HEY YOU GUYS!!!In the midst of a sunny valley in Wales nestled an old coal pit and forest of Mynynn Du, was the venue for the third round of the Welsh Dragon Series. M-Dawg sent me a txt earlier on in the week seeking a travel n race buddy. I wasn't too up for it as I have been run off my feet of late, but the prospect of wasting a weekend when I could be racing wasn't too appealing!! I gave in late on Thursday, packed my shizzel and we hit the road late Friday. It took us 5 hours from my home to the delights of our hotel in Abergavenny!!
Welsh Wayles was beautiful this weekend, the sun was just scorchio, the track was wicked and the company was side splitting!! We hooked up with the Oirish crew Rory and Greg O’Keeffe, a laugh a minute. Rory wasn’t riding because he nailed his finger last week, and by nailed, I mean it, NASTY NASTY compound fracture and torn extensor tendon. I went with him to get it redressed, it looked so nasty, bent, bruised and stitched up like a tapestry. I nearly puked and he nearly fainted, it was pretty comical thinking on!! We went for T in the oldest country pub in Wales last night, Greg was on form, telling me all about his travels and spooking me out with ghost stories. 
We had seeding on Saturday which was super cool as we did it chain less! The track was harder and steeper then Dunkeld, roots bleedin everywhere and rocky as hell! It was pretty long too and super twisty so almost impossible to remember! Pedalling on course was minimal, so a chain less run was not too detrimental, and it was only seeding after all! Riding chain less certainly sharpens you up, especially when you know the clock is ticking!
I crashed loads all weekend, I tried to take it easy and just have a fun weekend, but Edna (my bike) seemed to think we’d entered a game of buckaroo and kept pitching me over the bars! I hit a tree stump so hard on my first run, I came clean off and scorpioned over the bars smashing my hip on a rock, I managed to rip a tree stump out of the ground, no kidding!! My hips are bruised, so are my legs and my thumb is wrecked!! I finished 2nd in the Elite Women, way of the pace of Calamity (Clam Box) but in one piece!! Win some, lose some hu! Still smiling and refreshed from the beauty of the Vallleeeeeeeeeys!!
Not sure what was going on with the hicks-ville hand thingy, guess its the 'in' thing in the valleys, pretty infectious!!
Jim bob. XX
We had seeding on Saturday which was super cool as we did it chain less! The track was harder and steeper then Dunkeld, roots bleedin everywhere and rocky as hell! It was pretty long too and super twisty so almost impossible to remember! Pedalling on course was minimal, so a chain less run was not too detrimental, and it was only seeding after all! Riding chain less certainly sharpens you up, especially when you know the clock is ticking!I crashed loads all weekend, I tried to take it easy and just have a fun weekend, but Edna (my bike) seemed to think we’d entered a game of buckaroo and kept pitching me over the bars! I hit a tree stump so hard on my first run, I came clean off and scorpioned over the bars smashing my hip on a rock, I managed to rip a tree stump out of the ground, no kidding!! My hips are bruised, so are my legs and my thumb is wrecked!! I finished 2nd in the Elite Women, way of the pace of Calamity (Clam Box) but in one piece!! Win some, lose some hu! Still smiling and refreshed from the beauty of the Vallleeeeeeeeeys!!
Not sure what was going on with the hicks-ville hand thingy, guess its the 'in' thing in the valleys, pretty infectious!!Jim bob. XX
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