The start point for this local ride was Coombe Hill Car Park. The ride led us about 15miles around the very muddy Chilterns, including tracks at Coombe Hill, Chequers, Cadsden and Whiteleaf.

We had a very small attendance for this months XC group ride, but never the less it was certainly a very enjoyable ride.

Trail conditions for this ride was a mixed bag. Some tracks were lovely and fast and dry, others muddy, and others almost unrideable in places. Certain areas were very poor due to thick gloopy mud left over from the snow earlier in the month.

For those that joined us on the ride they all went home having ridden in some very tricky trail conditions (a credit to them all!), and also on some new tracks not ridden by them before.

One crash, one large mechanical and one lost brake pad later we arrived back at Coombe Hill to end the ride. Total ride time was around two and half hours, which wasn't bad considering some very bleak and unrideable trail sections!!

All in all it was yet another great ride, and another fantastic group ride.

Thank you to all that came, and we hope to see you all again for the next BMTB Group Rides - more news on that coming very soon.