The fish eye lens makes it look a lot worse that it really is. Even so, I wouldn't do it.

i was out with buck on his klx last week ..had a ride of it it seems they have a problem in deeper water every big puddle splash the kwacker just ground to halt ..airbox was filling with water from somwhere ?? ..and it seemed like a electrical fault and misfire ..same as the one on the strata ...th...

It had been closed again only a few years ago for repairs where they also re routed it at the hill in question but again it was inadequate and again 4x4's started to damage it, so about a year or so ago a voluntary one way system was encouraged going downhill(south), but sadly the damage had been s...

Cheers Dave, you and your mate Dave R are in, I'll put your other mate on the reserve list. Sure u all will enjoy it, I'm well looking forward to the weekend and thanks for the swift payment, sure more info will follow on here nearer the time. Regards Neil. Ooops sorry to confuse. There is only one...

Slight change of plan - my mate Dave R is also on board. So I will zap another £35 over. Hope that's OK. If you can put us in the twin room, great. Of course, no probs if not. Cheers, Dave Edit: Just thought it was worth mentioning some background info... I have met Minkyhead and one or two others o...

OK I'm in. The bunkhouse looks good, so up for that.
My mate can't get there until Saturday morning, so he is happy to be on the reserves list.

I'll zap the money over.

Thanks! This is an incredibly generous offer!!!
Of course I am happy to contribute to wear and tear, fuel, beer etc.

Are there any places left?
Me and a pal are up for this, although we might go for local pub accommodation. I guess it depends what the bunkhouse is like.

What gear do we need? I only have MX boots and an "adventure" type helmet which might be a bit clunky for trials.

Cheers,
Dave

Mawnanian wrote:
Well this Bugger probably belonged to MENSA. I'd gone through the village and was accelerating out, the NSL sign was about 200 metres away.

If he was bit brighter, he would have got you at 2 metres from the NSL sign. Maybe at 60MPH?

Looks like an amazing place to ride!

Does time pass a bit quicker there? It all looks a bit speeded up to me (grass moves very quickly, damping looks super quick etc.)

ipswichbiker wrote:Also to show you don't need a mountain bike

If you are going to use a road bike it needs to be a couple of sizes too small and have specially built wheels though.

The backwards front wheelie down Hardknott is deeply impressive.