For March the Chiltern Hills was our venue of choice for our Cross Country Group Ride.

It had been planned to use Whiteleaf area for this ride but the trail conditions under the Cross were extremely poor for weeks leading up to the the day in question, so instead we choose to do a ride of Wendover, Ashridge, Ivinghoe, Tring and Marsworth, starting and finishing at Wendover Woods main car park.

The trail conditions around Wendover and Ivinghoe were the best to be had all over the Chilterns, and infact we were very lucky with a week of good weather leading up the day, most trails were dry and running well. Certain areas were quite poor from the melting frost that morning, but in general the trail conditions were fantastic for March. There were in particular some off camber grass tracks that were madness - it was like riding on ice!

Ten of us made it on the day, sadly a few riders had to drop out last minute for various reasons. All ten of us made it round the twenty mile loop, and amazingly there was only one mechanical all day, and that was just a puncture, that infact was fixed extremely quickly!

We were blessed with Sunshine all day long, and along with a fantastic bunch of riders and some dry fast trail sections it turned out to be a fantastic days riding indeed.

A big shout of thanks must go out to everyone who attended and made the day a great success, and another big shout of thanks must go out to everyone who helped organise and lead the days ride.

Keep your eyes peeled on the website, forum and in your inbox for news on the up and coming April Group Ride - details coming very soon...

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