Inspired by my new found love of mountain biking I was persuaded to join my office on a night trip around the Cannock Chase mountain biking course. It turned out to be 15 hard, tiring miles in the dark - a knackering yet enjoyable mini-adventure.
Ahead of our planned ski touring in April, myself and Steve booked onto a weekend course at Glenmore Lodge along with Becky and Pete. The snow conditions were perfect for learning about avalanche danger and I particularly enjoyed the large quantities of digging and science involved in the course. It was also my first time at Glenmore and the food, dorms and facilities were superb.
My first ever mountain biking course, Craig led us around the North Face Trail at Grizedale which was great fun and very manageable, despite the 'difficult' label. 10 miles of climbs, technical drops and descents, I've never gone from dismissing to loving a sport so fast before.
We weren't expecting any snow so were somewhat unprepared for the wet drifts coating the slabs of the ridge. Craig, Neil, Prosser and I made it to the notch below the final summit ascent before calling it a day.
