Poor Salted Mackerel has suffered a distinct lack of attention from its creator over the past few months, for a variety of reasons. The excitement and workload of a new business in development seems to have caused a degree of Mackerel apathy, not to mention a distinct lack of time on the bikes. Not only [...]
Category Archives: Mountain
2012 and all that…
January 18, 2012 – 13:25
Trans Provence
October 5, 2011 – 10:31
Trans Provence is an annual 7 day enduro mountain bike race that weaves its way between Rochebrune and Monaco, crossing the Monges massif, Haute Verdon, and then the Mercantour National Park before descending towards the coast. Each day consists of a selection of timed “predominantly singletrack, predominantly downhill” stages, linked together by “predominantly ascending untimed [...]
Snowdon Ranger Path
October 3, 2011 – 15:16
Yesterday I finally ticked a long-held ambition – riding the Snowdon Ranger Path. Not only that, but we did it there and back in a day, which turned the whole affair into quite a full-on mission. Up at 5am, we made it to the Ranger Station car park sometime after 11am. The blazing sunshine blasting [...]