty December Monday

Parked up at the side of the River Tweed in Peebles and all set to go!

The temperature dropped by 4 degrees C as we cycled along to Glentress

Under the flyover

Barrie said his seatpost needed adjusting, or was it a crafty rest?

Definitely a short rest here before the hardest climb of the trip, but the view's worth stopping for anyway (my excuse this time)

They say a photo never lies but it certainly does here, this climb is brutal and there's more to come as soon as its been done!

Just when you're expecting a slightly easier bit what do you hit but ice, so in the interests of safety it was better to push!

Yip this photo was posed it didn't just happen, still it was good to have a short rest before the final climb to the mast.

The final climb to the top of the Black route and the frost looks like snow

Somehow I managed to get seperated from Barrie and Dougie on a descent but still managed to reach the top of Spooky Wood before them!

A  challenge to see who looked the most in control on the first jump, Dougie went first!


Followed by Barrie who's convinced he landed further along the track, hotly denied by Dougie of course!

At last after a great descent via Janets Brae enduro track we ended up back at Peebles.

A great trip down to Glentress today where the tracks apart from the very rare icy patch were in first class condition, no mud at all and bone dry rooty sections, it even waited until we'd finished before it started snowing!















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