Friday, dry, fast, deadly,
Saturday, wet, slippery, slidey.
New starting position from previous years, starting further right (as you look up the hill) and incorporating a far longer, shallower route to berm #2:
A lovely corner (for regular riders anyway):
Leading to the finish line, but not before you pick up plenty of speed before hitting a couple of new rollers:
Good weekend all round, the official results can be found here.
Some great photos, video and a write-up by Project Doc here and here, with some further photos from Patrick Goddard's facebook page here. Woodie Wright has released some excellent footage here. Paul Crilly has put some photos here. Simon Lawrence has some photos here.
I'll update this page as and when more media is released.
P.s. I now know why the Ironsides Court Farm colour scheme is orange, it's the colour you and all your components will turn when riding there in the wet! Spent most of Monday wiping things down and clearing muck out. Wish I'd taken some photos now, the clay was sticking like concrete!
Equipment wise, the weekend took it's toll. My Hillbilly gloves have torn in a way that neither wrist splint will stay in place. Not bad though for two-and-a-half year old gloves mind. My Hillbilly protection shorts have a big hole in from where my shorts have worn through. Perhaps some leather in the right places will do the job... Hopefully the missus will give me hand to do a repair job, especially now that the Hillbilly shorts are £50 due to import directly from the states. Apart from that, a complete strip down seemed to show everything else in pretty good nick.
As for me, fortunately I've a few days in the office to recover from a bashed knee picked up Saturday morning during practice. Next on the calender is Round 3 at Haredown on the 31st July/1st August, but this in on the south coast, and a bit too far, so Round 4, Hales Superbole on the 28th/29th August it is then. We're supposed to be at a wedding on the 28th so best start making my excuses now then....
