"Proper" mountain biking training

We went out for a couple of hours on Tuesday evening doing my favourite type of riding - Grab a marked up map and head out type riding. We lost our way a few times but this is what it's all about, much more fun than waymarked routes and man made trail centres.

On the down side we were chasing darkness (without lights) heading back to the car when I got a front wheel puncture. I managed to remove both thornes and fit a new tube in near darkness which is good training for the big event :o)

We're off out again this evening but at a closed waymarked centre this time and with lights so we can keep going regardless ;o)

On the down side it's raining quite hard so it's not going to be as much fun as the dry, warm and sunny ride we had on Tuesday :o(