A Day in Charente

[daveuprite]

Spent a top day today with Steve (Chunkybutt) on his trails in Charente. 21 degrees, blue sky - bloody goldilocks.

Two or three streams, some field edges and loads of fantastic forest. We found loads of new stuff we hadn't tried before, mainly by just punching a hole in the hedge and finding a way through the woods.

But first we stopped to collect wild flowers for our collection, which we shall press later...



Here's Steve, making his way up a nice chemin:



And then myself:



Later on, Steve gave me a challenge. He bet that I could not slam my bike into a branch, trap the throttle open at full revs, slip backwards and ping the clutch, then launch my bike vertically up a tree. Obviously I accepted the wager and sure enough - perfect first time:



Steve - you owe me a beer.



Thanks again for a really good day, and thanks Debs for some great scran afterwards.

[chunky butt]

Brilliant day, for a last minute, spur of the moment route finding day, thanks for coming Dave ..... found some great new trails, and a few nadgery bits, which will be a great laugh when its damp .... yep I owe you a pint dave

[PHILinFRANCE]

And so it starts ...........................lets get em booked in boys , love those W/E meets

[daveuprite]

Oh yes, always ready for a braap in the dirt. Actually Steve and I kind of 'invented' quite a few of those woodland trails yesterday, Phil-style .

See you on the 6th.

Tell Shan and Barry to get their act together and give us a date.

I'll host my usual Christmas 'Snifter Run' on 30th December - so you can certainly put that in the diary.