Took a few days leave starting out with babysitting Cal who had chicken pox on Thurdsay. Actually was great fun playing cricket and kick in the garden on a beautiful sunny day with him.
Friday I hit the road to Afan Argoed and camped at Glyncorrwg, it was glorious sunny weather and ideal temperature shorts and T-shirt not too hot but not at all cold. I rode the Penhydd trail on my own, the views were fantastic and the trails were dry, fast and sweet-perfect. Only slight issue was my drivetrain- having changed the chain and cassette I needed a new chainring, but could not find one with 5 bars. Chilled on the sofas in the cafe with a good meal a beer and watching MTB movies- cool I love this.
Next morning I went to the cycle shop in Cwmcarn and managed to get a titanium chainring but they did not refit my inner chain ring. I finally got to Cwmcarn and joined Tom et al on the uplift, thankful to be able to ride downhill all day. Finally reunited with my inner ring at the end of the day. Tom had the worst mechanical ripping his wheel out and bending his rear disc rotor- amazing he survived unscathed and even more amazing missed just one run getting a replacement disc on!
We camped at Glyncorrwg and had beers and grub in the cafe while watching France beat NZ in the RWC quarter finals- wow, and then heard England had beaten Oz- double wow!
Sunday another group joined us and we hit the whytes level trail- a few mechanicals amongst the group made for slow going but the company was good and the riding great espesh the wooden sections and the last DH fast and skippy. Home made cake in the cafe and hit the road home.
Great Long weekend.
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