Purbecks pre-xmas pie plod. 15 December

[MatBH5]

Sounds good, cheers Mark. I'll be claiming that extra climb up from the prom as an excuse for my slow pace though!

 

[makster]

More moaning than morning

 

[makster]

I've just looked at the route I have in mind.
Comes out at 26 miles ferry to ferry. Cake stop 14 miles in.
This can be adjusted on the day though, depending on weather and legs!

 

[wookiee]

might stop by mate, but I'm no morning person

Thats gonna change with a little dude!

 

[makster]

I rode some of the planned route last night.
Really dry conditions for December. I'd removed my muf tyres and didn't miss them one bit!
The weather isn't looking great for Friday and Sunday though so I expect it to be a bit claggier by the time we ride.

I'm not sure I'll be doing any night rides on my own in future though. We were just spinning up nine barrow down when the light on my bars caught some animal lights on the path ahead. I flicked my helmet light on and saw something dark and the size of a small deer move off of the trail and into the gorse.
Not at all unusual (I nearly got side-swipped by an adult deer later in the ride!) until I got to where the animal had been...and found the lower half of a very small sheep there!
It was a fresh kill (still warm!) and had been cleanly bitten in half.
Some t'internet searching revealed this... http://www.thenaturalstuff.co.uk/bigcat2/

It's wild out there!! :shock:

 

[MatBH5]

The beast of Purbeck!

 

[retroyetirigid]

Looks like it may be a wet one

 

[Pyro Tim]

I'm game, even if wet

 

[makster]

I'm hoping that the dry trails hold out.
I'm still in...and not re-fitting mud tyres

 

[retroyetirigid]

I'm still in. Purbecks in the mud is always a laugh, just hard work !!