The weather has been a disaster in recent months with the extended cold spell being replaced with rain for the last 2 weeks. Not exactly great weather for my favored type of biking at the moment, dirt jumping. So, with the rain holding off for the last 4 or 5 days I thought this weekend could see the good times returning. I ventured down to Kev's gaff after work on Friday with the bike in the boot and i thought at least the pumptrack would be up and running and maybe i could do a little work on the jump line for a decent session on the Saturday.
When i got there i met Sean Swanick working on the third jump which has been given a facelift and a boost in size. I took a walk down to him and couldn't believe the how damp the track was, total mudbath!!! Gutted. There was still frost and ice on the track and it looked like it had just been bucketing rain, unreal. The frost had lifted the surface of the track by a few inches making it boggy and there was no chance of it drying up with the temperatures remaining very low. It could be a long wait for the track to be dry enough for even a session on the pumptrack.
So, i threw on my convict overalls and got stuck into the digging with Sean and we got through a nice bit of work on the landing for the third jump. So, fleck off Mr. Frost and give us back our tracks ya bollix.
looking good lad!!
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