Hello to those of you reading this .

Got to say i actually learned a few things , and enjoyed the day . The setting was great . A stream running through a big gully with land drains feeding it ,really grass covered slippery slopes , stones ,mud and dead trees , bankings , you get the picture .

Plenty of banter and some fierce concentration , good time had by all (see pictures).

Instruction was excellent as was the regard for peoples safety and the instructors .

At the de brief , a quick word from Kev from GASGAS uk about bike maintenance . For me , and take note , some excellent advice . He said ,"if you have a problem ,fix it because if you have an avoidable breakdown at a comp ,and your having a bad day , it just compounds your frustration and your meant to be doing something you like " .

O.K ,pictures paint a thousand words , and i apologize as i don't actually know most in the few pics .

Ted .

Nice pics Mr T ...was a good day and would thoroughly recommend to anyone !! Shame there's no pics of you and your search and destroy Andorra 280 tank... rolling over everything !! Must say thanks to all who organised and ran the day.. Job well done, reckon I learnt a fair bit from Paul and just as much from the three young un's throwing in cleans on stuff they had no rights to! Oh and nice pic... The missus now knows where her old tea towel went !!

Yep , and don't know if you noticed , but the really happy man on the next to last pic is growing a third arm he enjoyed himself so much !

Joking aside,that man was a good rider and i watched him on the tight turn exit from the stream section to pick up what he was doing ,and put that to what the instructor was saying and eventually got there in the end myself .

Going to see if the 280 pro flywheel weight will fit my bike as i think it will smooth out the firing impulses on idle , so off the throttle turns will be easy to control .

Coops , if you want the pic's i'll PM them to you , that goes to anyone whose on the pics too .

When's the next one ?

Ted