OK. I'll assume the ride is off.

Would it be OK for a newbie to join you, on a small bike (KLX250S)? I'm not quick on the road (stick to speed limits and not much overtaking) or off road for that matter. Though I can manage trails up to the likes of the Scarhouse Res - Middlesmoor track. Need to be back in Leeds for 5pm, so 200 mil...

Nearly home and stopped to have a chat with the guy who had parked this up:



There is some method in his madness:
http://www.candlelighters.org.uk/whats- ... drive.aspx
Top guy!!

Those Kiwis don't seem bothered by distances:

"Note: Auckland South meets at Bombay"

Brenhden wrote:
I'm not sure he appeals to a wide audience. ...I think Henry has more in common with Charlie Boorman.

I've only just realised that he is not Charlie Boorman!

Henry seems more slightly less dull with short hair. Strange.

I have lots of road experience but very little off road, I had done a weekend in Wales well a day and half really and that's it. So the input was very welcome and was done systematically so one thing built on another. (thumbs) I think even if you had some experience you would still learn stuff beca...

Enjoyed the report and pics. Thanks.

Did you have any off road experience before the course?
What did you think to the CRF?

Willkommen Wolf, from Leeds (where it's sunny above the clouds).

Fabulous trails, although rather a lot of schist on the track!

The most tedious, dull presenter ever to grace the TV..makes watching paint dry seem exciting.............. ;) It is hard to fathom how he got on TV, he's not just boring he doesn't appear to have any riding ability either. How has he managed to ride across several continents but looked like a tota...

His bike would appear to have an on/off switch instead of a throttle!