When Ian met Percival

While attending a skills course Ian had the unexpected pleasure of meeting Percival at closer quarters than perhaps he'd have liked.

Percy had decided to fling himself over a fence to escape Helen Keller the blind ewe and roll head over heels into the yard where Ian was busy getting his groups BBQ going. Much swearing and running around followed from all those concerned ... 600lb of llama squashing your burgers isn't good.

This picture was taken after everyone had calmed down a little but judging by the look of things both of them would rather be somewhere else.

2011 ... already!

Well it's been another busy year and it isn't over yet ... but I thought I'd just mention a few things that we'll be doing next year.

Firstly we'll be looking at some Girls Only riding weekends. These won't be skills weekends (they'll still be there) instead they'll be two days of riding some of the most unspoilt countryside in the entire UK. The icing on the cake is the fact that there won't be any blokes there getting under your feet! I'm just in the process of booking the sunshine and all being well dates and details should be up on the web site by the end of November.

We're also working on some bikepacking trips for 2011. For those who don't quite know what bikepacking is think, off road touring with a real emphasis on self sufficiency. Details are still being worked out but again details should be available by the end of November. At present the plan is to run trips of different lengths and of differing difficulty, so even if you've never camped before there should still be a trip to suit.